00-18 India 2006   3 Chapters  (19:03)  

  Script: India 2006.pdf   03/25/2023

The Bania of India–Merchants:  Empty and Unreached   (7:42)

  Nearly all of the Bania claim Hindu as their religion but, as merchants, they have chosen gods that reflect their profession. In particular, they worship Laxmi, the god of wealth, and Ganesh, the god of good fortune, but many have chosen another god – the god of money. This is a god that they worship; a god that drives their lives, a god that leaves them with an empty heart. It all depends on acquiring wealth. 

As Americans, we appear out of place in this culture. We wait in line to take a short ride with those we don’t know and by methods that are strange. In God’s time, the journey is only for a moment, long enough to facilitate the development of rapidly reproducing churches among the Bania. We can then leave knowing that the glory of the Lord will soon reign among the Bania.

Join us in fervent prayer claiming the promise found in Habakkuk 2:14: “For the earth will be filled with the glory of the Lord, as the waters of the sea”. Earnestly pray that it would be so among the Bania People of India as their hearts and lives are filled with the love, joy, and peace of knowing Jesus personally.

01  India Maps  (2:09)    India is a country about one-third the size of the United States but with a population of over one billion. To the north is the Himalayan Mountain Range and China. To the West is Pakistan and Afghanistan. To the East is Mymar, formerly known as Burma.

New Delhi is the capital of  the country.

Bangalore is known as the garden city of India, also referred to as the “Silicon Valley” of India.

02  The Bania of India (9:03)   The Bania is a merchant class of people who live throughout India. Most of these 22 million people are in the northern part of the country. However, about one million claim the state of Karnatoka in southern India as their home. A large portion lives in Bangalore, the capital city, with a population of over 6 ½ million. It is said to be among the fastest growing cities in Asia and is the leader in a technological revolution sweeping the country.

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