Category Archives: Gospel for Asia

Students Receive Good Response in Jammu and Kashmir

The entire student body from Gospel for Asia’s Jammu and Kashmir Bible college broke off into four teams recently to share the love of Jesus in their state. Two teams ministered in areas where most of the people were Muslim. … Continue reading

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Nepali City Flooded, Compassion Services Provide Relief

Heavy monsoon rains from July 7 to July 10 flooded the entire Nepali city where Pastor Ekakshara ministers with his family. Pastor Ekakshara reported many villages, as well as his own home and church building, are underwater. In one district, an … Continue reading

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Parade for Soap and Sanitation

    By marching through their town with homemade signs, 98 Bridge of Hope children and their Gospel for Asia workers hoped to save lives. The poverty and discrimination in this Delhi, India, village does not make life easy. But … Continue reading

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Blind Boy Sees the Light

Ujesh was surrounded by reasons that he should not be blind. He had grown up in a village in Jammu & Kashmir, India, where thousands of pilgrims came to worship a goddess revered in his religion—a goddess believed to provide … Continue reading

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Situation Calmer at GFA’s Sri Lanka Bible College

    A politician leading a campaign to shut down a Gospel for Asia Bible college in Sri Lanka remains in police custody and was expected to answer charges against him Tuesday. Winton Appuhamy, an elected member of the local … Continue reading

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Dalit Civil Rights Case Sent to Another Committee

The government of India further stalled a Dalit civil rights case that has been tangled up in the Supreme Court for three years. In early March, the court referred the case to the National Commission for Backward Classes for yet … Continue reading

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Anti-Conversion Bill Declared Unconstitutional in Gujarat

Gujarat, India Nawal Kishore Sharma, the governor of Gujarat, India, rejected an amendment to an anti-conversion bill that was primarily aimed at Christians. The bill is commonly used to keep Dalits and other low-caste members from choosing to follow Jesus. … Continue reading

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Church Building Construction Opposed

  Jharkhand, India and Nagaland, India Gospel for Asia missionaries in two Indian states, Chandra in Jharkhand and Khota in Nagaland, recently faced opposition and threats as they tried to construct church buildings. A group of people threatened Chandra and … Continue reading

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Violence Escalates at Sri Lanka Bible College

Sri Lanka The volatile situation at Gospel for Asia’s Sri Lanka Bible College is escalating as a local elected official and a small group of Buddhist monks are falsely accusing the school of being a front for a Sri Lankan … Continue reading

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Kidnapped Pastor Released by Militant Group Unharmed

Assam, India Gospel for Asia missionary Haresh Kujur was released unharmed by a militant group that kidnapped him March 1. Haresh is a village leader, and the kidnapping was politically motivated rather than being an act of anti-Christian extremism, according … Continue reading

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