Source: Back to Jerusalem, April 3, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOne of our brothers has been thrown in prison,\u201d Pastor Anil (not his real name) reported on Monday. \u201cPlease pray for him. His family has no other way to get support.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bhutan\u2019s ruling Drukpa people are 100% unreached and strictly enforce the Buddhist religion. \u201cThe government does not want to say that they put him in jail for being a Christian, so they made up charges against him,\u201d Pastor Anil said. Pastor Anil is one of the few Drukpa Christians in Bhutan and is in charge of a nationwide fellowship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The pastor has a daughter who is currently in school. With her father in prison, she has no way to pay for tuition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read the full story<\/a>. BTJ has a scholarship fund to help the children of persecuted pastors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Did you know? Many Buddhists observe Buddha\u2019s birthday today (May 15). Learn how Buddhists in different countries celebrate and why they do so on different days<\/a> (AP\/RNS) and, to join Christians who want to see the Buddhist world transformed, watch or listen to the Change the Map podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: Back to Jerusalem, April 3, 2024 \u201cOne of our brothers has been thrown in prison,\u201d Pastor Anil (not his real name) reported on Monday. \u201cPlease pray for him. His family has no other way to get support.\u201d Bhutan\u2019s ruling Drukpa people are 100% unreached and strictly enforce the Buddhist religion. \u201cThe government does not … Continue reading Bhutan: A Pastor Is Imprisoned and His Family Needs Help<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12932,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12931\/revisions\/12932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}