Are there churches in pakistan

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I am for religious freedom. It appears that the church in question was built on a piece of "vacant plot", which can't be justified. However it is not for the people to demolish it. They should have gone to the relevant authorities and complained. UCA News monitors the content of the comments and reserves the right to remove posts that contains abusive, offensive, racist, threatening or harassing comments or personal attacks of any kind.

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The United Presbyterian Church which had been involved in the negotiations did not join. Initially there were four dioceses in the Church of Pakistan, i. Karachi, Multan, Lahore and Sialkot, but in , through a special resolution and for better ministerial work, four new dioceses were created: Hyderabad, Raiwind, Faisalabad and Peshawar. There are eight active diocesan bishops with an additional bishop for the Gulf Ministries.

This appointment was made to take care of the pastoral and worship needs of Urdu-speaking workers in the Gulf. There is a presiding bishop for the Church of Pakistan who is known as the moderator and has responsibility for a three-year term.

Christians form two percent of the population of Pakistan, which is approximately million; 97 percent are Muslims. Christian scholars, teachers, social workers and lawyers are appreciated for their contributions, but face problems of identity and full participation in the social and political life of the country. There is no legal bar to evangelistic work, but the propagation of the gospel is not always welcomed. Most of the educational institutions like colleges and schools have been nationalized and operate under the control and direction of the government.

The Church of Pakistan has initiated some significant steps to continue its role in education in the light of the policy of nationalization. Religious minorities are merely surviving in the Islamic republic. Both church and political leaders should make every effort to make sure they are thriving. Church and state are considered to be mothers for their members.

Christian asylum seekers feel abandoned by both. Kamran Chaudhry is a Catholic commentator based in Lahore. The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official editorial position of UCA News. Support UCA News…. For the last 40 years , UCA News has remained the most trusted and independent Catholic news and information service from Asia. Every week, we publish nearly news reports, feature stories, commentaries, podcasts and video broadcasts that are exclusive and in-depth, and developed from a view of the world and the Church through informed Catholic eyes.

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And UCA News has the advantage of having in its ranks local reporters who cover 23 countries in south, southeast, and east Asia. And we report on the emerging life of new Churches in old lands where being a Catholic can at times be very dangerous.

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