Pakistan is situated in South Asia and shares its borders with China
in the North; Afaghanistan in West; and few Central Asian States,
Kaghistan and Uzbikstan in NorthWest; Iran in Southwest and India in the
East. It came into being as a separate homeland for Muslims when India
got independence from Britain in 1947. It comprises on 96% Muslims, 2%
Christian and rest of 2%other communities.
Church in Pakistan exists for more than 150 years. Mission work in the
field of education and medical services contributed greatly in the
growth of the Church and Christian witness. It also earned much respect
in the society for the quality of these services.
Due to cultural values and strong religious barriers the communication
of true teaching about Christian faith was becoming gradually
restricted. It created many misconceptions regarding Christian faith in
majority community that caused a social barrier between Christians and
Muslims. Thus the gap between two communities began to grow wider and
wider. But thank God in-spite of this barrier the interest was still
found in a large part of society to know and gain knowledge about the
Bible and Christian beliefs.
This was the situation that moved a group of missionaries and Christian
workers in 1957 to
start a Bible Correspondence School Ministry to promote the Biblical
Teachings throughout the Pakistan.
In 1962 Rev. John W. Wilder, a Presbyterian Missionary, a devoted Bible
teacher and evangelist, took a challenge to be a part of the new
initiative, and started a center of Bible Correspondence Institute,
Faisalabad; a third largest city in Pakistan in the province of Punjab.