Victoria Information Evening – Secretaries Review
Overview of Area ACBM activities from the Victorian ACBM Secretary
Bible Schools in India
Seven Bible Schools are held each year, one being in Kerala – through to Mussoorie in the far north, 1800 metres up in the foothills of the Himalayas. The main Schools with several hundred attending each are near Hyderabad and Bangalore with a third in coastal Andhra Pradesh where there are some 20 ecclesias. Bangalore Bible School…
Jayanthi Rehabilitation Centre
The Jayanthi Rehabilitation Centre home is independent of the ACBM. Link to Website About Jayanthi Rehabilitation Center is a very small village for the housing, care and rehabilitation of lepers. A site of more than 5 acres of land was purchased in Sept 1996, and building began shortly after that. The location is about 43…
SUN Nutrition Programme
The SUN Nutrition Programme is not an ACBM project, but works in close cooperation. Website of the SUN Nutrition Programme About When Tim Galbraith first visited India in 1976 he discussed child nutrition problems with a retired medical superintendent of Vellore Medical College Hospital. The doctor, who had befriended him, commented on the vast waste of…
C3 Conference Centre
Accommodation available for ACBM fieldworkers and visitors The C3 Conference Center was constructed about five years ago to provide a venue for the Hyderabad memorial meeting, bible camps and a school for the children of Christadelphians and those living at the Shunem Home. Opportunities exist for volunteers to stay in the C3 Center and teach…
The Christadelphian Shunem Home for Children and the Elderly
The Shunem home is independent of the ACBM. The committee for the Shunem Home is based in the United Kingdom. Shunem Home website About The Christadelphian Shunem home is situated to the south west of Hyderabad, India and was established in 1999 by Tim and Sarah Galbraith as a home for the children of street…
The experiences of Maggie Schlageter at the Shunem Home
The experiences of Maggie Schlageter Getting Settled After traveling for what felt like a 36-hour-long-night, we landed in Hyderabad and arrived at the Shunem home. It took a few weeks to find our footing, identify needs, realize what we had to offer, and see how things were run at the Shunem Home and the ecclesia.…
Telugu Literature List
70m speakers in Andhra Pradesh, SE India.Telugu script is similar to Tamil. Bibles BIBLE : Telugu Standard Version (UBS Bangalore Hyderabad) some very old fashioned language BIBLE : Telugu New Version (IBS Madras) not much used AUDIO : Telugu Standard Version. New Testament 0083635NT1000 (UBS Bangalor) AUDIO : Telugu Genesis Ecclesiastes (Hyderabad Christadelphians) digitapes< Course…
The History of Bible Schools in India
When Bible Schools or Weeks first began in India 25 years ago it was easy to house everyone under the same roof. The first two, in 1983 and 84 were actually held in the newly built first stage of the Moinabad Home and were under the auspices of the Hyderabad ecclesia. But they began to outgrow this facility and when…
How the Truth came to India
The Gospel Publicity League In 1939 a zealous young brother in Sydney, Australia, together with a New Zealand convert, initiated a venture which was to assist preaching in many parts of the world, including India. Charles French and his convert Alan Gunn started the Gospel Publicity League and began publishing Present Day Events and their…