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Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin — by Elizabeth Kendal ‘Lawfare’ in Madhya Pradesh On Easter Sunday on April 4 Pastor Manu Damor, 35 led a 4pm worship service for five Christian families in a private home in Rangwasa Village, Indore District, Madhya Pradesh (MP). Towards the end of the service four […]
Since lockdown began last year Calvary Temple Church in Hyderabad, with more than 330 000 members, has distributed 700 tons of food supplies to families in desperate need. Now as India is in the grip of a devastating second wave, their church building has been converted into a 300 bed Covid care […]
Originally published in Eternity Mani Chacko is the general secretary of Bible Society India (BSI). He gives Eternity readers an update on the BSI team and provides a snapshot of what life is like in the midst of such devastation. Every day, life is “utterly devastating”, says Chacko, who is based in […]
By Samuel Smith — Originally published in The Christian Post Five Christians who’ve been imprisoned for over a decade in India for a crime that they and advocates say they didn’t commit were granted bail last week by the country’s Supreme Court. The five Christian men were among seven men […]
Originally published in CBN News The search for the body of missionary John Chau on India’s North Sentinel Island is on hold, for now. The BBC reports that an unnamed Indian official says the government has called off the effort over concerns about safety and objections raised by tribal and […]
Originally published in Christianity Today A 27-year-old American missionary was killed on a remote island off the coast of India, where he attempted to share the gospel with the most isolated tribe in the world. All Nations, a Christian missions agency based in the US, confirmed that John Allen Chau […]
Originally published in Christian Headlines International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that last Monday, July 2, 20 Christians were seriously injured in an assault on a prayer meeting in Raikashipur village, located in the Pratapgarh District of India’s Uttar Pradesh State. According to local reports, a mob of 35 Hindu […]
Originally published in UCAN India Some 5 000 Christians marched silently through India’s Jharkhand state demanding the release of six Christians jailed last week on complaints of offering money to villagers to attract them to Christianity. The September 25 ecumenical “silent protest” was organised after a local court on September […]
[notice]A new monthly column bringing you frontline testimonies of what God is stirring up across the globe. By international revivalist Lindy-Ann Hopley, Beautiful Witness Ministries.[/notice] 2017 started with a dream. I dreamt that I was chasing a leopard in a forest with a friend of mine in a 4×4. This […]
By Nirmala Carvalho — Originally published in AsiaNews Two more anti-Christian incidents in Madhya Pradesh illustrate the latest trend among Hindu fundamentalists. In addition to filing false charges over forced conversions, they are now attacking Christians in the privacy of their homes even though “praying in one’s home is not […]