Nepalese Christians lose leaders to COVID-19
India (MNN) — India has suffered under a
devastating COVID-19 wave over the last four months. But neighboring
Nepal suffered just as badly, registering thousands of cases per day since April.
John Pudaite of
Bibles for the World says the virus has killed many Christians in the country, including many leaders. “We have lost a very senior leader, Pastor Robert Karthak, who came to Nepal as a missionary in the 1950s. He planted one of the first churches there in 1957.”
Later, Robert Karthak’s son died as well. He too had been heavily involved in the church leadership. Pudaite says, “There’s going to be serious gaps in leadership, not only in that specific church, but across the country. We’re hearing reports of the loss of a Christian human rights lawyer who has been very active, even as Nepal has passed the