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Radio Home Groups Come to Sri Lanka

January 6, 2021 by the TWR Canada Team

Filed Under:: Asia, Testimonies, Sri Lanka, Radio Home Groups

We are excited to share that radio home groups are expanding! The team in Sri Lanka has adopted the program and has launched 320 groups to date, with a total of 1,400 listeners!

In preparation for the launch of radio home groups, TWR designed a special radio home group media player with the following features:

Extended battery for longer...

Hearing the Word from Home

August 12, 2020 by the TWR Canada Team

Filed Under:: Asia, Testimonies, Sri Lanka

The radio program God’s Unique Book is having an incredible impact on the people of Sri Lanka! From reaching children and youth, engaging with Catholics and Buddhists and encouraging fellow Christians, this program engages a wide range of Sri Lankans who are curious to learn more about God and grow in their faith. Amid this...

Sowing Seeds of the Gospel in Sri Lanka

February 26, 2020 by the TWR Canada team

Filed Under:: Asia, Evangelism, Testimonies, Sri Lanka, Unreached People Groups

Sri Lanka is home to 22 million people and is an island of many cultures, languages and ethnicities. Three ethnic groups—Sinhalese, Tamil and Muslim—make up more than 99 per cent of the country’s population. 72 per cent of Sri Lankans call themselves Buddhist, and less than 1.5 per cent identify as evangelical Christians. The...

Faithfully Planting the Seed in Sri Lanka

June 25, 2019 By the TWR Canada Team

Filed Under:: Asia, Sri Lanka

On Easter Sunday, we woke up to the news of the bombings that had happened in Sri Lanka (you can read more here ). The TWR team in Sri Lanka responded immediately. Working with the TWR Canada sponsored program, God’s Unique Book , they created and produced new content to respond to the spiritual needs of the people at this critical time....

A Nation Mourns: The Aftermath of Tragedy on Easter Sunday

April 23, 2019 By the TWR Canada Team

Filed Under:: Asia, Violence, Sri Lanka

As we woke up here in Canada on Easter Sunday, we were bombarded with the news: “Sri Lanka blasts. At least 140 people dead and more than 560 injured in multiple church and hotel explosions.” (CNN) This number has since risen to more than 320 people dead and hundreds more with injuries. The news stung and continues to linger. It was...

Reaching the Nation of Sri Lanka

October 23, 2018 By the TWR Canada Team

Filed Under:: Asia, Sri Lanka

Recently, at the TWR Asia Partners Conference, we had the opportunity to learn more about the work of TWR among our partners from across Asia. We heard how the Chinese government's new religious regulations are affecting the church, how the wars in some countries have caused civil unrest for many years, and the need for...

Reaching Sri Lanka with the Hope of Christ

October 18, 2017 by the TWR Canada team

Filed Under:: Asia, Sri Lanka

With so few churches throughout Sri Lanka, media is the most effective way to reach this previously-unreached people group. TWR Canada partners with TWR Sri Lanka to produce and air a 30-minute radio program called God’s Unique Book.