Category: PERSECUTION RELIEF NEWS – English
Pastor Joseph Prabhakar falsely accused of conversion activities, Tamil Nadu
Pastor Joseph Prabhakar falsely accused of conversion activities, Tamil Nadu Pastor Joseph Prabhakar has been shepherding the ‘Assemblies of God’ Church at Morappur, Harur Taluk, Dharmapuri District, Tamil Nadu. The Church has been functioning peacefully and without any hindrance. In Nov (date), the Police and CBCID a mob of religious fundamentalists visited the Church and […]
Blatant religious intolerance, Chhattisgarh
Blatant religious intolerance, Chhattisgarh Credit – VoTC Correspondent A mob of religious fundamentalists, alleging conversion and other anti-religious activities, illegally trespassed the campus of Church of North India (CNI), Raipur. They raised anti-Christian slogans and raised Hindutva pro-slogans. This incursion has created a lot of fear among the residents at the campus. If the […]
No Conversion of Religion will be allowed with the explicit permission of the Collector, failing which a 5-year jail term is recommended
“No Conversion of Religion will be allowed with the explicit permission of the Collector, failing which a 5-year jail term is recommended” Credit – “Dainik Bhaskar” Kota Rajasthan edition
Pastor threatened to be paraded naked for preaching Jesus Christ, Gujarat
Pastor threatened to be paraded naked for preaching Jesus Christ, Gujarat Credit – VoTC Correspondent Pastor Dharmesh Rawat has been 3 ministering in Dhoral, Jamnagar, Gujarat,affiliated with AG Church since past 4 years. Every Sunday,around 100 believers gather to worship in this make-shift temporary shed made of sheets, with no walls around it. […]
Nine persons arrested and Church forcibly closed, Uttar Pradesh
Nine persons arrested and Church forcibly closed, Uttar Pradesh Credit – VoTC Correspondent Nine people were arrested in Ahladpur village,Ahladpur village in Chail Tehsil, Kaushambi, Uttar Pradesh. Bro. Ramchandra and 8 others were arrested during a worship Service and the Church forcibly closed by Police on false allegations of conversion activities. The similar incident was reported […]
Singing of Vande Mataram: court leaves it to government, Tamil Nadu
Singing of Vande Mataram: court leaves it to government, Tamil Nadu Credit – The Hindu Lawyers brought it to the notice of the judge that the song was originally penned in Bengali and Single judge’s order making singing of national song compulsory modified A Division Bench of the Madras High Court has modified an […]
SC declines plea to declare Hindus as minority in eight states
SC declines plea to declare Hindus as minority in eight states Credit – The Times of India Highlights PIL (Public Interest Litigation (PIL) sought minority status to Hindus in J&K, Punjab, Lakshadweep, Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur Legitimate benefits of Hindus being siphoned of arbitrarily to the majority, because of non-identification and non-notification of […]
Blessed Rani Maria seen as beacon of hope for Indian Christians
Blessed Rani Maria seen as beacon of hope for Indian Christians Credit – http://globalsistersreport.org by Saji Thomas The beatification of a martyred Catholic nun will help evangelization in India, where preaching Christ’s message has become increasingly difficult, church leaders say. Sr. Rani Maria Vattalil’s beatification “is a major turning point in the history of […]
Interrogated by Police, Uttar Pradesh
Interrogated by Police, Uttar Pradesh Credit – VoTC Correspondent Pastor Mahendar Singh has been ministering at Sindhvi Khera village, in Jind District of Haryana.He is working independently and around 40 believers congregate at his Church every Sunday. On 03 November, 2017, while Pastor was running a few errands, 2 unidentified men went to […]
Threat to cancel Convention or face consequences, Uttar Pradesh
Threat to cancel Convention or face consequences, Uttar Pradesh Credit – VoTC Correspondent Pastor Jose Prakash ministers in Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh with the Uttar Pradesh Mission. He has been ministering for the last 12 years, along with his wife and 2 children. Every year, with the limited resources he has, he conducts a Convention “Convention […]
Arrested and denied bail for preaching Jesus Christ, Bihar
Pr. Ajay Kumar of AG MDC, has been ministering as a Missionaryin Begusarai, Bihar for a while. Earlier, in the month of March, he was beaten up a few times and intimidated by the religious fundamentalists. False cases were also filed against him accusing him of allegedly ‘bribing the victims with money’ if they converted […]