The anti-Christian bent of the government that took power in India in 2014 renders the work of indigenous missionaries all the more important, a native ministry leader assisted by Christian Aid Mission said.
Foreign missionaries are viewed with increasing suspicion, and the public preaching that many undertake is less tolerated in the recent, more hostile climate, a ministry leader based in southern India said. One-on-one evangelism has become more important as Hindu nationalists have attacked open-air events, and indigenous missionaries with intimate knowledge of local culture are best positioned for sharing personal faith, he said.
Christian Aid Mission is an evangelical missionary organization that assists more than 200 indigenous ministries in India and more than 500 around the world. Ministries throughout India are sharing this concern....
