Himalayan Vision

Moving mountains

HIMALAYAN VISION:
50 years in Nepal
Ed. Mark Arnett
International Nepal Fellowship, 69 Wentworth Road, Harborne, Birmingham B17 9SS.

Nepal, birthplace of Gautama Buddha, has presented the modern missionary movement with unique problems. Inter alia, it was unconstitutional for a Hindu to change his religion. For decades Christian missions crept up to its border, praying for the day when the door into the country would open.

In 1933 the International Nepal Fellowship (INF) was born on the shores of Loch Earn in Perthshire, when three godly women met together in prayer. It was in 1952 that the Nepal Evangelistic Band (which in 1972 became the International Nepal Fellowship) entered Nepal, having received permission from the government to build a hospital in Pokhara on condition there was no proselytising. Its workers were allowed to worship God according to their personal convictions.

This book has been written to commemorate 50 years of faithful Christian witness in Nepal. It is the story of how INF's dedicated workers carried out healthcare projects as an effective way to commend God's love to the country's people. At the beginning there was a small thatch-and-bamboo church building where the workers, patients and their relatives worshipped under the Spirit-filled preaching of David Mukhia. This was enlarged several times and today there is a modern and spacious building.

The format of the book is attractive, and the history of the work illustrated by good photos on almost every page.

This is a story well worth reading for those interested in the spread of God's work in difficult spheres.

Dr. Norman Cliff,
Harold Wood

© Evangelicals Now - January 2003
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