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More information and photos of Manja: http://www.gfa.org/manja 

Manja’s Court Date Set for March 18

Carrollton, TX – March 4, 2004 – Many people are praying fervently for Manja, the wrongfully imprisoned Nepali missionary who had started a growing church in an unreached community. On March 18 the Gospel for Asia (GFA) missionary’s case will be heard before a full panel of judges in the Supreme Court of Nepal. Last year he had two unsuccessful appeal hearings before the Supreme Court. “Please continue to pray with us for quick release and justice for our brother Manja,” a GFA field leader writes.

After judges deciding Manja’s verdict came to different conclusions last November, this dear brother continued to wait patiently in his prison cell, shining the light of Christ to the people around him. Now Manja could very soon hear whether he is to be released or must serve the remainder of his 20-year sentence for false murder charges. Like Manja, his wife remains joyful in Christ and is reaching out with His love to other Nepali women and children. Their children study in a local school and are doing well. Even in this trial Manja and his wife remain focused on what God has laid on their hearts—the millions in Nepal who have yet to hear of Jesus and His love for them.

For more information and photos of Manja and his family, please visit http://www.gfa.org/manja.

Established in 1979, Gospel for Asia shares the Good News of Christ and plants churches among the unreached. More than 13,500 indigenous missionaries minister in seven Asian nations: India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka. In the past decade, they have established more than 9,000 churches and nearly 12,000 mission stations. GFA also has 54 Bible colleges on the Indian subcontinent, where 8,000 students are preparing for pioneer evangelism.

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