India Anti-Christian Group Sets Church On Fire
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Evangelical Christians in India's eastern state of Andhra Pradesh faced the difficult task Sunday, May 10, of rebuilding their church after suspected anti-Christian militants torched the building, the latest in a series of attacks against churches in the area, investigators said.
India Christian Missionaries, Church Leaders Die In Pandemic
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
NEW DELHI (BosNewsLife)-– Christian missionaries and church leaders already suffering persecution in several areas are among those...
India Christians Mourn Murdered Grandmother As Attacks Continue
BosNewsLife Asia Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in central India have begun the New Year in mourning and with concerns about their future after a grandmother was apparently stripped naked, beaten to death and her body burned because her Christian faith was "disturbing the peace" in her village. The incident in the remote village of Dokawaya was the latest in a series of recent incidents in India's Chhattisgarh state, which included the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl.
India Police Detain Bishops In Dalit March
By Santosh Digal, BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent
CHENNAI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Several bishops were detained Friday, March 5, in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu where police halted a protest march against the alleged discrimination of Dalit Christians here and elsewhere in this mainly Hindu nation, Christian officials said.
India Church Leaders Condemn Killing Of Leading Activist
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Indian Church leaders have condemned the killing of one of India's leading journalists and activists who publicly criticized what she saw as the persecution of Christians and other minorities in the mainly Hindu nation.
India Pastor, Pregnant Wife Attacked For Refusing To Praise Hindu god
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- An Indian pastor and his pregnant wife are reportedly recovering after they were attacked by Hindu militants for refusing to praise a Hindu god.
Witnesses In Nun’s Rape Case Threatened; Refuse To Testify
By BosNewsLife Asia Service
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Indian court proceedings underway Monday, May 11, against men who were allegedly involved in gang raping a nun were overshadowed by indications that witnesses have been threatened not to accurately testify, trial observers said.
India Police Abuse Elderly Pastor In Prison, Rights Group Says
BosNewsLife Asia Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- An elderly Indian pastor was beaten and abused by local police while serving 20 days in prison on "false" charges of "bribing Hindus to convert," according to Christian rights investigators.
Christian Father Killed In India For Faith In Christ
Over 1,000 Anti-Christian Attacks In Indian State, report
By Santosh Digal, BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- An official of one of India's largest evangelical umbrella groups says his organization has recorded over 1,000 anti-Christian attacks in 500 days in the southern state of Karnataka and that the number is growing "by the day".
By Santosh Digal, BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent