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Church Vandalized and Pastor and Believer Beaten
By James Varghese, Special Correspondent in India for ASSIST News Service KERALA, INDIA ANS — A group of Hindu radicals attacked a church, alleging falsely that there were large scale conversion activities occurring in the area. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Christian, HIndu, India, Persecution
Missionaries on Trial for Preaching the Gospel
JHARKHAND, INDIA – A complaint lodged against two Bible college interns could leave new Christians on their own for discipleship. Yash Menon and Rajiv Trivedi work under Gospel for Asia-supported missionary Bala Chopra in a village in Jharkhand, India, where 30 believers, both local and from a neighboring village, gather for worship. The two interns have been conducting regular prayer meetings in the nearby village in the home of a believer named Harbir. Three days ago, one of these meetings was disrupted by relatives of one of the Christians. The group began beating Yash and Rajiv, accusing them of forcefully converting people. Then they went to the local authorities and filed a complaint against the interns and Harbir. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, Gospel for Asia, India, Persecution
Vietnamese Authorities Raid House Churches and Threaten Attendees
Compass Direct News reports HANOI – Local authorities in Vietnam have balked at registering house churches, contributing to a recent uptick in sometimes violent harassment of congregations. Four police officers and two government officials broke up the Sunday morning worship service of a house church in Tran Phu Commune in Hanoi on July 26, announcing that it was illegal to worship and teach religion. The police chief of Tran Phu Commune in greater Hanoi, Dang Dinh Toi, had ordered the raid. When Christians under the leadership of Pastor Dang Thi Dinh refused to sign a document admitting they were meeting illegally, an angry police officer shouted, “If I find you meeting here next Sunday, I will kill you all like I’d kill a dog” Read the full report at Compass Direct News. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, Compass Direct, Persecution, Vietnam
Police Torture Pastor and Two Others in Bangladesh
Compass Direct News reports DHAKA, Bangladesh – At the urging of local Muslim leaders, police in western Bangladesh have tortured a pastor and two other Christians for legally proclaiming Christ. Habibur Rahman, 45, pastor of Boalia Spiritual Church Boalia Ruhani Jamat in Boalia in Cuadanga district, 220 kilometers 136 miles west of Dhaka, said he was about to meet with 11 others for a monthly meeting on evangelism at 8 p.m. on June 8 when local police stormed in and seized him and Zahid Hassan, 25, and a 40-year-old Christian identified only as Fazlur. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Bangladesh, Christian, Compass Direct, Muslim, Persecution
Christians Request Prayer as Chinese Authorities Abolish House Church in Sichuan
By Michael Ireland, Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service SICHUAN, CHINA ANS — Authorities have abolished the Christian Church of Huaguan Town, a house church in Huaguan town, Nanbu county, Sichuan province, and arrested three church members on June 29, 2009, according to ChinaAid www.chinaaid.org . … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, China, Christian, Persecution
