Prayer for India
July 2011
Facts and Figures
 Population - 1.2 billion and growing
 Capital City – Delhi
 Main languages are Hindi and English (although there are 22
official languages)
 70% of the population is under 35 years of age
 Life expectancy is 63.4 yrs
 The most ethnically diverse nation on earth with over 2,500
distinct people groups
Facts and Figures
 India has more human need than any other nation
 India has many religions:
 74% of the population is Hindu
 14% of the population is Muslim
 6% of the population is Christian (some say up to 9%)
 India has more unreached individuals than any other
nation
 Over 80,000 missionaries in India
(go to http://theminster.org/2011-07-10-latimerminster-prayer-for-the-indias-dalit-people/ to watch
the Dalit one-by-one video)
Prayer Points
 Pray for the Dalit Freedom Network
 Pray for the church in India that they would embrace the Dalit
community and treat them as equals.
 Pray that the serious ills of society are tackled with greater
commitment and effectiveness.
 Pray that Christians (considered as “Western”) may
demonstrate, in authentic Indian cultural expressions, true
spirituality and the transformation Christ brings.
Prayer Points
 Uproot corruption at all levels of government. Pray for
courage and resoluteness to stay the course when allowing a
culture of corruption to persist is a much easier and safer
option.
 Pray for women and children who suffer disproportionately.
Pray that their desperate needs be addressed and that
practices in society, especially towards those most vulnerable,
might be changed to reflect God’s care for women and
children.
Prayer Points
 Give thanks and praise for the continued freedom for Indian
Christians to proclaim the gospel, despite efforts from certain
communal and political forces to limit this freedom through
legislation, intimidation and persecution.
 Pray for the increasingly affluent 350 million of the Indian
middle classes who have little meaningful contact with
Christianity.
 The Indian diaspora numbers nearly 30 million with 1.5
million here in the UK. Pray for outreach to these
communities and pray about how you can be involved in
reaching out to Indians (either here in the UK or in India).
Prayer Points
 India has 456 languages, 429 of which are spoken by over
1,000 people. At present the full Bible is only available in 70
languages and the New Testament in 120. We need to see a
new effort, as great as William Carey’s, occur to increase the
rate of translation.
 Give thanks and praise for the missions and church planting
initiatives that have taken place over the past 50 years in
India. Today over 1,000 Indian mission agencies and church
based initiatives have sent out over 100,000 church planters,
evangelists and social workers to plant tens of thousands of
Christ-following congregations.