India Area Summary

INDIA

Population: 1,200 million

Main languages: English, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Sanskrit.

Main religions: Hindu, Muslim, Sikh (Christians 2.4%, i.e. 2,800,000).

India coordination David Caudery, india@acbm.org.au

Southern India (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu & Kerala,) Ken Chalmers india_south@acbm.org.au

North & West India (incl. all Hindi speaking areas, also Goa) Tim Harringtom india_west@acbm.org.au

Andhra Pradesh David Caudery india_ap@acbm.org.au

North East India Milton Richardson india_north_east@acbm.org.au

ACBM activities: started in 1979 and there are now over 65 ecclesias, most with Sunday Schools.  Annual Bible Weeks held in Kolkata, Muzaffarnagar (U.P). Coastal Andhra (Vijayawada), Southern Andhra (Kurnool), Bangalore and Kerala,  End of Year Gathering in Hyderbad (Moinabad)  Central Adminstration Office is in Hyderabad.  Mission residences in Hyderabad, Bangalore, Visakhapatnam, Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram) and Kolkata. . Regular Study Camps are held for contacts in many locations especially in Andhra.  Literature and Bible Courses in Hindi, Telugu, Bangla (Bengali), Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada (Kennerese).

Ecclesias: Over 65 (over 1,500 members)