NEPAL, July 2012 (onenewsnow.com): 15 years ago, Christians were put in jail for their faith. However, a change in government in 2008 meant that Christmas could be openly celebrated. The Church and groups like the Nepal Bible Society have been officially recognized. While persecution is less acute than in the past, it remains. There are some who are hostile to those who left Hinduism to follow Christ. And yet, the Nepal Bible Society says over 95% of Christians in Nepal are recent converts.
Mawii Pudaite with Bibles For The World says their ministry launched an ambitious project at the beginning of 2012. Their goal was to print and distribute a million copies of the Gospel of John. “The Lord has provided the funds to print the first 500,000 [copies of the] Gospel of John,” she says. Together with their partners, the Nepal Bible Society, Koinonia Patan Church, and over 50 of their daughter churches, BFTW is teaming up with other ministries to see this project through. The idea is to deliver a copy to every apartment, every home, every family in the target region. As of April, Bibles For the World already had 26,000 requests for the resource. The ministry is now raising funds to do a second print run of 500,000 copies of the Gospel of John.