Christian Personal Checks

Pastor and believers arrested for preaching gospel in Karnataka, India

By James Varghese
Special to ASSIST News Service

KARNATAKA, INDIA (ANS) – A group of 30 Hindu radicals attacked an outreach meeting and took a pastor and some believers to police station get them arrested.

This incident occurred in Frazer town, Bangalore in Karnataka state, India on August 24.

According to a news issued by the website www.persecution.in, the >>>Continue reading >>>

Orissa Update – Gospel for Asia

Pastors Attacked, Believers Killed, Churches Destroyed in Anti-Christian Rampage

Increasing attacks on Gospel for Asia-related work in Orissa have resulted in the deaths of at least six local believers since radical mobs went on a rampage after the murder of a leading anti-Christian activist.

Saturday night, Swami Laxamanananda Saraswati, a top leader of the VHP (World Hindu >>>Continue reading >>>

Christians Murdered as Violence Spreads in Orissa

Compass Direct News reports:

NEW DELHI – At least 18 people are confirmed dead in 92 incidents of violence against Christians since suspected Maoists murdered Hindu leader Swamiji Laxmanananda Saraswati and four others on Saturday (Aug. 23) in Orissa state.

With Hindu extremists inciting hatred by heated accusations that Christians killed Saraswati, the national newspaper Hindu reported >>>Continue reading >>>

Missionary Run Down by a Motorcycle

On August 12, an anti-Christian extremist on a motorcycle viciously ran over Gospel for Asia native missionary Anek Layak while he was walking on the side of the road with two other GFA missionaries. Then the radical got off his motorcycle and beat all three missionaries.

Anek, who serves as a professor at a local GFA >>>Continue reading >>>

Pastor Attacked, Churches Burned in Wake of Swami’s Death – Gospel for Asia

At least one Gospel for Asia missionary has been attacked, churches and homes have been destroyed and Christians are fleeing for their lives in India’s Orissa state in the wake of the murder of a leading anti-Christian activist leader. A GFA correspondent has reported that as night fell Sunday on Orissa, “the roads are being >>>Continue reading >>>