Saturday, February 23, 2013

India: attack on revival meeting sends Christians underground...

As police looked on, militants attacked a Christian church in central India earlier this month, causing severe injuries to some and sending the pastor into hiding, according to witnesses.

According to a story by World Watch Monitor, the assault took place during the second day of a revival meeting earlier this month at India Christian Assembly of God Church in the city of Rajnandgaon. That's about 72 kilometers west of Raipur, the capital of the mostly rural, and overwhelmingly Hindu, state of Chhattisgarh.

World Watch Monitor said the revival meeting included a graduation ceremony of 14 students who attended a short Bible training program. About 300 Christians had gathered to witness the ceremony and attend the revival meeting. Attendees came from the neighboring states of Maharashtra, West Bengal, Orissa, and Madhya Pradesh.

"Everything went well on the first day of the meeting until the afternoon of the second day," a witness told World Watch Monitor. The witness asked not to be named in order to avoid possible retribution from the attackers. Full story...

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