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  • FAITH UNDER FIRE Plot to burn Christians thwarted (Thank the Lord)

    11/24/2005 5:17:16 AM PST · by Jacob Kell · 100 replies · 1,287+ views
    WorldNetDaily.com ^ | November 24, 2005 | WorldNetDaily.com
    Police in northern India thwarted a plot by Hindu extremists who threatened to burn to death more than 60 Christian converts if they refused to return to Hinduism by Sunday. Members of a Christian movement called Believers Church met peacefully Sunday in the state of Himachal Pradesh, according to Compass Direct, a news service that monitors persecution of Christians. "We were able to meet without incident," said Ramish Masih Battih, the son of Pastor Feroz Masih.
  • Graham Staines' dream project inaugurated

    07/08/2004 9:23:17 PM PDT · by CarrotAndStick · 2 replies · 276+ views
    Rediff.com ^ | July 09, 2004 00:22 IST | Rediff.com
    Five and a half years after the brutal killing of Australian missionary Graham Stuart Staines at Manoharpur, his dream project of a referral hospital was inaugurated in Baripada on Thursday. "Today the first phase of Graham's dream is coming true. And though he is no longer with us physically, he is here in spirit," his wife and director of the project Gladys June Staines said. The hospital would not treat leprosy patients only; it would be a general hospital open to all patients. In the first phase, a 10-bed hospital has been constructed with family medicine service with laboratory facilities....