A band of Hindu extremists beat a house church pastor with steel rods and sticks on 16 August, one of them yelling that they would stop if pastor Sethi said, ‘Hail, Lord Ram [Jai Sri Ram]’.
The pastor said he kept quiet despite the pain of suffering leg and head injuries. ‘I am glad the Lord considered me worthy to share his pain,’ he said.
He went on: ‘I don’t have to be treated as special or elevated because I am persecuted. My Lord was crucified, his disciples were persecuted, and violence against Christ-followers is not a new thing. This was to come.’
