Nepal Experiences Growing Interest in Christianity

by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent (Worthy News) – While converts to Christianity in Nepal are vulnerable to persecution from radical Hindu groups and from within their own indigenous communities, positive reports are emerging of the Gospel’s advancement in the isolated mountainous country. There are now 1.3 million Christians in Nepal, 4.4% of a population of 30.5 million, and that number is reportedly growing. Nepal is predominantly Hindu but, importantly, it no longer an offic