The Gospel of Jesus Christ has existed in India for almost 2000 years. It is widely known that Thomas, Jesus’ doubting disciple made it to India early on in the first century AD. He shared the gospel widely and even died on the soil of India. But today almost 2000 years later still less that 2% of the population profess faith in Jesus. Why? What obstacles have there been to the Gospel? Of those that do accept the Lord in India today a large majority are from the lower castes. Why do the upper and educated castes continue to be resistant to the gospel?

It is in search of answers to these questions that the Journey of Friends Network India began. From reading Biblical accounts of the early church brining the gospel into new cultures, to learning from the lives of forerunners of contextual ministry to Hindus of the past two centuries and as we sought The Lord we began to uncover clues and keys that would send us on a new path.

Now it is our joy and goal to see Hindu people come to faith in Jesus, becoming His committed disciples, while retaining much of their cultural, community and family identity. The obstacles of western culture, imperialism, community change and extrabiblical traditional Christian forms are put off to the side and Jesus alone remains the single stumbling block over which Hindus must pass to enter into His Kingdom.

Read more about who we are and what we do and join us on this spectacular journey of learning and faith!