INDIA

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A diverse family of seven people smiling and posing together indoors in front of colorful floral-patterned curtains and green plants.

Joseph and Esther lead an expanding ministry throughout southern India. 

Started by Joseph’s father, Samuel, in 2002, the International Cultural Bible Ministries (ICBM) has planted over 230 churches, including planting churches among 40 Indian ethnic tribal people groups of which 38 were previously unreached peoples of India. The vision is to reach the 630+ tribal people groups with the gospel of Christ.

ICBM exists to plant churches, equip and train pastors and leaders, and build churches. In addition, the ministry seeks to care for the poor, aged, destitute, and needy with the compassion of Jesus Christ.

A man standing in front of a yellow house with a brown door and a window with metal bars. He is wearing a white shirt, blue pants, and black sandals, holding a small bag in his left hand. The house has a corrugated metal roof, and there is a melon on top of it. The ground is bare dirt, and there are trees around the house with a clear blue sky in the background.
Group of children and a few adults standing inside a small room decorated with streamers, some of the children are holding babies or younger children, everyone is dressed casually.

Pictured: The congregation of one of many church plants in India.

Recording studio with soundproof walls in beige and maroon, a desk with a computer monitor, studio speakers, and a music stand. The room has ceiling lighting and carpeting.

Thank you!

Thanks to your generous donations, our partners in India have a brand new recording studio already being used to create gospel centric music in the various dialects used across the country.

Current needs: 

Provide motorcycles for two pastors working in a remote village, enabling them to travel and share the gospel, and plant churches. The cost of each motorcycle is $2,000.

Help dig two wells to provide clean water for communities. The cost of each well is $3,000

Fund construction of a new church building in a remote area that will reach an entire region for Christ. Total cost: $15,000 or a suggested gift of $150.

International Cultural Bible Ministry (ICBM) equips pastors and church leaders in eleven regions throughout India. Training conferences gather men and women to study the bible and grow in ministry skills. Your gift of $150 will provide for a family to attend training.

Youth from around the country come together for an annual youth conference to hear from Bible teachers and participate in workshops and small groups. You can scholarship a student for $60. Each conference of 150 students costs $9,000. 

A rustic outdoor area with a wooden structure providing shade, a small house made of mud and wood in the background, and blue plastic chairs to the right. There are shadows cast by the overhead wooden beams and a camera on one of the chairs.
Group of children and adults standing in a rural outdoor setting under a thatched roof structure, some holding books or notebooks, with trees and a simple shelter in the background.

Pictured: Pastor Peter’s congregation, which currently meets under a thatched roof,
comprises four previously unreached people groups.