Intercessory Saturday
Posted by Vanity of Vanities! on October 31, 2009
On Oct. 18, a radical Hindu group, Rashtriya Swayam Sevaks (RSS), viciously attacked three pastors, one woman and one child while they were having a prayer service in Hyderabad, Andra Pradesh state.
About 40 believers were gathered in Siluvai Kumar’s house for the prayer service, according to VOM contacts. At 9 p.m., RSS radicals barged into the house and began beating people. Pastors Phillip, Timothy and Siluvai Kumar were badly injured. The radicals also beat Pastor Phillip’s pregnant wife, Kezia, and their 18-month-old daughter. Bibles were destroyed and musical instruments, metal doors and windows in the house were damaged.
Pastor Timothy was dragged to the police station where the radicals lodged a false complaint against him alleging he urinated on idols in a nearby temple. The police detained the pastor but he was later released.
RSS activists had warned the pastors against having prayer meetings in the area.Please Pray!
Please pray for a rapid recovery for those who were injured in this attack; not only the injuries they sustained physically, but also psychologically and emotionally. Pray the testimony of the believers will lead RSS members into fellowship with Christ.
VOM assists persecuted Christians and their families in India through the Families of Martyrs Fund, by providing Bibles in nine languages to pastors, evangelists and believers, as well as legal support for pastors and Christians who have been arrested and held in custody. VOM also provides emergency bail funding to release Christian workers falsely accused by the RSS radical Hindus.
