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'''Bharatiya Khristiya Mandali''', or the Brethren in Christ Church Society, is a BIC conference in Bihar, [[India]]. Bharatiya Khristiya Mandali is affiliated with a variety of Anabaptist organizations: [[Mennonite World Conference]], Mennonite Christian Service Fellowship of India, [[Mennonite Central Committee]] and the All Asia Mennonite Fellowship.<ref>Harvey, Sider. Email interview. 23 March 2011.</ref> At the end of 2007 Bharatiya Khristiya Mandali reported to have 4,841 members in 65 congregations.<ref name="bicwm" />
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'''Bharatiya Khristiya Mandali''', or the Brethren in Christ Church Society, is a BIC conference in Bihar, [[India]]. Bharatiya Khristiya Mandali is affiliated with a variety of Anabaptist organizations: [[Mennonite World Conference]], Mennonite Christian Service Fellowship of India, [[Mennonite Central Committee]] and the All Asia Mennonite Fellowship.<ref name="sider1">Harvey, Sider. Email interview. 23 March 2011.</ref> At the end of 2007 Bharatiya Khristiya Mandali reported to have 4,841 members in 65 congregations.<ref name="bicwm" />
  
 
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==Present challenges==
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===Economic and literacy challenges===
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Listed among the current issues that Harvey Sider cited as the main challenges for the people of Bihar and for the church was government corruption, low education and poverty.<ref name="sider2">Harvey, Sider. Email interview. 14 April 2011.</ref> In the 2011 India census, the state of Bihar was reported to have the third highest population among all other states and union territories, at the same time, Bihar also possesses the lowest literacy rate in the country with only 63.82% of the state's population being literate.<ref name="census2011>Office of the Registrar General and
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Census Commissioner, India. "Census 2011 Provisional Population Totals." Ministry of Home Affairs. http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/archive/00517/India_Census_2011___517160a.pdf (acessed 16 April 2011).</ref> Furthermore, the statistics for the fiscal year 2010 showed that Bihar had the lowest per-capita income for all of India: 16,119 Rupees or 340 US Dollars (the exchange rate used was 47.36 Indian Rupees to 1 USD).<ref name="vmw">VMW Analytic Services. "Economy of the Federal States & Population for Year 2011." UNIDOW Financial Intelligence Services. http://unidow.com/india%20home%20eng/statewise_gdp.html (accessed 16 April 2011).</ref>
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==Electronic Resources==
 
==Electronic Resources==

Revision as of 01:30, 17 April 2011

Bharatiya Khristiya Mandali
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India: World Factbook, 2011[1]

Location

Bihar, India
[2]

Date established

1904
[2]

Presiding officer

Rev. Samuel Hembrom, Gen. Sec'y
[2]

Church members

4,841
[2]

Number of Congregations

65
[2]

Bharatiya Khristiya Mandali, or the Brethren in Christ Church Society, is a BIC conference in Bihar, India. Bharatiya Khristiya Mandali is affiliated with a variety of Anabaptist organizations: Mennonite World Conference, Mennonite Christian Service Fellowship of India, Mennonite Central Committee and the All Asia Mennonite Fellowship.[3] At the end of 2007 Bharatiya Khristiya Mandali reported to have 4,841 members in 65 congregations.[2]

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Present challenges

Economic and literacy challenges

Listed among the current issues that Harvey Sider cited as the main challenges for the people of Bihar and for the church was government corruption, low education and poverty.[4] In the 2011 India census, the state of Bihar was reported to have the third highest population among all other states and union territories, at the same time, Bihar also possesses the lowest literacy rate in the country with only 63.82% of the state's population being literate.[5] Furthermore, the statistics for the fiscal year 2010 showed that Bihar had the lowest per-capita income for all of India: 16,119 Rupees or 340 US Dollars (the exchange rate used was 47.36 Indian Rupees to 1 USD).[6]


Electronic Resources

Citations

  1. "India," CIA World Factbook. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html (accessed 12 April 2011).
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Global BIC Church Statistical Summary (Year ending Dec. 31, 2007)." Brethren in Christ World Missions. http://www.google.com/url?q=http://bic-church.org/wm/forms/download.asp%3Ffname%3D2009%2520Policy%2520Manual%2520Appendices.pdf&sa=U&ei=Q4R-TcWVEILYgQegl4WeCA&ved=0CAMQFjAA&usg=AFQjCNGJlLbCDpnCC4lCYGM7_dJIDllehw (accessed 14 March 2011).
  3. Harvey, Sider. Email interview. 23 March 2011.
  4. Harvey, Sider. Email interview. 14 April 2011.
  5. Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. "Census 2011 Provisional Population Totals." Ministry of Home Affairs. http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/archive/00517/India_Census_2011___517160a.pdf (acessed 16 April 2011).
  6. VMW Analytic Services. "Economy of the Federal States & Population for Year 2011." UNIDOW Financial Intelligence Services. http://unidow.com/india%20home%20eng/statewise_gdp.html (accessed 16 April 2011).

Acknowledgments

Jonathan Harnish compiled much of the information presented here in a student research paper for a spring 2011 Anabaptist Mennonite History Class at Goshen College.