A Strategy to Witness to the Indian Community in Tanzania
Samuel Francis Katengu · Asia-Africa Journal of Mission and Ministry · 2019
The Indian community in Dar es Salaam has hardly been witnessed to by the Seventh-day Adventist church. However, some Christian denominations have attempted reaching them. Hinduism is the main religion of the Indian community in Dar es Salaam, with a few belonging to Buddhism, Christianity and Islam. The purpose of the study was to develop a strategy to witness to the Indian community in Dar es Salaam, with a pilot implementation by a sample group of three Adventist church members. A pilot implementation of the intervention program followed with an evaluation. Two Indians were selected into a focus group because they were the only ones in the church and were the source of primary data of the Indian community. The selection of an African was purposeful. Methodology of research was qualitative because the researcher dealt with behaviors of the people. A summary of the information gathered from the focus group discussions was compiled and applied. As a result of the pilot implementation of the project, one young man was baptized from the Indian community. One India former member was reclaimed to Sabbath school at Magomeni SDA church. The study drew the following conclusions: First, the strategy, proposed by this study and tested by a pilot group, is an effective way of witnessing to the Indian community because of its positive results.