The vision of Serve India Ministries is to help plant 100,000 churches in India. Why so many churches? Over the past decade much has been reported about the possibility of an awakening of the low caste of India. There are 700 million low caste in India who are scattered across India’s 500,000 unreached villages. India is one of the greatest harvests in history!
Doing the math
Doing some math, one could estimate that if only 10% of this 700 million people would turn to Christ in the next 10 years that an additional 1,400,000 churches would be needed to disciple them. This is a very conservative figure estimating that the average village church is 50 people. Serve India Ministries’ goal of planting 100,000 churches fits well with God’s plan for the low caste of India.
Where there is smoke there is fire
One example of these massive conversions can be seen in the state of Orissa in Eastern India. **In one district near the area where the Australian missionary Graham Stains was martyred, the Christian population has more than doubled in the last 10 years. **So many have been turning to Christ that approximately 100,000 Christians had to flee their homes and thousands of others were murdered.
We must go to them
We cannot assume that the low caste people of India are able to hear the Gospel without someone telling them. Churches must not only send the Gospel out to every unreached village (Mark 16:15-17) but they must also make disciples (Matthew 28:19-20). We invite you to help us reach the low caste of India and plant 100,000 churches by sponsoring a missionary pastor for $35 per month or supporting a Stepping Stone Center, teaching 50 children for $150 per month.
Sponsor a Missionary/Pastor for $35 per month
Sponsor a Stepping Stone for $150 per month
**Read Orissa violence report from the "All India Christian Council".
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