The situation in contemporary India is now more complex, particularly due to the changes in local laws regarding receiving overseas support. Hence, we have had to stop supporting many of the Bible colleges with which we previously partnered.
The recent appointment of Dr Prabhu Singh as our South Asia Director has opened up new opportunities to work with mega groupings of Bible colleges and mission training agencies.
We are seeking to build a number of sub-strategies within our overarching vision ‘to make theological colleges more missional and mission training more theological’. The first part is to work with the 9 leading evangelical Bible colleges of the country to strengthen them to support the next 50 affiliate colleges. This ‘hub and affiliate’ model has worked well in other continents, so we are adapting it to the needs of India.