Three Members of Christian Family Killed in India as Anti-Christian Violence Escalates
Three members of a Christian family were killed in India in what International Christian Concern describes as the latest escalation of anti-Christian violence in a country that consistently ranks among the most dangerous for believers. The killings come shortly after an Indian court ruling that Christians have the legal right to hold prayer meetings in their homes — a decision that highlighted both the need for such protections and the gap between legal rights and lived reality for India's estimated 30 million Christians. The violence underscores a pattern that human rights organizations have documented for years: despite constitutional protections for religious freedom, India's Christians face mob attacks, forced conversions, and killings with alarming regularity, especially in states governed by Hindu nationalist parties.
Read Full Story at Intl Christian ConcernDo not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor's crown.
— Revelation 2:10
The Indian church continues to pay the ultimate price for faithfulness. Christ's promise to the church in Smyrna — 'Be faithful, even to the point of death' — is not an abstraction for believers in India. It is the cost of following Jesus in a nation that increasingly demands they stop.