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India: the two big issues
Religious pluralism
• Hindus 84%
• Muslims 10%
• Christians 3%
• Sikhs 1.5%
• Buddhists, Jains, others 1.5%
Inequality
• Regional
• Economic
• Social - caste
India: A landmark election
India Focus
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May 18, 2009
● The ruling UPA coalition has done
unexpectedly well in India’s
Business people
Religion is alive and well
Shiva Shiva & Parvati Durga/Kali
Ganesh Lakshmi Krishna
Gurus
Sai Baba
Rajneesh
Murari Bapu
Many others
Issues
Three major structures of
Hinduism, both barriers and
bridges
SOCIAL
Family
Community
Caste
THEOLOGICAL
‘All ways lead to God’
SPIRITUAL
There are other powers
Issues‘Connecting British Hindus’
Identity: how do Hindus define themselves?
Relating to other faith communities –especially Muslims
Re-interpreting Hindu values for the next generation - in a new context
Brahmins 5%
Kshatriya (Warrior class) 5%
Vaishia (merchant class) 5%
OBC (Backward Castes) 45%
SC 18%
Scheduled Castes
ST 8%
Scheduled Tribes
-80% of all Christians come from the Scheduled Castes and Tribals -90% of all Christian work is among Tribals
One suggested name for this is the
Fat, Lame man of India
Caste
Hindu Forum of Britain
Caste in the UK
A summary of the consultationwith the Hindu community in Britain
Caste Discrimination:
Hindu Council UK
Puts the Record Straight
The result of several months
research by Dr Raj Pandit Sharma
The church in India
• as old as the 1st century AD but as
new as the many churches being
planted today.
• unevenly distributed, with very
few in the north compared to the
south and north-east.
North India 0.87%
70%
North East 31%
0.5%
South India 6%
30%
• united through church unions and co-
operative structures but also divided by
social distinctions and personality clashes.
• faces great openness to the Gospel
along with considerable pressure in
some places.
• Its style of worship and church life is very
Indian in some congregations, very
western in others.
Post-independence (1947)
Church unionForeign missionaries reducedPara-church organisations (local church becomes weak)Cross-cultural mission
Issues today
What does it mean to be Indian and Christian?
Rammohun Roy
Brahmabandhav
KC Sen
NV Tilak
Chakkarai and Chenchiah
Subba Rao
Religious pluralism Inequality
Uniqueness of Christ Salvation or humanisation
Conversion (build the church or influence society?)
Focus on people groups
(‘homogeneous units’, caste) Social action and ch. planting(wholistic biblical worldview)
Contextualisation(Rethinking Forum,
Yesubhaktas)
Major networks
• EFI
• IMA
• GFA
• CTTI UP Mission
Operation Agape
Concern
• NPCTI
• 2020 Network
Completing the TaskCompleting the Task
in India (CTTI)in India (CTTI)GODGOD’’S STRATEGYS STRATEGY in the in the
world and India ( REV 7world and India ( REV 7:9) :9)
PLUG PLUG
• Reaching every
• People group
• Language
• Urban cities
• Geographical Villages
S Eastern UP: 10 districts
OUR Focus:The Block
District Population:2,000,000District Villages:2,000 – 3,000
Block Population:100,000 -150,000Block Villages:100-150
SEVENFOLD HEALING FOR SEVENFOLD HEALING FOR
INDIAINDIA
PHYSICALPHYSICAL
SPIRITIUL SPIRITIUL
MENTALMENTAL
EMOTIONALEMOTIONAL
INTERPERSONAL INTERPERSONAL
RELATIONSHIPSRELATIONSHIPS
SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS
(between communities) (between communities)
HEAL OF THE LANDHEAL OF THE LAND
Wholistic approach
CORE VALUES
THE GOSPELTHE GOSPELTHE GOSPELTHE GOSPELHEALTHHEALTHHEALTHHEALTH
THE POORTHE POORTHE POORTHE POORKINGDOM ETHICSKINGDOM ETHICSKINGDOM ETHICSKINGDOM ETHICS
MICRO-ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
PRIMARY
EDUCATION
LEADERSHIP
TRAINING
SPIRITUAL
TRANSFORMATION
COMMUNITY
HEALTH
HOSPITAL
SERVICES
KACHHWA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL
Transformational Ministries
Conversion
Exploitation of the poor?
Multinational funding?
Global domination?
Anuja Prashar, Conversion and Anti-conversion
Professor Rambachan
• Colonialism
• Exclusive claims
• Identification with missionary culture
• New community identity
How do we respond?
• Recognise the concerns
• Discuss, debate, dialogue
• Examine our ultimate goal
• Examine our motivation
• Examine our language
• Consider cultural expectations for spirituality & discipleship
Other questions
• Response only from Dalits?
• Only rural?
• Overcoming caste barriers?
• Sustainable
Sustainability
• Finance
• People
Contextualised approaches
Isu Satsang
Singing
Isu Satsang
Questions
Baptism and communion?
Questions
Symbols?
Questions
- Boundaries?
- Baptism and communion?
- Symbols?
- Teaching?
- Leadership?
The church in India
Demonstrating• Integrity and justice
• Concern for the whole person
• Transparent leadership
• Crossing barriers
• Unity
• Biblical discipleship
• Spiritual power
• Church and ministry structures
• Integrity
• Family life
• Prayer and response to the supernatural