CBN’s vision is to prepare the nation of India for the second coming of Christ by presenting the Gospel, primarily through the media and by reaching out to the poor through humanitarian endeavors in conjunction with Operation Blessing and Orphan's Promise.
CBN India is dedicated to reaching every Indian home with a message of hope through quality television programs. CBN began its operation in India in 1995 and was incorporated in 2000. Its entry into Indian television began with a program Flying House in October 1995. In 1997, CBN India experienced a great increase in the level of programming and received a tremendous response from the television audience. First, the serial on the life of Christ, “Dayasagar,” began on channel DD1. Superbook went on air on DD2, and the international version of The 700 Club was broadcast six days a week via satellite. Flying House continued on various regional languages, terrestrial stations.
Currently, CBN programs use various genres such as drama, real life stories, music, and children’s shows. Produced in various regional languages, three programs are aired every week on some of the major television networks of India. They are Ek Nayee Zindagi (Hindi), Nireekshana (Telugu), and the children’s show Khushi Ki Duniya (Hindi). In 2009 alone, CBN India's television programming was viewed by 22.3 million people and as a result 558,684 dedicated their lives to Christ and 2.4 million joined a local church.
Operation Blessing India, the humanitarian outreach of CBN India, carries out CBN's mission is to alleviate human need and suffering in India. Since its inception in 1998, the ministry has improved the quality of life for the underprivileged, who often live in remote and inaccessible villages, through the provision of health care, clean water, disaster relief, HIV/AIDS care and counseling, cleft lip and palate surgeries, and education for children.
One of the major thrusts of CBN's Orphan's Promise in India is the Vidya Jyothi program, which is Hindi for “the light of education.” The primary aim of Vidya Jyothi is to educate children who do not have the opportunity to go to schools due to their poor economical conditions. Most of the children who attend are orphans, school dropouts, or the children of widows and rag pickers. In addition to giving them education, one of the main focuses of Vidya Jyothi is to bring Christ into the lives of these children. Orphan's Promise currently has 12 such centers in India, ministering to 1,200 children (2011).
