Missionaries help grow a Christian community in Nepal - even though converting people is illegal.
The couple used to be bankers. Lee Jeong-hee says it was her husband "who first received God's calling [and] shortly after God beckoned us to move to Nepal"."I was shocked to see so many idols being worshipped," says Pang. "I felt Nepal was in desperate need of the gospel."
He doesn't view their work as breaking the law, because in his mind they are not openly proselytising or baptising. "It's spreading like wildfire. The cultural identity is at stake. The fabric of the national unity is at stake," argues former deputy prime minister, Kamal Thapa. "This is not a case of religious freedom. This is a case of exploitation in the name of religion," he says.
There are currently five active cases, according to the Nepal Christian Society. Charges against four Koreans, including two nuns, were dropped in December.Pastor Dilli Ram Paudel, who heads the Nepal Christian Society, was one of the first people to be questioned under the law. "I was alone and friendless," he recalls, "and then some people gave me a Korean bible in the Nepali language. Somehow they found the Nepali language one.""Does it seem funny and not believable? Well, that happened to me," he says with a smile.On his return he was ostracised by his family. "They said Christianity was a foreign religion [and] some people said that I was mad, that I had lost my memory," he says.
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