Christian Personal Checks

Prayer Meeting Attacked, Pastors and Participants Beaten and Jailed

By James Varghese, Special Correspondent in India for ASSIST News Service

CHHATTISGARH, INDIA (ANS) — A group of 30 radical Hindus belonging to Shiva Sena (Army of Shiva) and Bajrang Dal, a right-wing Hindu organization which is the youth wing of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), attacked a prayer meeting at Korba in Chhattisgarh on Friday, >>>Continue reading >>>

Hindu Radicals Attack Church, Seriously Injure 11 Christians

By Jeremy Reynalds, Correspondent for ASSIST News Service

WASHINGTON D.C. (ANS) – Hindu extremists recently attacked a Christian prayer meeting in Udaipur, Rajastha (India), leaving 11 Christians with serious injuries.

International Christian Concern (ICC), a human rights group, reported in a news release that on Jan. 17 at about 11 PM local time, members of Rashtriya Swayamsavak >>>Continue reading >>>

Indian Pastor and Believers Attacked and Beaten, Church Service Disrupted In Andhra Pradesh State

By James Varghese, Special Correspondent in India for ASSIST News Service

ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA (ANS) – A group of Hindu radicals barged into a prayer service held in a church in Jalliguda, which is located in Hyderabad City, Andhra Pradesh state, India and mercilessly beat the pastor and the attendees at a meeting in on Sunday, >>>Continue reading >>>

Indian believer jailed for ‘crime’ of praying for a friend in hospital and getting beaten up

By James Varghese, Special Correspondent in India for ASSIST News Service

KARNATAKA, INDIA (ANS) — In another bizarre police interpretation of Indian law, a Christian believer who went to pray for his sick friend at a local hospital, and was then beaten up by a Hindu radical, has been charged for this terrible “crime”.

You would imagine >>>Continue reading >>>

Pastor and wife attacked by Hindu radicals in Karnataka state, India

By James Varghese, Special Correspondent in India for ASSIST News Service

KARNATAKA, INDIA (ANS) — A pastor and his wife were brutally attacked and beaten up by a group of Hindu radicals at Mysore in Karnataka state, India, on Monday, December 14.

According to the Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC), the attack took place when a >>>Continue reading >>>