Indian Christian Day at San Jose

I encourage you to attend an Indian Christian Day, which will be held in ten locations across the United States this June, July and August 2024.

Invite your congregations, neighbors, and friends, and extend a special invitation to non-Indians to attend.

We have a marvelous opportunity to amplify the impact that Christians and their congregations, parishes, and ministries have made and continue to make as followers of Christ, both across the subcontinent of India and within our global community.

I cannot imagine an India, or any nation, that has not benefited from the faith, sacrifice, and love shared over more than 2,000 years because of the prophetic life of Christ. Christianity as a movement was first introduced by St. Thomas and his companions in the southern region of the Indian subcontinent around 50 AD.

These first Christian communities were established in Kerala in the first century, and some are still in existence today. Over the centuries, a tapestry of Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox churches took shape across India to worship, witness, and serve the good news to humanity. I believe that generationally, Indian Christian contributions in quality and quantity have exponentially transformed personal and social lives far beyond our numbers because we are called to see the image of God in one another—human flourishing comes when we cross boundaries of politics, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.