Gospel for Asia

A radio broadcast ministry that shares the Good News of Jesus Christ with hundreds of millions of people in Asia now has the opportunity to reach an additional 6 million listeners since it added 11 new languages to its programming. With these additions, Gospel for Asia, based in Carrollton, Texas, serves new people groups in India, Nepal, Tibet, and China. According to a news release from Gospel for Asia, the new groups hearing God's message of hope are of various religious affiliations, including Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity. "We were praying for native speakers of these languages, and God has graciously answered our prayers," says the ministry's founder and president, Dr. K.P. Yohannan. "All of the Gospel for Asia missionaries producing the new programs are native speakers and are excited about the opportunity to use the radio to share the Gospel with their own people who have never heard it." Gospel for Asia has been ministering in southern Asia since the mid-1980s, when Dr. Yohannan was asked to speak on the radio. Since the doctor's fluency in the higher vernacular of his native tongue had diminished, he spoke the language of the common people. The response was huge, and Gospel for Asia grew out of that "one-time" broadcast. Today the ministry broadcasts in 103 languages in 10 countries.