Central India Christian Mission

What Central India Christian Mission does

Central India Christian Mission (CICM) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1982 by Dr. Ajai Lall and Dr. Indu Lall, headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, and operating ministry programs across South Asia with a particular focus on central India. The organization pursues a holistic ministry model that combines church planting, leadership training, children's care, healthcare, education, and compassionate outreach. Its core programmatic portfolio includes the Calvary International Biblical Academy (CIBA) operating four campuses with 400 on-campus students plus an online enrollment of 12,500 students; church planting initiatives that have established more than 6,000 churches and 60,000 house churches; four children's homes serving over 700 children; a 130-bed mission hospital with ICU, NICU, dialysis, and blood bank facilities; a nursing college; prison ministry across 300 facilities; leper and widows ministries; and a literature ministry that has published 128 books in 11 languages including pioneering Bible translations in Bundeli and Malavi.

Name

Central India Christian Mission

Legal name

Central India Christian Mission

Website

https://indiamission.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Central India Christian Mission is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1982 that runs leadership training, church planting, children's homes, a hospital, and compassionate outreach programs across South Asia, funded primarily by individual, church, and organizational donations from the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Indianapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: CICM receives one-time and recurring donations from individual supporters through its online giving platform. Donors can designate gifts to specific ministry areas or contribute to general operations.
2. Church Partnerships: Churches partner with CICM through financial support, prayer partnerships, and short-term mission trips to support church planting, leadership training, and compassionate outreach programs.
3. Organizational/Corporate Giving: Businesses, foundations, and organizations partner with CICM through corporate giving, matching programs, sponsorships, and strategic long-term partnerships supporting healthcare initiatives, leadership development, and community outreach.
4. Planned Giving/Bequests: CICM receives estate gifts, stocks, and other assets through planned giving arrangements. The organization partners with Financial Planning Ministry (FPM) to facilitate estate planning for donors wishing to include CICM in their wills or trusts.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Central India Christian Mission (CICM) is a faith-based nonprofit that delivers church planting, pastoral leadership training through Calvary International Biblical Academy, residential children's care and sponsorship, and compassionate outreach services including a 130-bed mission hospital, mobile medical clinics, leper colony care, widows empowerment, prison ministry, and Hindi-language online church broadcasting across South Asia. The organization is funded entirely by charitable donations from individuals, churches, and corporate partners.

Product overview

Central India Christian Mission operates as a faith-based nonprofit organization with a portfolio of interconnected ministry programs focused on spreading the Gospel across South Asia. The core offerings include: Calvary International Biblical Academy (CIBA) for leadership training with both campus-based and online education; Church Planting initiatives that have established over 6,000 churches and 60,000 house churches; Children's Ministry comprising residential homes, sponsorship programs, and youth outreach; Compassionate Outreach including a 130-bed hospital with multiple specialized units, leper colonies, and widows empowerment programs; and digital media through Hindi Church Online reaching millions. The organization also operates a Nursing College and Literature Ministry for publishing. These programs work together to meet both spiritual and physical needs across India and beyond.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Calvary International Biblical Academy (CIBA): CICM's Bible college providing biblical education and leadership training, with 4 campuses and online program serving 12,600 students.
• Child Like This
• Aatma Vikas

Products and services

• Calvary International Biblical Academy (CIBA) Biblical college providing biblically grounded education with classroom learning and practical ministry experience, equipping pastors and ministry leaders to lead churches, teach the Word, and disciple others. Operates 4 campuses with 400 on-campus students and 12,500 online students, having trained more than 28,000 pastors.
• Women's Empowerment Program 12-month training program equipping women with career development, life skills, and self-defense training, providing ongoing mentorship, practical resources, and transportation support. Has empowered more than 3,000 women across 17 locations.
• Church Planting Core ministry of raising up and equipping church planters to share the Gospel in unreached areas, creating lasting spiritual communities through local leadership and intentional discipleship. Has planted more than 6,000 churches and 60,000 house churches with over 1.8 million believers.
• Children's Homes Residential care homes providing vulnerable children with spiritual guidance, quality education, nutritious meals, and emotional support. Currently operates 4 children's homes serving over 700 children, including one dedicated to special needs children.
• Child Sponsorship (Child Like This) Ongoing support program providing for children's spiritual, physical, and educational needs. Over 82,000 children have been rescued and supported with food, clothing, shelter, and medical care.
• Mission Hospital and Medical Clinics Hospital with 130 beds, Cath Lab, ICU, NICU, dialysis unit, pharmacy, oxygen generation plant, and blood bank, plus mobile medical and dental clinics. Has served over 6 million people through hospital and medical clinics.
• Lepers Ministry Weekly worship and medical care for 180 lepers in two colonies, providing food, medical treatment, and ongoing support to restore dignity and hope.
• Widows Ministry (Aatma Vikas) Program serving over 700 widows monthly with food, essentials, clothing, and blankets, plus vocational training in sewing, jewelry making, and small-business skills for sustainable income.
• Hindi Church Online Online church platform producing Hindi religious content reaching 3.5 million weekly viewers across 128 countries. Established in 1989 in partnership with Good News Productions International (GNPI).
• Prison Ministry Ministry reaching 300 prisons and witnessing 75,000 first-time decisions for Jesus from inmates and jailers.
• Nursing College Nursing education program that has graduated 2,095 students with a current enrollment of 210 students.
• Literature Ministry Publishing initiative that has published 128 books in 11 languages, including the first Bible translation in Bundeli (reaching 52 million native speakers) and the first New Testament in Malavi (reaching 600,000 native speakers).

Quantifiable outcome

• 28,000 pastors trained and 1.5 million baptisms recorded
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Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• IDES (International Disaster Emergency Service)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 198540-year partnership with over 100 completed disaster relief projects helping areas affected by natural disasters across India
• Pioneer Bible TranslatorsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership completed the Bundeli New Testament translation, reaching over 52 million people who previously had no scriptures in their language
• FAME (Fellowship of Associates of Medical Evangelism)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssisted with purchasing ambulances when the CICM hospital opened in 1998, supporting medical evangelism efforts
• LATM (Literature and Teaching Ministries)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHelped print 135 books for CICM's literature ministry, supporting Bible and educational material distribution
• CIY (Christ In Youth)majorGTM or Marketing PartnerConferences held for 5 years in India with over 12,000 students participating in youth outreach events
• Leap Global MissionsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership has facilitated over 3,000 cleft lip and palate surgeries for individuals in need
• GNPI (Good News Productions International)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSince 1993, has produced Hindi Church Online with content provided by CICM, reaching 3.5 million weekly viewers across 128 countries
• Financial Planning Ministry (FPM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to walk alongside donors through estate planning process. Donors who include CICM in their estate plan receive complete estate plan at no cost from FPM

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• SIM (Serving In Mission): Large global evangelical mission society running church planting, theological education, healthcare, and relief programs in South Asia — a broader-scale analog of CICM's integrated ministry portfolio.
• Operation Mobilisation (OM): Global mission organization running discipleship training schools, church planting, and humanitarian work across South Asia with similar indigenous leadership development.
• Tearfund: Large Christian relief and development agency delivering disaster response, healthcare, and community development — comparable in scope to CICM's hospital, disaster relief, and IDES partnership work.
• Youth With A Mission (YWAM): Global interdenominational mission movement that trains and deploys missionaries, operates healthcare initiatives, and engages in frontier evangelism — comparable to CICM's training and outreach model.

Direct peers

• Gospel for Asia: Faith-based mission organization headquartered in the U.S. operating church planting, leadership training, and humanitarian programs across South Asia, directly comparable to CICM's missionary training and church-planting focus in India.
• AMG International (Advancing the Ministries of the Gospel): Faith-based mission organization running child sponsorship, pastoral training, medical, and outreach ministries in India and South Asia with a comparable holistic ministry portfolio.
• Mission India: U.S.-based nonprofit that plants churches, trains national leaders, and serves vulnerable children across India, sharing CICM's indigenous leadership and church multiplication model in the same geography.
• India Gospel League: India-focused Christian mission emphasizing church planting, Bible college training, children's homes, and medical outreach — a near mirror of CICM's core programs.

Regional players

• Medical Teams International: Faith-based medical mission organization providing hospital and clinic services in underserved regions — overlaps with CICM's 130-bed hospital, mobile clinics, and medical training programs.

Emerging players

• Bibles For The World: Mission organization focused on Scripture distribution, Bible translation, and support of indigenous ministries in South Asia — overlapping with CICM's Bundeli/Malavi translation and literature work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/central-india-christian-missions

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Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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