On this our 80th Independence Day, we thank God for India, for the freedom secured at great cost, and for the generations that have carried the work of nation-building forward since 1947. As India looks to the future, we should continue to ask what development truly means. It is not only about what a nation …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE EFI Welcomes Parliamentary Scrutiny of FCRA Amendment Bill, 2026 New Delhi, 12 August 2026 The Evangelical Fellowship of India welcomes the Lok Sabha’s decision to refer the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 to a Joint Committee of Parliament. Legislation with consequences of this nature deserves careful examination, meaningful consultation and the …
New Delhi, 13 May 2026 The Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) expresses deep grief and anguish over the killing of church leaders belonging to the Thadou Baptist Association India (TBAI) in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district on 13 May 2026. According to information received from church leaders and sources on the ground, the church leaders were returning …
The resurrection did not look like what anyone expected. And perhaps that is still true. He does not always come when we expect, or in the way we imagine. But he comes.
And when he does, the marks remain.
They went home.
That is what the gospels tell us, almost in passing. After the cross, after the burial, after Joseph of Arimathea rolled the stone into place, the women who had followed from Galilee went home and prepared spices
The death of Jesus Christ was not a tragedy that God permitted. It was an act that God initiated. The Creator, entering his own creation. The Judge, taking the place of the condemned. The one without sin, becoming sin. Not as a last resort. As a plan.