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Orissa Christians Send Urgent Requests for Help and Prayers |
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Written by CFI president Jim Jacobson
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Friday, 10 October 2008 09:38 |
 The latest news from Orissa, India is not good. As a matter of fact, it’s downright frightening.
The trouble began when Swami Lakshmananda Saraswati, a renowned Hindu leader who was openly opposed to Christianity, was murdered on August 23, 2008. Hindu radicals quickly began to retaliate against the Christian community, despite the fact that Maoist extremists claimed to be responsible for the Swami’s murder. Militants are now launching attacks against Christian homes and churches, setting fire to everything in their paths and viciously beating, or even murdering, Christian pastors.
Our indigenous co-workers have reported directly from the field that the devastation is affecting thousands of people in many districts throughout Orissa State. Thousands of homes have been either partially or completely damaged, electricity and phone lines have been cut, and dozens of injured people have been hospitalized as a result of the violence. Those who manage to escape the destruction take refuge in the nearby forests and jungles, where hundreds are already struggling to survive without adequate food, medicine, clothing or shelter.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 10 October 2008 15:06 )
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Good News for China and the World |
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Written by CFI Field Staff
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Monday, 06 October 2008 14:48 |
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Christians may now outnumber Communists in China, according to a report in The Economist (October 2, 2008). Officially, the government says there are approximately 21 million Christians in China. Unofficial figures, such as one given by the Centre for the Study of Global Christianity in Massachusetts, put the number at about 70 million.
Others say the number is much higher. According to China Aid Association, a Texas-based lobby group, the director of the government body which supervises all religions in China said privately that the figure was as much as 130 million in early 2008. If accurate, there may be more active Christians in China than in other country in the world. This has Communist leaders concerned because current party membership is 71 million.
Most Christians worship in illegal underground house churches as opposed to highly restricted government sanctioned services. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 07 October 2008 10:45 )
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More Christians Attacked in India |
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Written by Vishal Arora
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Thursday, 11 September 2008 09:46 |
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NEW DELHI (Compass Direct News) – As tensions continued in the eastern state of Orissa, Hindu nationalist groups intensified attacks on churches and Christian institutions in the southern state of Karnataka. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 06 October 2008 14:31 )
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