Ministries
- Bible Course Distribution
- Church Ministry
- Evangelism
- Leadership Training
- Ruby Bible Institute
- Seekers Conference
- Vacation Bible School
- Bible Studies
Missionary
Dodla Wilson
SLM’s partnership with India Central Zone began in 1981. The India CZ Branch, under the current leadership of Wilson Dodla, has 7 Associate Discipleship Schools with over 400 active students. They use lessons in Telugu and English.
Phone Number
011-91-9391041030
indiacz@slmin.org
Population
1,266,883,598 (July 2016 est.
Languages
Hindi 41%, Bengali 8.1%, Telugu 7.2%, Marathi 7%, Tamil 5.9%, Urdu 5%, Gujarati 4.5%, Kannada 3.7%, Malayalam 3.2%, Oriya 3.2%, Punjabi 2.8%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.2%, other 5.9%
English enjoys the status of subsidiary official language but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the most widely spoken language and primary tongue of 41% of the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language (2001 census)
Religions
Hindu 79.8%, Muslim 14.2%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.7%, other and unspecified 2% (2011 est.)
