Biratnagar, Nepal
Demographic Overview
- Population 215,000
- 1% Christian, 83% Hindu, 8% Buddhist, 5% Muslim
- 4th largest city in Nepal
- Major industrial city
- Most ethnically diverse region of Nepal as it borders India
- It is estimated that 25,000 Nepalese girls are trafficked to India and beyond yearly
- 80% of the girls that are trafficked will end up being sexually exploited
- 48% literacy rate
2018-Present Major Accomplishments
- 1,834 newly baptized believers
- 86 new house fellowships started
- 1 church built and strengthened
- 1 Bible training school established
- 161 girls rescued from trafficking
- 10 women’s empowerment groups started with 311 members
- 18 community business start-ups established
- 35,000 meals served during covid crisis relief
First Colony's 2022 Mission Plans
- Support 6 Nepali missionaries who will plant churches among “untouchable” social class
- Add 2 more Nepali families to the mission team
- Purchase land & build a house church ready to transition to a community church
- Launch a Bible training school to equip Nepali ministers and lay leaders
- Host a leader conference for 100 Nepali ministers from across Nepal
- Distribute 500 Bibles
- Show Jesus Video to 5,000 people
- Share the Gospel with 30,000 people
- Host 60 discipleship and leadership trainings across South East Nepal
- Partner with border station efforts to rescue girls from the sex trade
- Establish new surveillance & counseling team to oversee a new train station going from Nepal to India
- Help six trafficked girls start business and stay away from trafficking situations
- Support human trafficking awareness programs and support groups
- Send one short-term mission team