Indian Evangelist Hacked to Death
By Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST Ministries LAXMANPUR, INDIA (ANS) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on Sunday, May 2, 2010 an Indian evangelist was brutally murdered in Laxmanpur, India, after showing Daya Sagar, a film about the life of Jesus Christ. An ICC spokesperson told the ASSIST News Service, “After showing the film, Evangelist Ravi Murmu and members of his team started their journey home. During the journey, Ravi left the team to take a short-cut to his house. When he failed to reach home late that evening, a search ensued. The searchers found his dead body with his right hand cut off, and deep cut wounds on his neck and other parts of his body.” According to the report by the “Persecution Update India”, the attackers didn’t take any … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, Compass Direct, India, Persecution
Believers Attacked and Pastor Warned to Leave
WEST BENGAL, INDIA (ANS) – A Gospel for Asia-supported missionary and several members of his church are being ostracized and attacked for their faith. The missionary, Gangi Ram, serves as pastor of a small church in West Bengal, India. Recently 13 people in his village chose to follow Christ. They chose to publicly testify of their new faith on March 12. The next day, the trouble started. Since then, their fellow villagers have beaten the new Christians if they see them in public. Anti-Christian extremists in the village have even gone so far as to damage the homes of the new believers. These new Christians are also being denied access to the village well and the pond, where most villagers go to bathe. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Gospel for Asia, India, Persecution
Pastor and companion severely beaten by Hindu Radicals in New Delhi, India
By James Varghese, Special Correspondent in India for ASSIST News Service NEW DELHI, INDIA (ANS) — The almost daily attacks against Indian Christians by Hindi radicals, are continuing at an alarming pace. The latest shocking incident took place on Thursday, March 25, 2010, when a group of radicals viciously attacked a pastor and his companion in Ghaziabad, New Delhi. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, HIndu, India, Persecution
Pastoral Training Center Attacked in India
By Jeremy Reynalds, Correspondent for ASSIST News Service NORTH INDIA (ANS) – A group of about large mob of around 40 anti-Christian Hindu militants stormed a training center for pastors. The incident occurred on Sunday in the North Indian state of Chhattisgarh. According to a news release from Empart, the church-planting organization that runs the center, Prebhu, a center leader, was punched and kicked as he screamed for mercy. Many students were brutally beaten and seriously injured. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, HIndu, India, Persecution
