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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
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, January 10, 2010. According to the Council of Indian Christians (GCIC), an advocacy group, they reported that on January 10, at around 9:00 am, approximately 50 members belonging to the Hindu radical groups, Rashtriya Swayam Sevaks (RSS) and Bharatiya Janatha Party (BJP), barged inside the prayer hall and beat Pastor Benhur who was conducting the prayer service and also some of the attendees. … Read entire article »
Filed under: HIndu, India, Persecution
