Mission Challenge
Prince K Thomas
Haryana, North India
Missiologists have divided the 6.6 billion people in the world into three groups naming them World A, World B and World C.
World A represents the 1.9 billion people in the world who have never heard of Jesus.
World B represents the 2.5 billion who have heard of Jesus and remain non-Christian.
World C represents the 2.2 billion followers of Jesus.
Guess where the church spends most of her resources (time, money and people)?
The answer is World C. Out of each dollar spent by the church, 94.5 cents is spent on World C (ourselves), 5 cents is spent on World B (they have access to the Good News) and ½ cent is spent on World A (they don’t know a Christian, there is not a church to attend and they have never heard of Jesus). Eight out of every ten missionaries are sent to Worlds B and C leaving 2 to work with the ½ cent in World A. And we spend most of our time planning activities for those in Worlds B and C with very little time praying and strategizing regarding impacting World A. If we believe that Matthew 24:14 is true, then we need to do something different
Along with this challenge, It is our great joy to share our vision with you about the ministry in the state of Haryana which is less evangelized state in India. God is opening this state widely for the gospel today. One church or an organization cannot reach this goal. But we, as the body of Christ can together reach this state and equip hundreds of natives for the task.
We would like to invite you to join us in this great event and be a part of this network to see a mighty move of God in Haryana. Please go through this information below and let’s know your comments.
IMMANUEL FELLOWSHIP – HARYANA NETWORK
Vision:- Reaching Haryana, the most unreached state in India by equipping the natives strategically and planting churches in the unreached areas by partnering with the mission minded individuals, churches & ministries.
HARYANA – At a glance.
Capital : Chandigarh
Location : North Western state of India
Area : 44,212 km
Population : 21, 082, 989 (21 million)
No of Districts : 20
No of Tehsils : 55
No of Blocks : 116
No of villages : 7,064
No of pin codes : 449
No of people groups : 94
No of Towns : 92
Literacy : 68.59
Main Languages : Haryanvi, Hindi, Punjabi & Urdu
Haryana Christianity at a Glance – 2008.
No of gatherings (House churches) : 3000
No of Christian Workers : 580
No of Bible schools & training centers : 12
No of Organizations : 90
No of Total Christians : 75,000.
No of villages has Christian presence: 1000.
The Task of IFHN:
1, Planting 6000 village churches, beginning with block, pin code and village levels.
2, Train & send 1000 full time church planters.
3, Train & equip 3000 elders and lay leaders through short term trainings for church planting.
4, Train & equip the entire body of Christ in Haryana for evangelism and church planting through on going discipleship programs and new believers trainings.
5, Conduct celebration meetings in regional levels once in six months for the evaluation and for the goal settings.
6, Arrange state level “Haryana church planters” conference at least once in a year.
Your involvement with IFHN.
1, Pray for Haryana and encourage others to pray.
2, Sponsor a church planter in an unreached block or tehsil in the state to plant new churches. We can support a native missionary family for Rs 2000 ($50) per month.
3, Financially help our training center to train 100 men every month for the church planting ministry.
4, Helping us in the ministry by visiting our fields and sharing your talents, gifts and encourage our new believers and elders.
5, Sharing your recourses for the needs of reaching the state with the target.
We are committed to planting churches:-“at the right time, with the right person, in the right place, with the right training and the right support”.
We expect your prayers and mail.
Thanking you.
Pr. Prince K Thomas.
(Director)
Immanuel Fellowship, Post Box – 26
Karnal. P.O, Haryana. 132 001.
Ph. 094161-17330.