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The Indian Evangelical Mission (IEM) is an indigenous and inter-denominational
missionary organisation labouring in India and outside for more than
35 years. The IEM is headquartered in Bangalore and now it has mission
fields spread across about 37 places in India and in six other countries
- UK, Sudan, West Asia, Thailand, Papua New Guinea and Philippines.
It has 463 missionaries working among nearly 50 different people
groups all over India. The Lord has brought thousands of people to
His fold through the ministry of IEM over the years.
Their Mission is to:
- Take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the unevangelised areas
in India and abroad, and to plant churches among unreached people.
Their goal is a church among every people group and the Gospel
to every
person.
- Challenge Indian Christians to realise their responsibility
for world evangelisation and to recognize their partnership
with other
Christians in the world in fulfilling their task.
India has the "highest concentration of unevanglised people
in the world". A mere 3-4% of India's one billion (1,000,000,000)
population are Christian. Within India alone there are over
2000 unreached people groups where there are no Christians or viable
churches. Jesus said: "Go into all the world and preach
the good news to all
creation". Mark 16:15
Church planting is the primary objective of the Indian Evangelical
Mission. To establish a church where no church exists is the foundation
of their ministry. This ministry is as old as the Mission itself.
Their missionaries are equipped with language learning skills at
the Outreach Training Institute(OTI) when they join the Mission.
This helps them learn the language(unwritten in most cases) quickly.
Coming from drastically different cultures, their missionaries have
to cross cultural, language and social barriers to make contact with
the people they are trying to reach. Potential leaders are identified
and trained to lead their own people.
Find out more about the Indian Evangelical Mission by visiting the IEM
website.
Friends of Indian Evangelical Mission Australia (FIEMA)
are Christians in Australia who have entered into partnership with
IEM, to support, promote, and pray
for the Mission. FIEMA seeks to promote the interests of IEM by informing
Australian Christians about the work done by IEM missionaries, and
raising financial and prayer support
for the Mission.
Find out more about Friends of Indian Evangelical Mission Australia
by visiting the FIEMA
website.
Help Indian Evangelical Mission
Make a difference by becoming an IEM Partner,
giving financial and payer support and by promoting IEM.
Go to the FIEMA website and
click on Make a Difference.
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