Persecution against Christians spreads throughout India

An official with Voice of the Martyrs says persecution against Christians continues to increase throughout India. In one recent example, a mob of Hindus in Rajasthan took a church leader hostage as he headed home from a village where he had been visiting Christians and praying for the sick.

And in another incident, two Christian evangelists in the Indian state of Kerala were beaten as they returned from a gospel meeting. They were also arrested and jailed on a complaint of forcible conversion filed by their attackers.

Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) spokesman Todd Nettleton says the situation for Christians in India is deteriorating. "Literally, they're taking their lives in their hands when they witness," he says, "especially to Hindus -- trying to convert them to Christianity, share the gospel with them."

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