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Summary Data on North Indian Cities, Urban Consultation, 94
As I have looked at the cities of the world day after day seeking to mobilize movements and prayer, the least reached areas fall in what has commonly become known as the 10/40 window. Within this, the belt of cities along the Ganges River from the Punjab to Bangladesh represent the core of spiritual resistance to the gospel. These are Hindu, Sikh and Muslim strongholds (there are 110 million Muslims in India, more than in the Muslim Far East, and another 90 million in Bangladesh). In this last consultation we were looking at how to build city strategies for each of the cities in this belt. Would you pray daily for these cities.
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Name of CITY
|
Population
('95 Est) |
No. of Churches |
Unity |
Prayer Movement
|
Major Languages in the City |
Nature of City
(Redemptive Gift) |
No. Of Slums |
Religious Makeup |
Spiritual Powers |
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Allahabad, Uttar
Pradesh |
982,000 |
17
1/58,000 |
|
Clergy Fellowship
Victorious Army Prayer Fast & Prayer every 2nd Saturday |
Hindi |
Educational Center |
2 |
Hindus 60%
Muslims 35%
Christians 2%
Evangelical 0.1% |
|
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Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh |
700,000 |
20
1/35,000 |
None |
Rastriya Susamachar Parisshad |
Hindi |
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Witch-craft |
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Batala, Punjab |
110,000 |
20
1/5,500 |
No unity |
None |
Hindi, Urdu |
|
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50%? Muslim, 50% Hindu |
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Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh |
1,469,000 |
44
1/33,000 |
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None |
Hindi, Urdu |
Industrial |
30,000+ |
8-9000 Christians |
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Chandigarh, capital Punjab & Hariyana |
1,138,000 |
25
1/45,000 |
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Ecumenical Prayer Movement |
Punjabis
|
Beautiful Only planned city |
2 + 24 vill + 20 colonies |
1000 believers |
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Jabalpur, Madhya
Pradesh |
1,253,000 |
25
1/50,000 |
Pastor's Fellowship
|
No Regular Prayer |
Hindi
Punjabi
Marathi |
Educational Center |
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70,000 Christians, 30% in churches |
Violence, Idolatry |
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Jaipur, Rajasthan |
2,000,000 |
26
1/77,000 |
Good |
90% pastors meet every 2nd Saturday |
Hindi (Marawi)
Sindi, Madrassi |
City of Temples |
108 |
1000 believers
Christians |
Temple Worship |
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Jalandhar, Punjab |
600,000 |
7+
1/85,000 |
Eachobey Godinownwy |
None |
Hindi |
Producer of Sports Goods |
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Delhi, capital of India |
10,857,000
34% slums |
300
1/36,000 |
Only pockets of unity |
None |
Hindi |
Power centre, Administrative |
950 register 400 others |
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Political
(Shiva) |
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