The Andaman and Nicobar islands consist of a group of 572 tropical islands of which 37 are inhabited. The islands are an archipelago located in the Bay of Bengal and are a territory of India. These islands are known for their palm-lined, white-sand beaches, mangroves, tropical rainforests and coral reefs. The islands are separated into two categories, the Andaman islands to the north and the Nicobar islands to the south. Port Blair is the capital where 108,000 live among the total population of 420,000. Hindi is the primary language and the majority of the people are Hindu. There are a total of 288 people groups, of which 249 are considered unreached. The indigenous Sentinelese people inhabit the more remote islands, which are off limits to any visitors.
Fourteen years ago I had the opportunity to travel to the Andaman and Nicobar islands and have been praying ever since that God would allow us to support a church planting movement to reach the least reached people on these islands for Christ. God has answered this prayer and has connected us to an incredible group of church planters who are absolutely committed to sharing the gospel and planting house churches on these islands.
In faith we have moved forward to support 11 indigenous church planting pastors. These 11 pastors are serving on four of the islands. Over the last three months, these pastors have shared the gospel with 1,840 people, 106 have trusted in Jesus as Savior and Lord and 24 house churches have been started. Hallelujah!
Please be praying for this new church planting movement. Pray that God will protect and use these church planters in powerful ways as they continue to share the gospel and plant house churches among the unreached people groups on these islands.
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