Every year, over 24 lakh people are being converted to Christianity, according to the data available on the website of The Joshua Project, a Christian conversion ‘research’ initiative.
There are a total of 2272 caste groups of which 2041 are ‘unreached’ as per their website. Out of these, 4.5% are minimally reached and 5.6% are superficially reached. Of the total population of India, 95.5% of the population remains unreached with 2.9% minimally reached and 1.7% superficially reached, as per The Joshua Project.
The conversion rate in India is 3.9% while the global average is 2.6%. The Joshua Project has reached 6 crore people, with 4 out of 100 people converting to Christianity. Santal, Kui Khond, Oraon, Shabar, Bodo, Arieng, Tipera, Deaf, Munda, Vaniyan, Gamit and Kharia castes among others are minimally reached as per Joshua Project.
For each caste group, an agent is appointed across the country. According to the media reports, based on an investigation in Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha, found that those who converted to Christianity claimed to have received financial assistance after going to church.
Alarmingly, while Hindus and other religious, and ethnic groups, are being targeted for conversion to Christianity, Chhattisgarh Home Minister Vijay Sharma, Jharkhand-Odisha DGP, Madhya Pradesh IG (Law and Order) said that they have no information about Joshua Project and its activities.
The “agents” are provided seal stamps and literature to propagate Christianity and are paid Rs 1500 for getting people married to Christians and Rs 2000 for conversion.
There are priests who report to “Father” and have fixed salaries. They are appointed as head of some school or hospital to provide them Rs 1 lakh as monthly salary.
The main job of these priests is to clear any obstruction arising in conversion activities. Moreover, there are salaried pastors who are tasked with finding appropriate locations to build churches and bring in more non-Christians to Christianity. They get Rs 10,000 to 20,000 salary for this alongside Bolero car.
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