Bangladesh

Hungering and thirsting for spiritual truth

preacher holding services in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is home to the eighth-largest population on the planet.

It has the equivalent of 50% of the US population crammed into a space the size of Iowa…and much of that area is crisscrossed by 800 rivers and tributaries. Ironically, in a country of so much water, about 20% of its homes are without clean drinking water.

Nearly 90% of Bangladeshis are Muslim, and the remaining 10% are almost all Hindus. Yet a thirst for spiritual truth is as strong as the thirst for sanitary water, and people are open to learning about Jesus.

News from Bangladesh

November 3, 2023

Questions Swirling in His Head

While the barber shaved other people’s heads, questions swirled in his own. As a barber with his own shop, Sukumar had heard comments during his life […]
July 20, 2023

Fight for rights? Bangladeshi Christians face a difficult choice

Bangladesh (MNN) — In 1988, an amendment to the Bangladeshi constitution established Islam as the state religion. Muslims make up about 90 percent of the population.  FMI […]
May 22, 2023

Hope for unreached people in Muslim nations

MENA (MNN) — The International Day for the Unreached (IDU) is Sunday, May 28; a day to raise awareness for one-third of the global population who’ve never heard of […]
March 21, 2023

“Hinduism Offers No Hope of Forgiveness…”

“I decided to follow Christ because Hinduism offers no hope of forgiveness.” In many of FMI’s fields of partnership, church planters serve inside Muslim-majority cities and […]
February 14, 2023

Pastors & families in Bangladesh face unique ministry challenges

Bangladesh (MNN) — FMI recently hosted a family conference in Bangladesh for pastors and their wives and children. They offered a variety of seminars, including a seminar […]
January 4, 2023

Here’s Some Water. Will You Baptize

Here’s some water. Will you baptize me? Tarun paraphrased the words of the Ethopian eunuch found in Acts 8, and requested Pastor Pratapgarh to baptize him. […]