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
Karnataka Christadelphian Youth
22 February 2014
Karnataka Christadelphian Youth is a young people’s weekend hosted by the Bangalore ecclesia every couple of months. It commenced in 2002 at the Mandya ecclesial hall and has, for the last ten years has provided young people from the ecclesias in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu with a regular gathering for friendship, spiritual […]
Read MoreThe Christadelphian Shunem Home for Children and the Elderly
22 February 2014
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 […]
Read MoreBartimaeus School for the Blind
26 December 2013
Bartimaeus is a project run independently of the ACBM by members of the Bangalore ecclesia and a UK-based fundraising committee Visit the website here Bartimaeus Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired was registered as a Charitable Trust in 2005. It was set up to provide educational facilities for blind and […]
Read MoreReports from Bangalore Ecclesia
24 September 2013
The following are the reports of the Bangalore ecclesia in The Christadelphian magazine from 1982 to 2010. 1981 In mid-August, Bro. Tim Galbraith journeyed south to Mandye, near Bangalore, and baptized Mr. Gurumurthy , one of a number of interested contacts in that area. He expects that at least two […]
Read MoreThey turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
10 March 2011
The Truth of the Gospel is converting some sincere hearts near Sarenga in rural West Bengal,(India) 200 Km west of Kolkata. Bro. Tuphan Biswas and his wife Sis. Pueli have been teaching about a dozen people over the last 2 years. Most of them attended the Kolkata Bible School in October 2011 […]
Read MoreThe experiences of Maggie Schlageter at the Shunem Home
17 February 2011
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 […]
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