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EVANGELIST KILLED IN BIHAR
Sunday, 02 May 2010 Patna:
An evangelist has been killed in Jamalpur of Bihar
allegedly for his conversion activities in the area. A
media team consisting of Pastor Yunus Mandal and some
youngsters went to screen a film on Jesus Christ at
Laksmanpur village in Jamalpur on 2 May 2010.
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FANATICS ATTACKED A CHURCH IN UTTAR PRADESH
New Delhi, May 9, 2010:
Fanatics attacked a church in Uttar Pradesh, North India
and beaten pastor. Fanatics abused pastor’s wife and
tried to strangle his one year and four months old son.
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BAIL GRANTED AFTER 7 DAYS FOR CHHATTISGARH BRETHREN
Durg: Bail has been
granted to the four Believers from the Bhilai Brethren
Assembly, who were arrested after Hindutva fanatics
filed a complaint against them for alleged 'forcible
conversion" on April 15. The fanatics allegedly from the
Bajrang Dal and Dharam Sena (Religious Army) attacked
them while they were distributing gospel tracts around
8.30 in the morning. The victims have suffered cuts and
wounds on their bodies.
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BETHEL FAITH MISSION IN ANDHRA PRADESH
Andhra Pradesh, India:
Bethel Faith Mission Inland & International Ministries
inaugurat ed
and started one of its branch offices in South India
based in Andhra Pradesh. Bethel Faith Mission popularly
known as BFM is a worldwide mission with an earnest
desire to reach the unreached nations of the world with
the word of God. The President cum chairman of BFM, Pr.
Philip AK prayerfully inaugurated the ministry from its
International headquarters based in Wollongong,
Australia.
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CATHOLIC PRIEST FOUND MURDERED IN VASI, MUMBAI
Mumbai (AsiaNews) - Father
Peter Bombacha a catholic priest was killed late last
night in Baboola, approx. 1km away from the Vasai
Bishops House.
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CHURCH BUILDS 5,550 HOUSES FOR ORISSA VICTIMS
May 12,
2010--The Catholic Church in Orissa has launched a plan
to build 5,550 houses for Hindus and Christians in
Kandhamal, where anti-Christian violence in 2008
destroyed thousands of houses.
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EVANGELISTS DETAINED IN HASSAN DISTRICT
21/04/2010 : Evangelists
detained under false complaint of forced conversion in
Hagare village, Belur Taluk, Hassan district, Karnataka
on 19th April 2010.
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WORSHIP SERVICE DISRUPTED IN KHANPUR, UP
On 6th May 2010 in Kanpur
City of U.P., there was a worship service organized in
Beersheba Church of God in Kalyanpur region to celebrate
the birthday of Naveen, a member of the church. Naveen
had invited his friends James, Samson, Joseph, Ujwal,
Ezra and a professor of chemistry from IIT Kanpur.
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HEADSCARF ROW: PRINCIPAL SUSPENDED
Alleppey, May 8, 2010: The
principal of Believers' Church English Medium School at
Gurupuram, Alleppey (Kerala) who issued a transfer
certificate to a Muslim girl student allegedly for
wearing a headscarf to school, has been placed under
suspension by the school management. However, the
parents of the student have refused to accept the
suspension and have threatened to move court if the
principal was not sacked.
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ALLAHABAD HC: “EMBRACE ISLAM BEFORE MARRYING MUSLIM
MAN"
ALLAHABAD May 12, 2010 R N
Pandey, TNN: In a judgment with far-reaching
implications, the Allahabad high court has ruled that a
non-Muslim bride must convert to Islam to marry a
Muslim. Failing that, the matrimony with a Muslim man
would be void as it would contradict Islamic dicta and
tenets of the Quran, the court said.
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UNION BIBLICAL SEMINARY GETS NEW PRINCIPAL
Pune, May 3, 2010: Shekhar
Singh, a leader in the Hindustani Covenant Church (HCC),
has been appointed principal (president) of Union
Biblical Seminary, considered one of the leading
theological education institutions in the country.
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NCCI LAUNCHES DALIT SOLIDARITY NETWORK
May 3, 2010 At a time when
Nagpur, the head quarters of National Council of
Churches in India (NCCI) was sizzling at forty-five
degrees centigrade, showers of rain and cool breeze
surmounted the meeting of Dalit coordinators of member
Churches of NCCI, which was held at Ecumenical Resource
Center, United Theological College, Bangalore during
21-23 April 2010.
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CATHOLIC LEADERS WELCOME 'CASTE' SURVEY IN INDIA
CENSUS
May 11, 2010 Cathnews
--Some Christian leaders in India have welcomed a
government decision to include caste in the national
census, saying it will help poor people enjoy state
benefits.
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JACOBITE PRIEST ACCUSED OF MURDERING CHRISTIAN
May 10,
2010 (IANS)--The feud between two factions of a Kerala-based
Orthodox Church took a new turn after Central Bureau of
Investigation charged a priest the prime accused in the
murder of an office-bearer of a rival church faction.
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