Pakistan is a heavily populated country with more than 170 million people. 96% of Pakistan’s population is Islamic (Muslim). It is the second largest Islamic country in the world. More than 60% of the population is illiterate. 65% of the population is extremely poor.

Christian Fellowship of Pakistan (CFP) was started in 1975.  It is registered with the government of Pakistan as a Christian organization. CFP was founded by Pastor Nathaniel Barkat, who is also the chairman of CFP. Pastor Barkat has been in Christian ministry since 1959. He pastored several churches before he founded CFP. CFP has been involved in evangelistic ministry, planting churches and helping the poor in Pakistan.

Now CFP has 21 churches that are reaching out to thousands of people, a school where almost 300 poor children receive free education, an orphanage that has 40 orphans, and a technical training school to train the poor community to make their living. CFP has been involved in helping widows on a monthly basis and feeding poor families. Last year “Feed The Hungry” ministry gave CFP 240,000 lbs of food, which was distributed among thousands of poor, widows and orphans. They were greatly blessed and churches have increased in number. A major Earthquake recently devastated the Northwest region of Pakistan. More than a hundred thousand lost their lives, more than 2.5 million people became homeless and thousands of children became orphans. CFP was able to go into the worst hit areas to show the love of Christ through distribution of tons of food, hundreds of blankets and quilts, thousands of liters of water and milk and more than 300 tents. We are continuing to help the people in the Northwest region.