Manoj is a pastor in the Garo Baptist Church of Bangladesh. He lives in the village of Joyramkura, near the middle of Bangladesh’s northern border with India. During the week he spends much of his time visiting the hundreds of patients and their families at the hospital compound in Joyramkura. People come to this hospital not only from nearby but also from hours away because they will be treated even if they are unable to pay. There he ministers to Muslims, Christians, and Hindus in his pastoral care. Manoj is also one of the 50 or so TEE volunteer tutors for Christian College of Theology Bangladesh (CCTB). He is presently tutoring about 8 of the pastors from this area. When I asked him what the greatest need for the church in his area was, he responded immediately by saying “that the people would know God’s word.” He went on to say that many of the people don’t know God’s word well, often because the pastors and leaders also don’t know it well. Some of these leaders are eager to learn more, some are not, but through leaders like Manoj, the vision and opportunity for knowing God’s word is spreading throughout the church in Bangladesh, a church in a harvest field of more than 140 million unbelievers. CRWM has two theological educators at CCTB where leaders like Manoj are growing theologically and teaching God’s word throughout Bangladesh.

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