Violence continues in Orissa, prayer needed

Violence against Christians in India’s Orissa state continues to reap a harsh toll on believers there as three more lives were taken Tuesday, 150 homes and three churches burned. The violence seems to be centered around the city of Kandhamal, the “epicenter.”

Here’s a link to a news update provided by Gospel For Asia, which has workers in the area.

Sadly, this doesn’t seem to register with many in the U.S. or international media. It’s disconcerting enough and cause for prayer enough that I think I’ll add a feature to the blog at the right of the page, attempting to keep folks up to date. Many other people are doing a better job of following this, and I’ll try to provide some links to those locations.

Please pray for peace to return to India and for the Christians who are suffering in Orissa state to trust in God and not to return evil for evil, despite horrific crimes being committed against them.



Below I’ve placed an informational news video, “Your God or Mine,” that appears to have been broadcast on CNN. It’s divided into several parts on these links to YouTube.



Here’s the second part to the news video, “Your God or Mine.”



I think this is the third part:



This part focuses on conversions and "reconversions."



Christmas 2007, a preview to the violence:



This video, not part of the "30 Minutes" series, shows the rise of Hindu fundamentalism in India: