02-11-2007, 07:44 AM
<b>Nepal's New Peacemakers</b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><i>Christians become voice for freedom after national crisis.</i>
Anto Akkara in Katmandu, Nepal | posted 2/09/2007 09:07AM
When Jyoti Adhikari became a Christian, her husband, who came from a traditional Hindu family, could not stomach the thought. But Adhikari didn't flinch, even though her husband divorced her.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->But the effort will probably involve fewer than 20 percent of all Nepali pastors. "The desire for social and political influence is something that the wider Christian community has been rather slow in developing," said scholar Mark Pickett via e-mail. Pickett teaches at the Evangelical Theological College of Wales and served in missions for 20 years in Nepal.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><i>Christians become voice for freedom after national crisis.</i>
Anto Akkara in Katmandu, Nepal | posted 2/09/2007 09:07AM
When Jyoti Adhikari became a Christian, her husband, who came from a traditional Hindu family, could not stomach the thought. But Adhikari didn't flinch, even though her husband divorced her.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->But the effort will probably involve fewer than 20 percent of all Nepali pastors. "The desire for social and political influence is something that the wider Christian community has been rather slow in developing," said scholar Mark Pickett via e-mail. Pickett teaches at the Evangelical Theological College of Wales and served in missions for 20 years in Nepal.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->