India, is the second-most populous country in the world with over 1.2 billion people. English is used extensively in business and administration and has the status of a “subsidiary official language” it is important in education, especially as a medium of higher education. India is one of the world’s fastest-growing economies but struggles with seemingly unyielding poverty, both rural and urban; by religious and caste-related violence. The main languages are English, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit. The main religions are: Hindu (80%), Muslim (13.4%), Sikh (1.9%), Christians (2.4%, i.e. 2,800,000) and Buddhists (0.8%).
ACBM activities
Started in 1979 and there are now over 70 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). Magazines for contacts are published in Telegu, Tamil, Hindi and Kanarese.
Additional Contact Information
| Andhra Pradesh | Andhra Pradesh & Telengana | Bernie Caudery | [email protected] |
| Kerala | Kerala | Bernie Caudery | [email protected] |
| North India | Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana & Rajasthan | Tim Harrington | [email protected] |
| North Central India | Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh | Tim Harrington | [email protected] |
| North East | Odisha, West Bengal, Arunchal Pradesh, Nagaland, Assam, Tripura & Mizoram | Milton Richardson | [email protected] |
| North West | Gujarat, Maharashtra & Goa | Tim Harrington | [email protected] |
| South India | Karnataka & Tamil Nadu | Graham Reeve | [email protected] |
| West India | Tim Harrington | [email protected] |
Recent Posts
Bible Schools in India
29 August 2016
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 […]
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Jayanthi Rehabilitation Centre
28 August 2016
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. […]
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Dramatisation of Proverbs 1-9 by Bangalore Youth
23 May 2016
This was a dramatisation of Proverbs 1-9 by the young people of the Bangalore Christadelphian ecclesia for Bangalore Bible Week 2015.
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Stimulating Experiences in North-Eastern India
19 May 2016
Flying into the city of Agartala in Northern India with Brother Milton Richardson, who has made this trip many times before, we were met by Brother Subrata Ganguly. Brother Subrata travels throughout the northern states of India to assist with the running of Bible schools and to translate in both […]
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Bartimaeus finds a place of its own
19 April 2016
The Bartimaeus Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired (BRCVI), or Barty as it is affectionately known, is a Christadelphianfunded project which provides training and accommodation facilities for blind and partially-sighted young men and women. Students here gain the opportunity to spend a year developing the necessary skills to function confidently […]
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Bangalore Christmas preaching effort
19 April 2016
We welcome you this morning to our presentation entitled ‘Celebrating Jesus’. It’s a bright Friday morning and many people are celebrating the birth of Christ. Although this day is not actually the birthday of Christ, our focus today is on revealing the mission of Christ as commanded by God for […]
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