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Gospel for Asia

In every aspect of their ministry, the aim of Gospel for Asia is to reach the lost of Asia with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This is accomplished primarily through planting churches among the unreached – those who have never heard the Gospel, and by the training and sending of native missionaries. Gospel for Asia’s goal is to send 100,000 native missionaries to reach the 2.7 billion who do not know the love of God

Gospel for Asia has 133 bible schools where nearly 7,000 students are preparing to become church planters. At present, more than 21,000 churches and mission stations have been planted by native missionaries where no church existed before.

Along with ministering to the lost spiritually, Gospel for Asia’s Compassionate Services offers physical relief to the suffering of Asia. In the wake of the Tsunami Disaster, GFA members immediately began ministering to the desperate in India and Sri Lanka with food, clothing and medical supplies. The local government of Sri Lanka asked GFA to take on responsibility for 10,000 displaced children as a result of this tragedy. Gospel for Asia responded by setting up transition homes, temporary housing and shelters, and mobile medical clinics. Through partnership with Hungry Children Project, GFA’s relief efforts were aided with three shipments of food, medicines and medical supplies, read more

To find out more about Gospel for Asia and their emergency relief efforts, visit www.gfa.org

Sri Lanka

Capital: Colombo
Population: 20, 220,240
Religion: Buddhist 67.1%, Muslim 7.6%, Hindu 7.1%, Christian 6.2%, unspecified 10%
Language: Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18% and other 8% (English is commonly used in government and is spoken competently by about 10% of the population
Birth Rate: 15.51 births/1,000 population (2006est)
Death Rate: 6.52 deaths/1,000 population (2006est)
Infant Mortality Rate: 13.97deaths/1,000 live births
People living with HIV/AIDS: 3,500 (2003est)
450,000 persons displaced resulting from 2004 tsunami (2005)