Nation with Zero Churches Needs Bibles

This year, BTJ prayer partners traveled to a nation with zero registered churches – the nation of Bhutan. During their time, they handed out secret audio Bibles in small villages throughout the country. The Bibles that were handed out during this time were special Bibles that had been developed by the BTJ Hackers group.

“We are so thankful for the visitors from around the world that came to visit us in our nation of Bhutan,” one pastor said, who cannot be named for security reasons. “These audio Bibles are a huge blessing to our people.”

BTJ prayer partners were able to hand out audio Bibles, as well as attend underground house church services and see first-hand what BTJ is doing in Bhutan. There was also several days of ministry opportunities, as BTJ prayer partners hiked from village to village in the most remote areas of Bhutan, praying for the sick, lame, deaf, mute, and even sharing the Gospel message with former Buddhist monks.

The BTJ audio bible is a unique device created to blend in with the environment. The audio Bible for Bhutan was recorded in the Dzongkha language in a secret studio in Bhutan. BTJ supporters were able to go and see the studio and help assemble some of the audio Bibles.

Bhutan is one of the few nations in the world today with no registered churches. It is one of the most unreached nations with more than 99% of the people being Buddhists and of the few Christians who secretly live in Bhutan today, the overwhelming majority of them are of Nepalese descent.

The government of Bhutan only recognizes Buddhism as the official religion and, though they claim to provide freedom of religion for their people and ban discrimination based on religious belief, Christians are persecuted for their faith and sometimes even stripped of their nationality if it is discovered they have converted to Christianity.

More audio Bibles are desperately needed in other languages, that is why this year, BTJ is helping to create a new audio Bible in one of the most remote language groups in the world, located in the heart of Bhutan. This year, BTJ is supporting a secret studio to record the Bible into another unreached language. Please keep this project in your prayers.