India’s Supreme Court Sides with Deceased Pastor’s Son in Fight for Right to Christian Burial

January 21, 2025 — 1/21/2025 India (International Christian Concern) — The Supreme Court of India (SCI) on Jan. 18 reprimanded authorities in Chhattisgarh for not assisting in the burial of a Christian in a tribal...

Chhattisgarh Follows Uttar Pradesh’s Lead with Proposed Change to Anti-Conversion Law

January 16, 2025 — 1/16/2025 India (International Christian Concern) — The central Indian state of Chhattisgarh is set to replace its existing anti-conversion law with a new one like Uttar Pradesh’s draconian anti-conversion law...

Indian Christians Petition President, Prime Minister

January 7, 2025 — 1/7/2025 India (International Christian Concern) — Nearly 400 Christian leaders and 30 church groups have written a letter to Indian President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling for...

Hindu Nationalists Disrupt Christmas Services Throughout India

December 29, 2024 — 12/28/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — A spate of violent attacks marred the 2024 Christmas celebrations across India despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi extolling the virtues of love and harmony...

New Data Shows Sharp Increase in Attacks on Christians

December 26, 2024 — 12/26/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — The United Christian Forum (UCF) has called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to establish a national-level inquiry to stem the alarming rise in...

Teacher Disciplined for Distributing Bibles

December 25, 2024 — 12/25/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — A teacher working in a village government school in India’s southern state of Telangana was suspended for allegedly packing Bibles in Christmas gift boxes...

Rajasthan Set to Become 12th Indian State with Anti-Conversion Law

December 10, 2024 — 12/9/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — The North Indian state of Rajasthan last week approved an anti-conversion law that makes it mandatory for people wishing to convert to another religion...

Pastor Charged with Converting People Through Prayer

December 3, 2024 — 12/2/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — A Baptist pastor who also works as a teacher was arrested last week in the Northeastern state of Assam following complaints from villagers that...

Ethnoreligious Violence Continues to Rock India’s Manipur State

November 27, 2024 — 11/27/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — Recent weeks have seen a spike in ethnoreligious violence in northeastern India’s Manipur state after a period of relative calm. Widespread unrest tore through...

Christians Increasingly Face Persecution Throughout India

November 26, 2024 — 11/25/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — In 23 of India’s 28 states, Christians endure discrimination and violence daily, according to a report by the New Delhi-based civil society organization United...

Overseas Funding Blocked for Christian Orgs’ Alleged Conversion Activities

November 19, 2024 — 11/19/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — After the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power at the national level in 2014, many large Christian organizations that had been...

Christians Increasingly Targeted in BJP-Controlled Odisha

November 13, 2024 — 11/13/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — Just six months after the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in tribal-dominated Odisha state, the number of attacks against Christians...

Strength Amid Persecution: Preparing Pastors to Handle Hardship

November 11, 2024 — 11/11/2024 India (International Christian Concern) – Rising anti-Christian sentiment has recently led to more incidents of brutality and violence against Christians in India. At least 161 incidents of violence against Christian...

Against All Odds: Pranathi’s Journey from Poverty to Possibility

November 9, 2024 — 11/09/2024 India (International Christian Concern) – When 8-year-old Pranathi was asked about her life’s ambition, she answered the question without any hesitation. “I want to become a doctor,” she said. Although...

Police Watch as Mob Attacks 14 Christians in Chhattisgarh

November 8, 2024 — 11/8/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — As police officers watched, hundreds of people attacked 14 Christians on Oct. 30 in Chhattisgarh, India, after they defied orders to abandon their Christian...

Rescued by Faith

October 28, 2024 — 10/28/2024 India (International Christian Concern) – Pastor Ravi lives in a quiet village in Madhya Pradesh, India. He was raised in a devout Hindu family and immersed in the practice...