Home in India

“In this book I encounter a man of strong faith, passionate commitment, and profound gratitude as I read through this memoir of his engagement with the people in the Madurai region of Tamil Nadu, India. These resonate with my own theological convictions about God’s ongoing mission at the margins of our unjust world.”


—Deenabandhu Manchala, area executive, Southern Asia, Global Ministries, United Church of Christ and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)





“Andrew Mills has produced a wonderful memoir. . . . With a love for India culture and his coworkers, dedication to the hard work of learning Tamil, and tireless commitment to his work in irrigation and well building, Mills retells and reflects on a range of experiences common to those who make the audacious decision of becoming a cross-cultural church worker. . . . Mills is honest about failed program initiatives, the economic and social privilege of the missionary, the blessings and tensions in expat family life, inevitable health issues, friendships with friends of other religious traditions, the difficulty of leaving for home, etc. This is a very valuable contribution to the genre of first-person missionary narrative.”


—Thomas John Hastings, executive director, Overseas Ministries Study Center, Princeton Theological Seminary, and editor, International Bulletin of Mission Research





“Andy gives a unique perspective of South India following Gandhi’s freedom movement and Vinobaji’s Bhoodan (land) movement. He focuses on two extraordinary missionaries: Bishop Newbigin of the Church of South India and the lifelong Gramdan Sarvodayan, Rev. Keithahn.”


—Ruth MacCurdy, Rev. Keithahn’s younger daughter