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Archive for the ‘Christian’ Category
Pakistan Police Torture Christians Arrested in Islamic Attack
By Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST Ministries
LAHORE, PAKISTAN ANS — Two Christians in Gojra, Pakistan who allegedly fired warning shots as an Islamist mob approached which eventually resulted in seven Christians being burned to death on Aug. 1 have told Compass Direct News www.compassdirect.org that they were tortured after police arrested them. Read the rest of this entry »
Hindu radicals attack Indian house church, pastors, a woman and child beaten up
By James Varghese, Special Correspondent in India for ASSIST News Service
ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA ANS — A group of Hindu radicals viciously attacked three pastors, one woman and a child on Sunday, October 18, 2009 during a prayer service held at a house church in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh state, India. Read the rest of this entry »
Taliban in Pakistan Warns Christian Leaders to Convert to Islam or Face Dire Consequences
By Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST Ministries
SARGODHA, PAKISTAN ANS — International Christian Concern ICC has learned that on October 6, members of the Taliban sent threatening letters in Sargodha, Pakistan warning Christian leaders to convert to Islam or face dire consequences. Read the rest of this entry »
Missionary Couple Faces Serious Threats after Home Prayer Meeting
Gospel for Asia-supported missionaries Rahul and Deepika Bhambri are facing a time of intense trial stemming from a prayer meeting they had at their home.
The couple, who are both third-year students in a local Bible college, were assigned to work in this village as part of their field internship. Most of the villagers are openly hostile to the Gospel, and Rahul and Deepika have been under harsh physical and spiritual attack since their very first days there. Read the rest of this entry »
Nationalists target Calvary Chapel Kaharlyk in Ukraine with firebomb attack
By Peter Wooding, Special to ASSIST News Service
KAHARLYK, UKRAINE ANS — The pastor of Calvary Chapel Kaharlyk, just south of Kiev in Ukraine, is thanking God for His protection, after their church building, where his family lives, was hit by a firebomb attack by suspected nationalists. Read the rest of this entry »