Indian seminary spreads the Gospel to unreached groups

Allahabad Bible Seminary (ABSI) in India was founded in 1942. Strategically located where hundreds of villages have not heard the Gospel, the students of this religious-cultural educational center are able to learn the best cross-cultural approaches to a wide range of people representing all major religions in India.

ABSI is a key education center for training pastors, evangelists and pioneer workers. With 184 students from 26 states in India, ABSI has increased their enrollment due to the seminary’s academic excellence and systematic practical ministry opportunities. North Indian churches look to the seminary for their unique evangelical theological training as ABSI is one of the few seminaries in India to offer the bachelor degree in Hindi. An additional 598 students are taking courses in Hindi through their extension program.

ABSI is strongly involved in an HIV/AIDS global awareness program and has worked with NGOs on awareness building and conferences. The seminary is launching biblical peacemaking programs and has a weekend ministry outreach program where students work in villages, schools, universities and churches.

Graduate and OC scholarship recipient Amanullah Khan is a church planter in the New Jalpaigudi area of Assam, India. After learning the Assamees language within three months, he started sharing the Gospel with the majority group there through evangelism and singing. His church has also asked him to pastor a nearby church where many locals and new Christians have started attending. Amanullah expressed thanks to the seminary for giving him “various opportunities to learn the Word of God and for his exposure to contextual issues through the outreach program.”