Meet the Pastor
Pastor Endra
I am Endra Bahadur (Barnabas) Tamang. I was born in a strong Buddhist family in Ree, Dhading. As I was born in Buddhist family, from my childhood I followed Buddhist’s teaching and practiced what I was taught by the leaders of Buddhist. After I was grown up I became one of the leaders of Buddhist religion in my village. I was really an anti-Christian. I didn’t like Christian people at all.
Facilitator Endra Tamang
When I was the age of 14 my Christian friends invited me to come in there program, so I went to that program just to see what will happen secretly. As I was looking this program, I saw people are prophesying and speaking in unknown language though they were our own tribe. After I saw all these things I felt fear in my heart and I was convinced that Jesus is really true God. Next day I asked to my mother “I want to go to Church” my mother became so furious and scolded me with so many bad words. Jesus picked me up from the dead situation in life and I made only one decision that I would not turn back from Jesus even though I had persecution from my own parents and from my villagers for the sake of Christ. The persecution was not comparable with the Joy that I had because of Jesus in my heart.
Now I committed my life for the work of God preaching the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ among my own people in the remote area of Nepal called Dhading.
Dhading District
After a week I attended in Friday night prayer meetings in Tawal Church with my friends and at that very moment we five of Buddhist leaders accepted Christ together in that meeting. As that prayer meeting was going on, we newly converted also speaking on tongues and experienced the power of the Holy Spirit that we didn’t know even night is over. Next morning when we were in the Church all of our parents came to church with sticks and stones. They started to stone at church wall and windows; we closed door and windows and kept on praying so they couldn’t hit in the church. After prayer is over we went back at home, on the way all the villagers looked us and mocked us because the incident was already spread that Buddhist leaders became Christian. When we reached home, our parents started to scold and bit us.
For two years I was persecuted from my family. Many times I was bitten, scolded and Spited especially in the midst of people. Many times I was giving off food from my family. In those times some of the Christian mothers secretly invited me at their home and gave me food. In those days I drew more to God, went to solitary places for prayer and fasting even I shared about Christ with my friends and they came in Christ. During this time I was just attending house fellowship and prayer meetings. But after two years of prayer I requested to my Mum to allow me to go to church on one Saturday. She said that do whatever you like. From that day I attended in main Saturday devotional service. From that day I continually go to all the services of Church and moved forward for the Lord.
Village of Tawal
I got married with the Christian girl of their same church. I have one daughter and one son. After some time I became a leader in my local church and my parents became happy with although they are not a Christian. I am praying and sharing about Jesus with them.
After I attending the University in Pokhara and in 2012 I became acquainted with the Jesus Saves Network on the Internet. When I visited Dhading I would use the Internet Café to visit JSN websites. During a visit with my good friend Lako Lama and I became one of the leaders of JSN ministry in Nepal.
I am now a government school teacher in Tawal and also serving God as associate pastor of local church. I use the JSN websites to obtain teaching and preaching content to teach others in these mountain villages.
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