Tribal mobs went to the homes of 16 families of a church in India and threatened to kill them if they didn’t return to their animistic Sarna religion.
Tribal mobs went to the homes of 16 families of a church in India and threatened to kill them if they didn’t return to their animistic Sarna religion.
After being arrested and held for seven months on false charges, Tennesse pastor Bryan Nerren has returned home.
A pastor and seven others have been arrested while trying to distribute relief aid. They are being accused of holding a church service amid the coronavirus pandemic.
A Christian pastor has been arrested for a second time in India and is being charged for sharing the Bible.
Animists in India reportedly beat two Christians and demanded that they renounce their faith in Christ.
An attempt by Hindu nationalists and media in western India to blame Christians for the mob killing of three Hindus threatens to provoke violence against Christians, sources said.
In its Annual Report, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has listed India as a “Country of Particular Concern” in regards to religious liberty.
The New York Times recently reported, that in India citizens aren’t just “dutifully following” Prime Minister Modi’s COVID-19 lockdown order, but are “going above and beyond it.” The sudden outbreak of rule-following means that for many Christians, there is a break from the persecution that has escalated since Prime Minister Modi took power in 2014.
This month, Tribal animists in central India severely injured a pastor just one month after they demolished his house and drove him and his family out of their village.
A gunman shot the daughter of a murdered pastor in India late last week. The shooter stood in the Christian family’s doorway and reportedly took aim at the 25-year-old woman.
