Country Profile: India

India is the world’s second most populated nation with more than one billion inhabitants. The country is divided into 29 states. The nation has accommodated waves of invaders and cultures. The Aryans came more than 2,000 years before Christ. The Moghals came around the ninth century AD. The Muslims came in the fifteenth century. Later, the Danish, British, French, Portuguese and Dutch came to India. Each one of them brought with them their own religion. India is by nature exceedingly religious in all walks of life. Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism were all born in India.

Operation Mobilization (OM) India is an inter-denominational Christian movement committed to partnership with Indian churches in sharing God’s love with the nation of India. OM India is dedicated to the training and equipping of national Indian Christian workers as instruments to lead men to the living God and help them grow in their faith. OM India seeks to be culturally sensitive using innovative methods and programs that meet local needs.

OM India has more than 1,400 Indian men and women devoted to serving Christ in their nation. These national workers serve in unique capacities matching their ministry skills and spiritual calling. There are four kinds of teams on which OM India workers are serving: Film and Literature Teams, Good Shepherd Holistic Ministry Teams, Long Term Disciple Making Teams, and Dalit Education Center Teams. The goal of each team is to establish believers’ fellowships around the nation under OM’s Good Shepherd Community Church umbrella network. In addition, OM India’s workers are involved in disaster relief and rehabilitation, literature publishing, prayer networks, AIDS counseling, and micro-enterprise projects.