Bhutan is a nation that appears to be closed western missionaries. The government makes it nearly impossible for Americans to live within its borders because of a $200-$250 minimum daily cost. Instead, God has raised up three networks of Indian and Nepali nationals who are seeing fruit in Bhutan. Your partnership will enable western missionaries to partner with these networks to catalyze church planting. Your gift will facilitate bringing Bhutanese pastors to Nepal for training and mentoring and will allow Nepali leadership to travel into Bhutan with their families each year to mitigate suspicion over repeated individual visits. Western personnel will also go into Bhutan several times each year for a few days to coach specific pastors. Give today to enable this partnership to flourish so that the gospel can be proclaimed in this unreached land.
South Asian peoples live within a kaleidoscope of colors, a cacophony of sounds, and a buffet of flavors that ignite the senses and warm the soul. This enigmatic region is the birthplace of four world religions but is also home to the world's highest concentration of lostness.
The 1.6 billion people of South Asia are concentrated in an area less than half the size of the USA. Muslims and Hindus comprise the overwhelming religious majority. Every week 225,000 South Asians die, most without Christ. Yet there are glimmers of gospel hope. Through the work of local Christians and foreign workers God is bringing South Asians to faith in Jesus, the church is growing, and stories of Christ’s redeeming power are emerging from the field.
More than a billion South Asian eyes are searching for hope. Pray for long-term workers and their local partners who share the love of Christ daily. Ask God to use their efforts to create a movement of his Spirit across the city and throughout countries and islands of South Asia!