Bangladesh Established: 2008 Sites: 4
Children Served: 400 + Bangladesh is a Muslim nation where less than 1% of the population is Christian. CCCS and People of the Book Lutheran Outreach (POBLO) visited sites in Baniarcher and Mirpur and helped lay the cornerstone for the new school in 2008!
Through teacher's salaries and scholarships, CCCS supported schools reach entire families with the Gospel. Young students like Krishno have come to some very clear conclusions about the Christian faith in relation to the Hindu faith.
Specifically, Krishno began to compare what she saw in Christian worship and worship practices she had grown up with in her own Hindu home. Krishno became disillusioned with the likenesses of gods such as Kail and Krishna which her family prayed to in their home. She shared openly with her parents what she began to feel about idol worship and told her parents, “I don’t like these statues. A statue is nothing—it has no life.A statue is made out of clay from the ground. But in the worship services at the Christian church there are no statues. Instead, it makes me feel good inside—it is the Spirit of God which speaks to me and gives me this good feeling. I believe that Christianity is the true religion, and because of the statues, I believe that Hinduism is not the true religion.”
