India: Pastors beaten in custody with batons and sticks
Five of six pastors jailed in central-eastern India on July 20 after false allegations of forcible
conversion were assaulted in custody so severely they have...
Pastor gets prison for ‘unlawful conversions’
Despite being granted bail, a pastor working for a missionary organization in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh was convicted on Wednesday on...
India: Two missionaries cited under anti-conversion law
Police in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan recently registered the first case under the state’s recently enacted anti-conversion legislation against two missionaries. The...
Concerns raised new film may incite violence against Christians
A film produced and released on Feb. 7 in Odisha state has created a huge uproar among the Christian community, many fearing it may...
Mob attacks church, police arrest pastor
When a Hindu extremist mob assaulted Christian men, women and children during a church service in India in late September, police jailed the pastor...
Christian family beaten, separated from children
A Christian couple in central India have not seen their two young children for more than a
month after an attack by followers of traditional...
Was pastor’s death an accident or murder?
More than six months after police in southern India dismissed the death of a pastor as a road accident, Christians in the region say...
Christian apologist and evangelist dies under questionable circumstances
By Owen Toomey–
Pastor Praveen Pagadala, a respected Christian apologist and evangelist in South India, died under suspicious circumstances after weeks of alarming threats and...
India: Attacks against Christians quadruple
The Evangelical Fellowship of India’s Religious Liberty Commission (EFIRLC) verified 640 incidents of violence and discrimination against Christians in India in 2024, which is more than...
200 house churches closed
More than 200 house churches in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh have been affected following new restrictions on worshipping inside a house, claiming...