International Missions:
INDIA
International Missions:
INDIA
Today the reality is... that 97 percent of the world's unreached lives in the 10/40 Window, a rectangular shaped area on our globe extending from West Africa to East Asia, from 10 degrees north to 40 degrees north of the equator. In this part of the world, millions live with little or no chance of ever hearing the Gospel. The Window also encompasses the majority of the world's Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists. The darkest of all areas within the 10/40 Window is Asia.
Over 80,000 die every day in Asian countries without knowing about the love of Jesus Christ. 500,000 villages in India alone have never heard the Gospel. Although 97 percent of the world's unreached lives in the 10/40 Window, less than .05 percent of our total resources as the Church in the West are being sent to help share the Good News. Truly there is a staggering amount of work to do. However, with Eternal Life International Ministries (ELIM) native missionaries we can reach them! Your part in winning India... is just as important as that of the workers on the field. Although they are willing and eager to go, they are limited by the resources given to provide a small room to rent, food to eat, and Bibles and tracts to distribute. Without support from Christians around the world, our brothers and sisters in India simply would not be able to complete the task of sharing Christ with every village and people group.
It takes only between $90 and $150 per month to support a native missionary through ELIM. You can help support one worker with a monthly donation of $50. As a sponsor, you are asked to pray regularly for your missionary. When you become a sponsor, your missionary's picture and testimony will be sent to you promptly. ELIM International Mission: Karnataka, India Eternal Life International Ministries (ELIM) first church was planted at the State of Karnataka in India on June of 2005. ELIM Bangalore church is growing by adding new souls and working as the National Headquarters for ELIM India. Pastors, and Evangelists are leading the front of ELIM native missionary churches for the glory of God.
Literally the "Lofty Land," Karnataka is located in southern India along the Arabian Sea. Most of the region is a plateau with an elevation of 1,000 to 3,000 feet.
Karnataka once belonged to the great Mauryan Empire (c. 325-185 B.C.) and was thereafter invaded and ruled by a succession of kings. During the 18th century, the area was the seat of struggle between Great Britain and France for supremacy in India. In the 19th century, Protestant missionaries from the West contributed much to the language and literature of the people, producing and printing the first Kannada-language newspaper and an English-Kannada dictionary. Though these efforts enhanced education and other aspects of society, the Gospel took hold only slightly.
In 1902, Asia's first hydroelectric power plant was commissioned in Karnataka, and its rivers continue to be used for irrigation and hydroelectric power generation. The mainly agrarian economy produces rice, coffee, sugarcane, millet and cotton, with coconuts found in abundance along the coast. The state has the most valuable sandalwood forests in all of India and is well endowed with rosewood and teakwood. Karnataka supplies 60 percent of India's silk (a commodity prized internationally as well).
Dubbed "Silicon City," Bangalore is not only the state capital but also the backbone of India's growing software industry. Sixty percent of India's software exports come from Bangalore, home to the nation's largest software company. In addition, many Christian organizations, both Indian and international, have their headquarters in Bangalore.
Sixty-six percent of the state's 52 million people speak Kannada; Urdu and Telugu are also widely spoken. The population is 85 percent Hindu, 11 percent Muslim, 2 percent Christian (a decline from almost 3 percent in 1971) and 0.8 percent Jain.
Karnataka is southern India's most spiritually desolate state, claiming only 1.1 million Christians. Many regions of the state are without even one follower of Jesus.