Glad Tidings India and India Bible Literature share the Gospel through:

* Scriptures - seeking to place one million Bibles into the hands of Indians. Bibles are made available at an affordable cost and proceeds are reinvested into other ministry opportunities.

* Unreached People Groups - Transforming an entire Unreached People Group through Bible-Content Literacy courses, Church Planters, and Vacation Bible School.

* Church Planting - funds from the sale of Bibles train and equip national evangelists to establish new churches throughout India.

* Empowering Women - setting women free from physical and spiritual bondage through the Gospel and literacy courses.

* Christian Education - supplying the curriculum and training of teachers to conduct Childrens' Bible Schools, reaching up to one million children per year.

* Literacy - providing training to churches and other agencies to conduct Bible content literacy classes for adults throughout India.

* Self-Support - assisting churches to become self-supporting by providing income generating enterprises.

* Used Bibles Used Mightily - Your old Bibles and Christian Books can help spread the Word of God in India.  A donation of $25 prints 8 Bibles and sends an adult to a Bible-Based Literacy course for 10 months!  A gift of $100/month over one year will print 400 Bibles and provide 6 sewing machines for village women so they can start a tailoring business and provide food for their children.

 

What makes Glad Tidings India and India Bible Literature Unique?

* Proven Track Record rooted in Experience - Over 50 years experience in ministry in India through founder/missionary, Dr Bill Scott.

* Donations leveraged into Self-Sustaining Ministries - All donations used to purchase Bibles in 17 Indian languages which are sold at affordable prices. Proceeds are reinvested in other ministries of India Bible Literature.

* Indigenous Strategy - India Bible Literature, founded and directed by Drs. William and Joyce Scott, is controlled and administered by Indians residing in India. Top 6 executives have each been with IBL 15-40 years, advancing from lower levels to leadership positions within the organization.

* Grassroots Directed - Funding requests originated by local churches, approved and prioritized by India Bible Literature who also provides accountability within India for ensuring the proper usage of all funds recieved.

* Low Overhead - Committed to Money for Ministries, not Organizations by maintaining a very lean organizational structure in the United States.

 

Why India?

* A country of one billion inhabitants, 80% of whom are Hindu, 13% Muslim, 2% Sikh, & 3% Christian.

* 310 Unreached People Groups having populations exceeding 100,000 with no evangelical church-planting strategy in place to reach them with the Gospel (next highest country has 35 Unreached People Groups)*

* A secular democracy but with strong radical Hindu influences throughout the country.

* A land of contrast - economic strength and prosperity alongside great poverty; educationally strong alongside a 62% official literacy rate and in actuality a much lower functional literacy rate.

* Dr Scott and his late wife, Dr. Joyce Scott, began ministry in India in 1950, eventually founding an indigenous ministry in India - India Bible Literature, which last year distributed on average 52,000 pieces of Scripture per day.

* Hundreds of Church Planters are waiting to be trained

 

*'The World Priority of India', Mission Frontier Magazine, US Center for World Missions,Jan-Feb 2006