Sharing the Gospel
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Establish a relationship with the individual first, and save the religion for later. One of the main issues in developing a strategy to witness to Hindus is the diversity of their beliefs, so attempting to make their religion or their beliefs a center point of conversation might be futile if one does not engage the person first and learn of his particular beliefs.
It might be said that there are four basic beliefs of Hinduism: reincarnation, karma, caste, and dharma. Their reincarnation beliefs are that man is trapped in endless births of afterlives progressing through various levels until they reach liberation. Karma is the "law" that keeps the person ensnared in the long process of "rebirths." Karma determines your place in society in one of four major castes. One understands his or her "duty" or dharma in life by knowing their caste.
Most Hindus believe in some form of reincarnation and in karma. But, outside of those two, no generalities about what a particular Hindu believes can be applied (Halverson, n.d., p. 2).
Hinduism does not emphasize humanitarian outreach which clearly projects mercy towards those in need. If, in witnessing to a Hindu, such efforts can be directed towards them and their people, then their own personal love can be brought out and they may be led to follow Christ. Because of the diversity and complexity of their beliefs, sometimes, the simple promises of the truth of Christ and of salvation through him will assist in helping them to understand that Christianity has only these simple beliefs to follow instead of the complexity of Hinduism.
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