I recently had a wonderful opportunity to teach in a bible school in Nepal. This was my second trip to this spectacular and highly spiritual nation. I taught the final two week module in a BSN (Bible School for the Nations) which is called Discipling the Nations. We spent a lot of time on the spheres of influence in society and ending bible poverty. We talked a lot about divine providence and walked through history from the perspective of the part God has played in history. The 8 Nepalese students were particularly blessed when we came to 1950 and began to talk about the fact that in that year, the Nepalese government recorded zero Christians in their country (although we are aware that there were at least a few there at that time but that’s another story). The reason this made the Nepalese students so excited is that today Nepal has the fasted growing Christian population of any country in the world with now around 2 Million Christians less than 70 years after the country was opened up to humanitarian assistance (medical and various other development) in 1951 by King Tribhuvan. Many of those who came to the aid of this poor nation were Christians with big hearts and lots of love. The Nepalese people began to be open to the God of the Christians and forsake their Hindu roots.
It was so good to be back in Nepal with good friends and doing really great ministry. Nepal is still getting back on it’s feet after the devastating earthquake less than two years ago but making great progress. The students in this bible school are smart, committed, energetic, enthusiastic and will continue on to work with many other Nepalese christians to see the message of Jesus come to every person in this beautiful country. Please keep Nepal in your prayers!
Chris
