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Friends, I sometimes do not want to share the burden we have here in the
third world about having meeting halls. Because many times God's people in
other countries have asked me why we
could not worship the Lord in our homes since the first church was meeting in
their homes. For example one brother sent an email to me saying, "Why do you
feel people must have church building to worship the Lord? Especially when
the building is burned down to the ground and pad locked by government or
anti Christian groups, this can become expensive, and funds from financial support are wasted. I do not believe church buildings are scriptural because the early Christians worshipped in houses caves, and open fields when they were persecuted. We cannot gauge success based on number of churches built". Yes, I too believe what he says but my reply to those of my friends is that we do not even need homes to worship the Lord if we only have big corridors as you have in your homes |
and the churches in your countries. Most of our homes in the remote mountain villages are just as the sizeof one small room and all family members (Note: There is no birth control in those remote areas) have to accommodate in that small room. That is their kitchen, bedroom, leaving room etc. Now, because our people in Nepal and India are accepting the Lord as their Lord and Savior wherever we go and preach the gospel. The Lord has given me the responsibility to provide worship place for them. That is why I am concerned for my brothers and sisters in the Lord for their need.
Well, NLM has now 153 congregations both in Nepal and India but many of these congregations do not have place to gather and worship. Some of our congregations gather in the cow-shade, some in the opened ground, because they do not have big houses and the rooms to contain all the believers in their locations. They always face problems when it is rainy season and winter. Realizing this as great need for God's people NLM has bought some small piece of land and built ordinary meeting halls for them to be able to gather and worship the Savior. |
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Some of recently constructed meeting halls in 2008/09 By the grace of God we constructed 19 church meetings halls in 2008 and 2009. Two of them are still under construction, one in Nawalparasi in Nepal and another one in Darjeeling India. Our local churches gave their labor and also the finances more than 1/3rd. of the total cost because of their great contribution we were able to help them to build the churches in their respective areas. Following are the name of the place where we constructed the meeting halls.
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