Months after Hindu extremists and police attacked a revival meeting in northern India and shut down a church, one pastor is in hiding and officers prohibit another from praying with members of the scattered congregation in their homes, it was reported in late January.
Members of the once-thriving church, where evangelistic events used to draw crowds of 5,000 people, either travel long distances to worship or are meeting secretly in homes.
Accused of witchcraft
Hindu extremists attacked the evangelistic meeting at the church site in Sitaram Purwa, Sitapur District, in September accusing Pastor Rameshwar Mishra of ‘witchcraft’ for serving Communion bread and wine.
