Nepal

Overview

The Democratic Republic of Nepal is located in the Himalayas of South Asia, and it is landlocked by India and the Chinese region of Tibet. The mountains of northern Nepal are home to eight of the ten tallest peaks in the world, including the highest, Mount Everest. The capital and largest city of Nepal is Kathmandu, having a population of over 2.6 million people. Historically a monarchy, Nepal was ruled by the Shah dynasty of kings from 1768-2008. The civil war of 1996-2006, between Maoist fighters and the existing government, ultimately led to the end of the monarchy and the establishment of a secular democratic republic. Nepal is relatively low on the U.N. human development index, with their economic growth continuing to be stunted by political uncertainty.

The first church in Nepal was not formed until 1952. From then on, the number of Christians experienced much growth, reaching 200,000 people in 1990. Together with this increase, however, came much persecution. Yet even in spite of this continued persecution, there are now over 850,000 professing believers in Nepal, and there is a church presence in every one of its 75 districts. Although some of these statistics are encouraging, the need for prayer for Nepal is undeniable. Hinduism and Buddhism still remain the dominant religions of the Nepalese by far (75 percent and 16 percent respectively). Evangelicals comprise only 3 percent of the population, and the country has the fifth highest number of unreached people groups in the world (332).

Sources: Wikipedia, Joshua Project, and Operation World

HeartCry Missionaries

Dhal B.

Church Planter - Nepal

Dhal B. was converted through the witness of a coworker when he was working for Sony in Punjab, India. He returned to Nepal in 2003 and has been working in the ministry... read more

Ghan S.

Church Planter - Nepal

Ghan S. serves as a leader of a group of pastors that HeartCry partners with in Nepal. He also pastors his own local congregation. Ghan is married and has two sons... read more

Gopal G.

Church Planter - Nepal

Gopal G. was converted from an orthodox Buddhist background, and has been planting churches in Nepal since 2002. God has used him to plant multiple churches in southwestern... read more

Khem C.

Church Planter - Nepal

Khem is the son of a Hindu priest and as a young man he followed the Hindu tradition together with His family. Shortly after the Lord saved him in 2003, he went to study... read more

Neel G.

Church Planter - Nepal

Neel was saved out of a Hindu and Buddhist family, and after his conversion was used to start a church plant in his home village. Since then he has begun... read more

Ragunandam V.

Church Planter - Nepal

Ragunandam is serving as a church planter in Nepal, where he returned to serve full time in the ministry after studying at a Bible school for a year in India from 2003 to 2004... read more

Ram B. 

Church Planter - Nepal

Ram B. began working in the ministry in 2003. In 2005 he became an elder and soon after began working to plant a church. He remains the pastor of this church today... read more

Sannu K.

Church Planter - Nepal

Sannu serves as a pastor of a church plant near his hometown. He was saved out of Hindu tradition after hearing the Gospel of Jesus Christ for the first time from a neighbor... read more

Sarvajit G.

Church Planter - Nepal

Sarvajit graduated from a seminary in North India in 2010 and returned to Nepal in order to work alongside his father. He has a great desire to see Nepalese believers grow... read more

Tul B.

Church Planter - Nepal

Tul began a church in his home village shortly after his conversion. He later went to Bible school in India, and has now returned to Nepal to serve as a church planter... read more