Current Ministry Project
Through training on awareness, advocacy, and the theology of persecution, VOMC is helping to equip church leaders in Nepal to better respond to and withstand persecution.
Project Fund: Equipping the Saints
Country Information
Population
30,424,878 (July 2021 est.)
Ethnicity (%)
Chhettri (16.6), Brahman-Hill (12.2), Magar (7.1), Tharu (6.6), Tamang (5.8), Newar (5), Kami (4.8), Muslim (4.4), 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 (19)
Religion (%)
Hindu (81.3), Buddhist (9), Muslim (4.4), Kirant (3), Christian (1.4), Other (0.5), Unspecifed (0.2)
Leader
President Bidhya Devi Bhandari (2015)
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 Released on Bail Pending Appeal
Pastor Keshav Raj Acharya
Photo: Christian Solidarity WorldwideIn November 2021, Pastor Keshav Raj Acharya of the Abundant Harvest Church in Pokhara, Nepal, was convicted of proselytising and thus sentenced to two years in prison. He was initially arrested because of a video that had been released
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Pastor Sentenced to Prison for Evangelism
Pastor Keshav Raj Acharya
Photo: Christian Solidarity WorldwidePastor Keshav Raj Acharya of the Abundant Harvest Church in Pokhara, Nepal, was initially arrested and detained in March 2020 after a video was released in which he allegedly claimed that the COVID-19 virus could be healed through praye
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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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