How Martha Das grew into a powerful voice for Bangladesh’s Christian minority.

article from Surinder Kaur, with kind permission of CHRISTIANITY TODAY, November 27, 2024

Draped in a beautiful sari and smiling warmly, Martha Das stands out in any setting. As general secretary of the National Christian Fellowship of Bangladesh (NCFB), she is the only female leader of an evangelical alliance in Asia. Das’s rise to this position is a major milestone in her Muslim-majority nation of 174 million people, where fewer than half a million are Christians according to the 2022 census.

In her seven years as head of NCFB, Das has built unity among Christian leadership, managed crises, improved evangelical relations with the government, undertaken community development programs, and empowered women through various initiatives.

Asa Kain, superintendent of the Bangladesh Assemblies of God (BAG) and Das’s own pastor, praised her work in reorganizing the BAG national women’s ministry. “She does well to unite different denominations by her patient communication,” Kain said.

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