Sri Lanka (CAM/MNN) — Facing opposition from their Buddhist and Hindu neighbors, Sri Lankan Christians fear their religious rights will erode as extremist groups attempt to shut down churches in the island nation. According to International Christian Concern’s website, over 30 churches have been “violently attacked” in 2013 alone. Last year, the organization reported 52 […]

PUBLISHED ON 1 July, 2013 BY Ruth Kramer

TOPICS:▼ buddhist, christian aid mission, church, gospel, hampantota, hindu, outreach, persecution, sinhalese, sri lanka

Trouble is brewing for Christians in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (MNN) — Churches face harassment, closure in Sri Lanka.

PUBLISHED ON 1 July, 2013

TOPICS:▼ buddhist, christian, christian aid mission, gospel, hindu, outreach, persecution, sinhalese, sri lanka

Girls in India are lucky to live beyond childbirth

India (MNN) — Day of the Girl alerts the world to gender-based discrimination

PUBLISHED ON 10 October, 2012

TOPICS:▼ asia, dave stravers, Day of the Girl, hindu, human trafficking, india, mission india, mni, sex trafficking, temple prostitutes

Church leader attacked; missionaries threatened daily

India (MNN) — Hindu mob attacks church leader in Karnataka state

PUBLISHED ON 8 October, 2012

TOPICS:▼ dave stravers, extremists, hindu, india, karnataka, mission india, persecution, radicals, Raju

Cell phones start a church

India (MNN) — Church planting with cell phones?

PUBLISHED ON 6 June, 2012

TOPICS:▼ 24-hour prayer hotline, cell phones, church planting, churches, evangelism, hindu, india, prayer conference

A ministry team employs an unusual strategy in India

India (MNN) — Believers invest in India’s future

PUBLISHED ON 1 March, 2012

TOPICS:▼ children's bible clubs, evangelism, gospel, harassment, hindu, mission india, persecution

Karnataka Christians most targeted in India

India (MNN) — Believers in India’s Karnataka State face increasing harassment and persecution

PUBLISHED ON 20 January, 2012

TOPICS:▼ children's bible clubs, evangelism, gospel, harassment, hindu, mission india, persecution

Newspaper evangelism makes inroads for hope in Nepal

Nepal (MNN) — Innovative outreach in Nepal sees response

PUBLISHED ON 13 December, 2011

TOPICS:▼ amg, buddhism, gospel, hindu, nepal, newspaper evangelism

Demolition orders won’t stop Gospel outreach

India (MNN) — Gospel continues to spread regardless of church demolition orders

PUBLISHED ON 14 September, 2011

TOPICS:▼ children's bible clubs, evangelism, gospel, hindu, mission india, orissa, pogram

India marks a bloody 3-year anniversary

India (MNN) — Believers in India find hope on a grim anniversary

PUBLISHED ON 26 August, 2011

TOPICS:▼ children's bible clubs, evangelism, gospel, hindu, mission india, orissa, pogram

Since Nepal’s political transformation, spiritual transformation has followed

Nepal (MNN) — Four radio stations in two years makes many believers

PUBLISHED ON 6 December, 2010

TOPICS:▼ broadcasting, hcjb global, hindu, nepal, radio, ty stakes

Christian minority no longer stagnant?

India (MNN) — Hindus force Christians from their homes and places of worship

PUBLISHED ON 28 May, 2010

TOPICS:▼ bibles for the world, hindu, india, punjab, sikh, uttar pradesh

Students injured, Bible College vandalized

India (MNN) — Mob attacks Bible students in India, GFA asks you to pray

PUBLISHED ON 13 May, 2010

TOPICS:▼ asia, bible students, extremists, GFA, hindu, india, persecution

Donors respond to need in record time

India (MNN) — Christian school on track to meet an impossible deadline

PUBLISHED ON 29 March, 2010

TOPICS:▼ child sponsorship, gospel, hindu, ministry, new life academy, worldwide christian schools

Another Hindu leader murdered in Orissa

India (MNN) — Urgent prayer needed as another Hindu leader is killed in Orissa

PUBLISHED ON 25 March, 2009

TOPICS:▼ anti-christian violence, hindu, india, orissa, vom

Radical Hindu expand their attacks

India (MNN) — Serve India reports secular Indians are targets of violence by Hindu extremists

PUBLISHED ON 2 February, 2009

TOPICS:▼ attacks, extremists, hindu, radicals

Hindus call off Christmas Day attacks in India

India (MNN) — Gospel for Asia says Christians are breathing a little easier after attacks are called off in India

PUBLISHED ON 25 December, 2008

TOPICS:▼ attacks, extremists, hindu, radicals

Hindu radicals threaten Christmas violence in India

India (MNN) — Voice of the Martyrs Canada says Hindu extremists are making renewed threats

PUBLISHED ON 10 December, 2008

TOPICS:▼ asia, christians, christmas, hindu, india

Hindus, Christians still clashing in India

India (MNN) — Hindu attacks continue amid plea for help

PUBLISHED ON 6 November, 2008

TOPICS:▼ bombings, hindu, india, ministry, terror, violence

Hope among the chaos

India (MNN) — Despite unrest, lives continue to be changed for Christ

PUBLISHED ON 28 October, 2008

TOPICS:▼ conversion, hindu, literacy, outreach, spy

Leaders meet, pressure to address violence

India (MNN) — Ministry feels first shocks of anti-Christian violence

PUBLISHED ON 26 September, 2008

TOPICS:▼ hindu, india, prime minister, violence

Radical Hindu assault hits Bible distribution in India

India (MNN) — Thousands of Bibles are destroyed in India, says World Bible Translation Center

PUBLISHED ON 29 August, 2008

TOPICS:▼ asia, bible, distribution, hindu, india, violence, wbtc

Christians in India facing more trouble

India (MNN) — Partners International says Christians hiding in the forest can’t get adequate food

PUBLISHED ON 18 January, 2008

TOPICS:▼ asia, hindu, india, partners, persecution

Orthodox Hindus Baptized in India

India (MNN) — New believers’ baptisms defy hundreds of years of Orthodox Hindu beliefs.

PUBLISHED ON 9 November, 2007

TOPICS:▼ baptism, evangelism, hindu, meitei people

Christians build facilities in seedbed of Hinduism; funding needed

India (MNN) — Funding is needed to train church planters in Hindu region, matching grant is available

PUBLISHED ON 23 October, 2007

TOPICS:▼ church planters, evangelism, funding, gospel, hindu, matching grant

Hygiene critical for survival in rural India

India (MNN) — Trained locals can now reach out to their neighbors

PUBLISHED ON 13 July, 2007

TOPICS:▼ hindu, hygiene, training, wells

Believers reunited under new roof

India (MNN) — New roof brings village together again for worship.

PUBLISHED ON 13 April, 2007

TOPICS:▼ dedication, hindu, roof, sound system, untouchables, worship

Gospel for Asia women attacked in India

India (MNN) — Four women serving with Gospel for Asia were attacked in India’s

PUBLISHED ON 8 February, 2007

TOPICS:▼ attacks, christian women, extremists, gospel for asia, hindu, persecution

Hindu militants threaten church pastor, bully new believers.

India (MNN)–Church in Karnataka faces harassment by angry Hindu militants.

PUBLISHED ON 24 November, 2006

TOPICS:▼ hindu, karnataka

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