Hundreds of million dollars, foreign funds for Conversion activities in ‘Bharat’:

Each year, the Government of India’s Ministry of Home Affairs releases a report (URL below) entitled, “Receipt of Foreign Contributions by Voluntary Associations.

Following are the Associations which receive the funds

Gospel Fellowship Trust India, USA — $60,305,263

Gospel for Asia, USA — $36,100,000

Plan International, UK — $29,257,895

Foundation Vicent E Ferrer, Alicante, Spain — $27,428,947

Christian Aid, UK — $21,094,737

Miseror Mozartstrasse, Germany — $20,457,895

Foundacion Vicente Ferrer, Madrid, Spain — $20,118,421

Oxfam, UK — $19,721,053

NOVIB, Netharlands — $19,321,053

Deptt for International Devpt (DFID), UK — $15,723,684

Kindemothilfe, Germany — $14,318,421

Save the Children Fund, UK — $13,594,737

Manos Unidas, Spain — $13,050,000

Missio, Germany — $12,900,000

Population Service International USA — $12,826,316

Total funds sent to India: — $336,218,421

Though the Focus and goal as a ministry is to reach the 2.7 billion people who have never heard about the love of God (proselytisation intent, what else?)In India alone, there are over 500,000 villages. Most of the donations go toward relief work, rural development, medicine and education. “Maintenance of priests/preachers/other religious functionaries” is 15th on the list of purposes, receiving $21 million dollars of all foreign funding. Of the fifteen top donor agencies given eight are Christian, seven are secular and none are Hindu.

Following are the examples of intent given by these organizations themselves. Gospel Missions of India (GMI), “stays abreast of the work of the missionaries and ministries in India to ensure that gifts are faithfully invested for the Lord’s work”. Gospel for Asia is a Texas-based Christian missionary organization whose, “Focus and goal as a ministry is to reach the 2.7 billion people in the 10/40 window who have never heard about the love of God. In India alone, there are over 500,000 villages with no Gospel witness.” These paragraphs are self explanatory about the real intent which is proselytisation through use of these funds. It is not service for the sake of service as the ground reality in Bharat shows.

The report is available on http://mha.gov.in/fcra/annual/ar2005-06.pdf

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