Impact Report 2025

Content note: This episode includes discussion of child begging, sexual exploitation, and persecution.Why are these leaders being opposed?Christian leaders in Bhutan, India, Bangladesh, and Nepal help us understand the pressures behind the persecution they face. Their accounts reveal different contexts, including the close relationship between religion and cultural identity, ethnic prejudice, and opposition to work that protects vulnerable children.Jagan* describes how religion and culture overlap in Bhutan. In India, Priya* explains why helping children leave begging and protecting girls from exploitation can bring resistance. Mandar* shares his congregation’s struggle to find a place to worship. Nagma* and Shalva* describe the opposition they encounter and how they continue responding through patience, forgiveness, and prayer.These accounts invite us to listen carefully, understand the circumstances our partners describe, and pray alongside them as they love and serve their communities.In this episode00:00 Content warning00:10 Opening account and introduction01:14 Understanding the causes of persecution03:07 Bhutan: Jagan on religion and culture04:30 India: Priya on children, families, and opposition08:05 India: Mandar’s congregation seeks a place to worship10:05 Encouragement for a congregation in Central India10:49 Romans 811:36 Bangladesh: Nagma responds to rejection13:10 Nepal: Shalva describes pressure and prayer13:54 Closing reflection14:38 PrayerPray with these leadersPray for safety, wisdom in danger, places to worship, provision for families, and comfort for frightened children. Join Mandar in praying for the people opposing his congregation.Learn more about Harvest Bridge and ways to support local leaders across South Asia and Myanmar at HarvestBridge.org.Names have been changed for security. Accounts include recorded interviews and readings from written reports.Scripture excerpts: Psalm 46 and Romans 8:28–31. Scripture audio: Thru the Bible.

This episode discusses natural disasters and their impact on vulnerable communities, including children. Listener discretion is advised.Disaster relief is often pictured as a single moment.But for Harvest Bridge’s local partners, relief begins before a crisis, moves quickly when danger comes, and continues long after the headlines fade.In Bhutan, hear how a household package provided food, cooking supplies, hygiene items, and a month of stability after severe flooding.In Myanmar, local leaders helped families facing armed conflict, repeated displacement, and earthquake damage.In India, years of advocacy helped historically marginalized families move toward safer housing after repeated floods.Together, these stories show how trusted local leaders respond quickly and remain for the long work of recovery.Learn more about Harvest Bridge and support disaster relief and recovery efforts across South Asia and Myanmar at https://www.harvestbridge.org.

Joshua serves as an assistant pastor in Bhutan. His ministry takes shape through worship, prayer, home visits, and personal care.In this episode, hear how a prayer over an empty piece of land became the beginning of a church. You will also hear how Pastor Dawa’s investment in Joshua continues through the people he now serves.Joshua’s story shows what it means to do much with little. It is a story of faithful discipleship, steady presence, and hope taking root in unexpected places.Learn more about Harvest Bridge and support local leaders across South Asia and Myanmar at HarvestBridge.org.

Listen as the ministry leaders of Harvest Bridge share how your support made a difference in 2025.

This month at Harvest Bridge, we have been sharing stories from women who are living in some of the hardest places in the world, facing poverty, violence, and isolation. But through the ministry leaders of Harvest Bridge, they are finding hope. In this episode, we want to share just a few of these stories. We’ll hear from Jandi* in Nepal, Pastor Pan* in Myanmar, and Priya* in India. 

Listen as Pastor Thang* and Pastor Pan* reflect on the years since the military coup in 2021 and what ministry looks like in Myanmar today.

In this month’s podcast, you’ll hear about pastors who decorate their homes on December 1st because the children they care for simply can’t wait, feasts that begin fifteen days before Christmas, and the preparation of traditional food. You’ll also hear about Christmas ministry as churches fill beyond capacity and believers stand outside so neighbors and friends can have a seat. Carolers walk village roads and gifts are shared with widows, gypsy families, and abandoned older adults. House-to-house visits are offered quietly in places facing violence or persecution. Our partners describe Christmas as a season of joy and excitement, but also a season of courage. In some communities, simply gathering for worship or offering a Christmas lunch invites opposition. Yet year after year, they open their doors, their tables, and their hearts so others can hear the good news that God has come near.  This is Christmas with Harvest Bridge.

Hear from Pastor Pan* how the leaders in Myanmar are living out the call to serve the stranger in their ministry to refugees. This is just one of many ministries you are making possible. 

This fall, Nepal has been gripped by a wave of political unrest unlike anything the country has seen in recent years. In this episode, you’ll hear from the country leaders of Harvest Bridge’s ministry in Nepal and on the Nepal-Tibet border. They share their firsthand experiences of what life has been like during this tumultuous time. These are their personal reflections, not official reports, and they themselves acknowledge they may not represent the full picture. That is part of the complexity of this moment - there’s so much misinformation and uncertainty surrounding the government overthrow that it is difficult to know full causes and outcomes of the recent protests. Their stories offer a powerful glimpse into life on the ground during this crisis. 

In Bhutan, missionaries and pastors share the hope of the gospel in their own villages and cities, as well as traveling to more remote areas of the country. In addition to evangelism, their ministry includes counseling, conducting sports ministry with young people, providing emergency food relief, and providing drug and alcohol rehabilitation. In a country where 84% of the population is Buddhist, understanding how to share their faith in this specific context is critical. Out of this need, a Bible school at the border of India and Bhutan was born. The Bible school students learn comparative religion, intercultural communication, and contextual theology, which ensures that they are well-prepared to engage with their Buddhist communities respectfully and effectively.