Building Authentic Relationships with Hindus
Indians make up the world’s largest diaspora community, and most of them are Hindus of diverse backgrounds, languages, and cultures. Millions of Hindus have migrated abroad in recent decades and are well-settled in different countries while many more are expected to be dispersed far and wide in the coming years. Many of them are highly educated and skilled, professionally successful, culturally adaptive, and very religious in their outlook.
Sharing Jesus with Hindus is the collective wisdom of many seasoned ministry leaders and practitioners about how to minister effectively to contemporary global Hindus. The contributors are situated in different parts of the world, and some come from Hindu backgrounds themselves. Emerging from an international conference on mission to and among Hindus worldwide, this book provides practical ministry strategies and scholarly reflections drawn from decades of insight.
The authors have experience in diasporic living and ministering to Hindus in diverse contexts. Learn how to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with your new neighbors from the Indian subcontinent. Avoid common mistakes and be an effective Christian witness to Hindus globally. Here is an essential resource in the toolkit of every church and Christian ministry worldwide.
قائمة المحتويات
Foreword by Dr. T. V. Thomas
Introduction by Dr. Ashok Kumar
Chapter 1: Witnessing to the Hindu Diaspora in North America by Dr. Atul Aghamkar
Chapter 2: Revisiting Hindu Religious Traditions in Diaspora for a Constructive Interfaith Encounter by Dr. Wilson Paluri
Chapter 3: Pollution and Cleansing from Kala Pani Crossings: Sin and Salvation for the Hindu Diaspora by Dr. Sam George
Chapter 4: Modi, Hindu Rashtra, and India’s New Internationalism by Mr. Rahil Patel
Chapter 5: Challenges of Pastoring Hindu Converts by Dr. Martin Alphonse
Chapter 6: Home Church among Hindu Households in the Diaspora by Dr. Danny Sathyadass
Chapter 7: Understanding Hindu Neighbors by Rev. Ashwin Ramani
Chapter 8: Christocentric Satsang: Contextualized Worship for Hindus by Mr. Anil Yesudas
Chapter 9: Dealing with Family after Conversion by Dr. P. T. Subrahmanyan
Chapter 10: Ministering to Hindu Families by Mr. Srinivasa Moorthy
Chapter 11: Ministering to Hindu Students in Western Universities by Dr. Kamesh Sankaran
Chapter 12: Ministry among the Indian Diaspora in the Philippines by Rev. Mark Sudhir
Chapter 13: Malaysia’s Tamil Women: Agents of Change or Guardians of Tradition? by Mrs. Anita Lazarus
Chapter 14: Virtually Possible: Digital Outreaches to Hindus by Mrs. Chandra and Mr. Naveen
Chapter 15: Ministry among Hindus in the Caribbeans by Dr. Krishna Ramsundar
Chapter 16: Sense, Sensibility, and Sensitivity: The Case of Evangelism to Hindus in South Africa by Rev. Louie Naidoo
Conclusion: Christian Witness by Dr. Sam George
Acknowledgments
عن المؤلف
Ashok Kumar (DMin) was born and brought up in India. He lived as a practicing Hindu in the first twenty years of his life and became a follower of Jesus in the early eighties. Ashok has been involved in missions for more than thirty-five years. He spent most of this time with OM India, OM Singapore, and onboard an OM ship. Currently, he is part of the SIM East Asia team, leading Hethne Initiative, and serves on the global leadership of the Mission Commission of the World Evangelical Alliance.