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Milestones

1978 Amar Jyoti (Source of Light - India) was established with Pramod Das named as director.
1980 Amar Jyoti organized the first Seekers’ Conference.
1981 Incorporated as Jivan Jyoti: India. Then name was later changed to Amar Jyoti.
1981 Dodla Wilson began working with Amar Jyoti.
1982 Solomon Peter joined staff as director of the southern zone of India.
1982 Sushil Singh established an office of Amar Jyoti in Delhi.
1982 Lessons have been translated into Oriya, Hindi, and Bengale.
1983 Dodla Wilson began a work in Hyderabad. This work later became Nacharam Grace Bible Church.
1983 Opening ceremony for the new Amar Jyoti headquarters in Cuttack was held.
1988 Amar Jyoti began a training camp for evangelists.
1989 The Bible Society of India awarded a Certificate of Commendation “For Outstanding Achievement in Biblical Promotional Activities” to Amar Jyoti India, Bangalore.
1995 Dr. B. H. Struthers, Charles Gilmore, and Paul Gilmore from the USA participated in a church conference organized by Amar Jyoti.
1996 Amar Jyoti had planted and established 200 churches.
1998 21 camps and conferences were held in Orissa, India.
1999 The first lessons printed in the Nepali language were dedicated.
2002 Amar Jyoti had planted and established 600 churches with 127 National missionaries.

The Country

The Republic of India dominates the South Asian subcontinent, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. While the land of India is a little over one third the size of the US, it contains over three times the number of people.

English is an important language for national, political, and commercial communication; however, Hindi is the primary tongue of 30% of the people. There are 24 languages spoken by over a million persons.

India's greatest tourist's treasure is the Taj Mahal, the most lavish monument ever built for love. It took over 23 years to complete this shrine that is located in Agra about 125 miles from Delhi.

The social and religious structures define this nation’s identity and remain unchanged for at least 4000 years despite efforts from the outside to alter them. As technology enters we begin to see some changes in the cities, but in essence rural India does and will remain the same.

Religion trickles into ever facet of Indian life. India's major religion, Hinduism, is practiced by approximately 80% of the population. Hinduism is not a proselytizing religion since you cannot be converted: you're either born a Hindu or you're not.

Contacting Source of Light - India

Solomon and Janki (Ruth) Peter

Sanjeev Sahu