If I asked you to name the places where Christianity is growing the fastest, you, being a well-informed BreakPoint listener, would probably respond "Africa" and/or "China."

And you'd be correct. The explosion of Christianity south of the Sahara is so great that a colleague of mine is surprised whenever he meets a West African immigrant who's not a believer.

And as we previously told you on BreakPoint, Christianity in China is growing so rapidly that, by one scholar's estimate, there will be more Christians in China than in any other country by 2035.

But there are other, less-known places where the Good News is being heard and received.

One of these is Nepal. When Americans think of Nepalif they ever dowhat comes to mind is an exotic blend of the Himalayas, "wind-swept prayer flags," and temples, lots and lots of Hindu temples, with a few Buddhist stupas thrown in for good measure.

Until recently, that would have accurately summed up Nepal's religious scene. In 1951, Nepal's census showed nothat would be zeroChristians in the country. Ten years later, it showed just 458.

Forty years later, the number had risen to 102,000 and ten years later, i.e., in 2011, it had risen to 375,000. Whats more, according to a report by the International Institute for Religious Freedom, Nepalese Christian leaders believe that this last figure underestimates the number of Christian by a factor of six: instead of 375,000 Christians there are closer to 2.3 million.

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