Current Ministry Project
VOMC has worked with project partners to offer leadership training to key individuals who would then implement a local leadership development program through a local cluster of churches. VOMC’s partner has a simple, practical, and affordable strategy for developing leaders in church planting, and this training provides practical leadership principles to leaders who want to emulate the selfless servant-leadership modelled by Jesus.
Project Fund: Equipping the Saints
Country Information
Population
29,717,587 (July 2018 est.)
Ethnicity (%)
Chhettri (16.6), Brahman-Hill (12.2), Magar (7.1), Tharu (6.6), Tamang (5.8), Newar (5), Kami (4.8), Yadav (4), Rai (2.3), Gurung (2), Damai/Dholii (1.8), Thakuri (1.6), Limbu (1.5), Sarki (1.4), Teli (1.4), Chamar/Harijan/Ram (1.3), Koiri/Kushwaha (1.2), other (23)
Religion (%)
Hindu (81.3), Buddhist (9), Muslim (4.4), Kirant (3), Christian (1.4), Other (0.5), Unspecifed (0.2)
Leader
President Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Government type
Federal democratic republic
Legal system
English common law and Hindu legal concepts
Source: CIA World Factbook
Pray for Nepal
Pray that Christians will practice their faith with courage.
Pray that despite the lack of freedom to share the hope of faith in Christ, the Lord will give Christians opportunities to evangelize.
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Nepal News
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Pastor Finally Released on Bail
Pastor Keshab and his wife Junu after his release.
Photo: Morning Star NewsPastor Keshab Raj Acharya was finally released on bail in late June after spending three months in prison. Sources state that the bail amount was exorbitant, considering the charges against him.
Pastor Keshab was first arres
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Video Leads to Threats
Hindus make up over 80 percent
of Nepal’s population.A video leaked to social media has forced a pastor into hiding. Sukdev Giri, pastor of Trinity Fellowship church has received death threats from Hindu militants. Family and friends have also faced threatening phone calls.
In March, Pastor Sukdev
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Assaulted Pastor Recovering from Trauma
Pastor Dhurba is still recovering from the attack.
Photo: Morning Star NewsMore than a month after Pastor Dhurba Kumar Pariyar was attacked by Maoist rebels, he remains in pain and faces mental trauma. Despite that, he has found strength in the Scriptures, as well as the testimonies of others who h
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Five Christians Arrested
(From left) Pastor Dilli Ram Paudel, Kunsang Tamang, Gaurav Shrivastava and Leanna Cinquanta share a meal in Nepal.
Photo: Morning Star NewsFive Christians, including two foreign nationals, were arrested on April 23rd on allegations of attempted proselytization. The arrests happened during an early
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