A Christian in India

Presenter 1: Rebecca C.S. Paul ’17 and Alex Ramani

Abstract: “A Christian in India” will be a presentation given by Chi Alpha. This organization is a campus ministry that stresses diversity and change. Alex Ramani is our youth minister, who comes to campus every Sunday night and empowers us with scripture to take with us for the week. Alex Ramani’s testimony is very powerful. Ramani was born and raised in India, a predominately Hindu and Muslim country with only a little more than 2 percent being Christian. With this in mind, Ramani was faced with a lot of backlash as a Christian. He has many examples to share since he was a minority in a majority. A lot of what he dealt with and deals with when he goes back is parallel with many people who have changed faiths that are either outside the norm of their family or just outside of one’s culture. Ramani even has instances now where he was at the University and people have told him that he does not belong because of the way he looks. Through his experiences, Ramani can tie up how his faith helped him through him being discriminated/judged and how his faith grew because of it.