CIfI

Christian Initiative for India

Christian Initiative for India

Christian Initiative for India

Who we are

We live for the restoration of the Church. In India, Germany and worldwide. Because Jesus is worth it – because the world needs it.
For this reason we are committed to outreach and prayer, to training people and to planting and restoring churches.

What we do

We support a large Federation of Churches in India (donations) – run social and missionary projects for children, as well as women and girls (sponsorships) – help persecuted Christians (campaigns) – support missions to and from India (outreach projects) – build the Kingdom of God through prayer and worship (prayer days and prayer houses) – train people for “Church and Missions” (discipleship) – invest in existing churches and plant new churches in India, Germany and worldwide (church)

Taking on a sponsorship

Invite us

We would be very pleased to visit your church and to report on our work in person, or via Zoom. Regardless of whether it is a church service, home group, prayer group, teenagers’ group or scouts, we want to excite this generation and to motivate them to carry out the great commission which Jesus gave us – to make disciples of all nations.

Corona Aid

Food packages against hunger

Image: Girl on the street in India July 2021

Hunger is omnipresent in India in the midst of the pandemic and no longer affects only the lower class.
With a donation of 20 euros, a family of five can get a food parcel that will ensure them at least one hot meal a day for a month.

More info

The daily food distribution in Trichy, which had been carried out for several weeks, unfortunately had to be stopped at the end of June due to the rapid spread of virus mutants. We want to help the people, but at the same time not expose them to an increased risk of infection.

That is why we want to focus on distributing food parcels again in the coming weeks. Due to job loss, loss of earnings and inability to pay, more and more people from the middle class are slipping below the poverty line, and hunger is becoming a constant companion for them as well.

We plan to distribute 1000 food packets each in the states of Tamilnadu, Maharashtra, Bihar and Odisha this month. Due to rising oil and food prices, the cost of such a package has increased from 15 to 20 Euros.

Help defeat hunger!

Bank details

Account for donations D

Evangelische Bank e.G.
IBAN DE52520604100006421342
BIC GENODEF1EK1

or

HASPA
IBAN DE87200505501250131362
HASPDEHHXXX

Account for donations CH

please use the german Evangelische Bank accout, see above. There will not be extra costs if you send it as SEPA only.

Account for donations A

Bank Austria
Account owner: A. Schmidt
IBAN: AT191200023623300000
BIC: BKAUATWW

Sharing God’s love.

Through sponsorships.

Patenschaften Agape Ministries: Schulmädchen

Become a part of the success story.

These small sponsorships make a very big difference in the lives of individuals. As a sponsor you are starting a new success story, which would not be possible without you! Your regular giving means that socially disadvantaged people can receive the same chances as others. In this way they can experience God‘s love in a very practical and personal way.

Concretely:

Agape Ministries is the new sponsorship programme of CIfI. When you take on a sponsorship, you support the various projects run by our partner churches in India. And what is it about?

Child sponsorships
Girl sponsorships
Project sponsorships
Widow sponsorships
Pastor sponsorships
Tea picker sponsorships

All information here:

Agape Ministries Sponsorships

Emergency Aid Blog

Surviving in the pandemic

During the pandemic countless people have lost their job and their source of income. 30% of the population are now living beneath the poverty line. Each act of aid helps to reduce the bitter need of the poorest of the poor in India.

We are writing this blog to draw attention to the current desperate plight of those in need in India – and to show how we can help them.

To our blog

India

We support a Christian church association

What we support »

We support a large Christian church association in India.
The focal points are:

Evangelism and church building in various federal states.
Theological and practical training.
Prayer for revival in India.
Support and encouragement for persecuted Christians.
Social missionary projects for children, women and girls.
Disaster relief by local churches.

Sri Lanka

We support families of teapickers

What we support »

In Sri Lanka we support Tamil families (originally from India) who live and work in the tea and vegetable plantations in the central highlands of the island under inhumane conditions. The focus is on the following areas:

Actions to promote school education by providing school materials and tutoring, improved care and nutrition in day centres for children.
Training and education courses for women.
Improvement of medical care through medical camps and individual case help.

CIfI Centre

What we offer »

Cultural training for Germany and abroad, mission school and preparation weeks, outreach to Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal), internships and Profilers programme, open seminars around church and mission as well as prayer are the offers of the CIfI centre. There are also public appointments and open prayer meetings.

On request, ourstaff is happy to visit Christian churches to organise services and events, to preach or report. There is also the option of qualified cultural training in churches.

Current Events

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Shopping and doing good things »

The CIFI SHOP offers you our own designs on cool outfits. And beautiful things from India - our heartland.

All proceeds flow into our work - so you do something good and get something beautiful!

Sorry: our shop is only available in german language and we ship only inside Germany. But please contact us, if you find a product that you like: we will make a way...

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