Announcing Harvest Kathmandu
A new year, a new continent + another reason to rejoice:
Harvest Bible Chapel Kathmandu in Nepal celebrates their launch service January 8, 2011!
It is the
first Harvest Bible Chapel in Asia, and
this groundbreaking launch has been two years in the making—the fruit of
a prayer-filled,
long distance relationship that began in 2008 between
Senior Pastor Timothy Dahal
and Harvest Bible
Fellowship's Kirk Van Maanen.
In a region where 86% of the population is Hindu and less
than 2% are Christians—and in spite of the local
persecution that accompanies those demographics—Pastor Timothy and the leaders of Harvest Kathmandu are undaunted.
“Today is the day for salvation, and we
are working towards that end to proclaim the riches of Christ, teach
God’s Word, lift high the name of Jesus in worship, and pray as we share
our faith with boldness. I have a very keen desire to reach out to
Hindus, Muslims, and other faiths too. In the eyes of men we are poor
and incapable, but God has given me faith, boldness and His eyes to see
that the fields are ripe to harvest. We believe God is doing these
things we see and experience and He will do even more until His glorious
return.”
By November 2010, it was time to bring this enduring relationship face-to-face. A Fellowship team, including leaders from Harvest London and Senior Pastor Norm Millar,
spent a week worshiping with the church, training their leaders, and visiting
their network of rural churches. [view video recap]
The team was, in turn, radically impacted
by these believers' dynamic faith, and the Lord's strong presence in the
midst of their circumstances—and the first Harvest launch of 2011 was added to the calendar!
“We expect the Lord to do great and mighty things in our
midst, things that we have not even imagined or experienced. And in fact
He is already doing this," Pastor Timothy exults. "As we reach out and
move forward we see the hand of the Lord in our day—the sick are being
healed and those in the clutch of the devil are being released as we
pray in the mighty name of Jesus and trust him to do his work among our
people. It is the work of God and the hand of God which is helping us to
press on and move forward with the promise that He is building His
church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.”
Indeed, and amen! Join us in rejoicing and pray the Lord continues to uphold this church as they hold fast the Word of life...
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