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North India Christian Mission works in the following states of North India in Punjab , Haryana ,Himachal Pradesh , Rajasthan and Jammu & Kashmir - having its evangelists and Pastors in all these five states.

HARYANA

Geography:

Peoples: 310.

Languages:

Religion:

  1. Haryana is one of India's least evangelized states. In 1991 only 15,700 identified themselves as Christian. There were only 500 churches and prayer cells in 44% of the state's 449 pincode areas in 1998. The Church is weak and under pressure from Hinduists. Pray for a spiritual awakening.

  2. The unreached - only 15 of the 92 people groups are known to have any congregations of believers. Indian agencies are pioneering work among the 8 million Jat, the 3.8 million Dalit (FMBP, RSP, Indian Inland Mission), and the Sikhs (Indian Inland Mission). Pray for a response. Pray also for the unreached Muslims and Jains. There is nothing of the Bible translated into the local language, Haryanvi.

  3. Christian ministry. There were a total of 265 Christian workers in Haryana in 1998. There are now 15 Christian training institutions in the state - pray for the equipping and sustenance of many new workers.

HIMACHAL PRADESH

Geography:

Peoples: 310.

Languages:

Religion:

  1. Himachal Pradesh has long been India's least evangelized state. It is the 'Land of the Gods' and a centre for Hindu pilgrimages. Every mountain is named after a god and there is much devotion to idols. Pray that many may be freed from bondages and find liberty in Jesus.

  2. There has been significant growth in the Church. In 1991 all known Christians were 4,435 in number and only 90 churches were functioning. Between 1992 and 1998 over 1,200 were baptised and 150 churches were planted. Pray for the ongoing vision of Himachal Outreach Network and for unity, faith and vision among leaders and churches to increase. There are nearly 300 Christian workers. Pray for their multiplication, safety in difficult travel conditions and fruitfulness.

  3. The challenges of the unreached. Every people group is, at best, marginally evangelized. Of the 92 people groups, only 15 have congregations of believers. Pray specifically for:
    • The Kullu valley.
    • Unevangelized districts. Kinnaur had no churches in 1995, but there were four by 1998. Bilaspur and Hamipur are the least evangelized. s
    • Lahul and Spiti District is largely culturally Tibetan. About 5,000 Tibetan refugees have settled in Dharamsala, the Dalai Lama's headquarters. Much international aid flows into efforts to retain Tibetan identity, culture and language, now being lost in Tibet. Pray for the gospel to reach the 100,000 Tibetan refugees in India.

    • Of 430 pincode areas, 89% had no resident Christian worker in 1998.

JAMMU & KASHMIR

Geography:

Peoples: 240.

Religion:

  1. Kashmir has become an international tragedy. Political short-sightedness, lack of courage, and national pride have kept it in a state of war for six decades. Pakistan has fought four wars (direct or by proxy) over this divided state. The result has been polarization, Islamic militancy, 30,000 deaths and 800,000 refugees. India's democratic values, unity and territorial integrity have been threatened and Pakistan and Kashmir's economies crippled. Pray for wisdom, statesmanship, fairness to the Muslim majority and justice to the refugees to be shown by the political leaders involved, and pray for the restoration of peace.
  2. Kashmir is spiritually poverty-stricken. In 1990 there were but 12,000 Christians in 45 churches, many of which were nominal and either low-caste or immigrant in origin. Evangelical believers were a few thousand, but in the '90s their numbers doubled and churches increased to 167 in 1998. Pray for increased effectiveness in reaching a war-weary and disillusioned population.

  3. Outreach has always been limited, and few Christian workers have been indigenous to the state. There were just 115 Christian workers in 1998. The majority of the workers are in Jammu and not in the dangerous, war-torn Muslim-majority Kashmir. Pray for new workers to be called so that there is a Christian worker in every pincode area.

  4. Unreached peoples. All are in this category. Pray for:
    • Kashmiri Muslims who have become more militant for their faith. There are a number of smaller Muslim peoples such as the Baltis and Gujars who are unreached. Less than 100 Christians have come from the Muslim community, and in the Muslim uprising of the late '80s some of these were martyred and churches destroyed. Several agencies are working among them. Pray that Islamist extremism may cause Muslims to seek an alternative way in Jesus.

    • Tibetan Buddhists from the groups named above in the mountainous north and northeast who have been only marginally evangelized. The Moravians have a small work in Ladakh with three churches and only 150 believers and a school with 1,000 students. The JESUS film is now being used in the area.

    • The high-caste Brahmin Pandits of Kashmir were one million in 1900, but since the 1940s Muslim hostility, terror and violence has reduced them to 50,000 today and only 3,000 in their Kashmir Valley home area. Many are still refugees. Only about 15 believers are known among them.
PUNJAB

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Religion:

  1. The Panjab is the home state of the Sikhs, and the only state where they are in the majority. Their famed Golden Temple is in Amritsar. A violent guerrilla war waged by Sikh extremists seeking independence led to 25,000 deaths, including Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and much economic disruption. Praise God that peace came in 1992. This was followed by rapid economic progress, healing of inter-communal wounds and unprecedented openness for the gospel.

  2. The Sikh religion with its unique doctrines and culture has spread to many parts of India and beyond. There are 25 million Sikhs in the world. Little specific Christian study of and dialogue with Sikhs has ever really been undertaken. Pray that this potentially responsive people might come to Christ. The Mazhabi Sikhs are the most open at present, but the Jat Sikhs are becoming so. India National Inland Mission has missionaries committed to Sikh ministry and over 40 churches and groups have been started.

  3. Many churches are cooperating for saturation church planting in Reach Panjab 2000. Some of the goals:

    • Strong churches in each of Panjab's 12 districts - the weakest being Sangrur, Bathinda, Rupnagar and Faridkot.

    • Christian workers based in every one of the 491 pincode areas - only 53% had them in 1998. During 1999 pincode areas without a church were reduced from 220 to 100, but by 2000 all were occupied. Pray for churches to be planted.

    • Every people group to have a church - 20 of the 25 largest do, but the forward castes are little touched.

RAJASTHAN

Geography:

Peoples:

Religion:

  1. Christians are a tiny minority within minority Dalit and tribal groups. There were officially 50,000 Christians in 1991, but that number has grown considerably, especially among the Bhil in the south - the majority of Christians living in the southern four districts. Noteworthy

  2. Unreached peoples:


    • The Meo are Muslim; no Christians are known.

    • Higher-caste Hindus, especially the Rajputs, the Jats and Marwari, have shown no response to the gospel (INIM).

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