Saffron Flags Usher in Hindu Nationalist India Where Christians Are Not Free to Worship
Christians in India are becoming more hard-pressed to find places where they can worship freely.
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Pastor: Believers in India ‘Have Nothing More To Do Except To Go To God In Prayer’
The oxygen is thinning for religious freedom in India following the reelection of the Bharatiya Janata Party in May, with six attacks on Christians recorded in Telangana State alone in July.
...continue reading this storyPastor Beaten, Attackers Escape in India as Church Leaders Call on Modi to Address Persecution of Christians
The Evangelical Fellowship of India called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the problem of rising persecution against Christians in his country, after a pastor was dragged from a prayer meeting by members of a nationalist organization.
...continue reading this story2 Indian Pastors Share Testimonies of Police Inaction Toward Christian Persecution
Christians in Bihar state, India are afraid to report attacks by Hindu militant organizations to the police, according to two pastors, one who had his hand and foot fractured when extremists attacked him.
...continue reading this storyIndian House Church in Telangana State Harassed for Third Week in a Row
A house church in India was violently attacked Sunday, June 30th during a worship service, marking the third Sunday in a row the church was harassed by Hindu radicals.
...continue reading this storyIndian Believer Called to Comfort the Sick Arrested and Monitored by Police
A Christian evangelist in India, who felt called to minister to sick people in hospitals, was arrested for 'forced conversions' after a local religious leader tipped the police to the fact he was passing out pamphlets.
...continue reading this storyIndian Christian Man: ‘Everything Now Is Gone’ Following Government Demolition of His School for Orphans
A Christian man in Odisha State, India, who built a school for orphaned children 8 years ago, had his life’s work devastated on May 13th when local officials demolished the school and its dormitories following sabotage of his application for a land lease.
...continue reading this storyIndian Christians Say ‘God Works for the Good of Those Who Love Him’ As Modi Rides Anti-Christian Nationalist Wave to Second Term in Office
Christians in India are bracing themselves for more of the same after Prime Minister Narendra Modi was elected to another five-year term last Thursday, having garnered a 303-seat parliamentary majority—a 31-seat gain from his initial election in 2014.
...continue reading this storyMob Attacks Against Christians By Hindu Radicals Continue in Shadow of Modi Re-election
Christians at Praise the Lord Church in Kanjapalli, a village in India’s persecution-ridden Tamil Nadu state, were ruthlessly attacked by a mob of Hindu radicals on May 3rd, following an identical instance of mob violence in February in which the church was told to close its doors.
...continue reading this storyAttacks on Indian Christians Up in 2019 As Election Season Approaches
Four Christian home meetings were disrupted in India’s Tamil Nadu state in the last two months, as persecution by Hindu nationalists intensifies in the run-up to national elections.
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