The church building of Nepal Evangelical Lutheran Church, located at Rangeli Municipality-2, Laxmipur, Morang. (Photo by Suman Java) Background: Like the speed of the wind, like the flow of a river, the kingdom of God cannot be stopped. Because according to Matthew 24:14, God's plan is to spread the good news of God's kingdom to all the nations of the world. The history of Christians in Nepal dates back to the seventeenth century. Christian missionaries first entered Nepal in 1628. The then King Laxminarayan Malla of Kirtipur even allowed the Jesuit Fathers of Portugal to preach the gospel in the Kathmandu Valley. In 1661, during the reign of King Pratap Malla, two missionaries, Albert D'Orville of Belgium and Johann Gruber of Austria, arrived in Nepal on a China-Tibetan mission. In the eighteenth century, on February 21, 1707, the Capuchin Fathers arrived in Kathmandu from Rome, Italy. They began to expand their mission to Bhaktapur and Patan. On March 24, 1760, 53 ...