Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Methodist call to prayer for Orissa Christians

http://www.christiantoday.com/article/methodist.call.to.prayer.for.orissa.christians/22181.htm

[Christianity Today] 23 Dec 2008--The Methodist Church is urging Christians to pray for believers threatened with Christmas violence in the Indian state of Orissa.

Although radical nationalists have called off a Christmas Day ‘bandh’, or state-wide shutdown, Christians in the north-eastern state remain fearful of violence after a recent wave of attacks triggered by the murder of an extremist Hindu leader in August and memories of deadly attacks on churches and Christian homes in Christmas 2007.

Christine Elliott, Secretary for External Relationships in the Methodist Church in Britain said, “The images that flash briefly across our TVs and newspapers, often represent a real human cost lived out over months and years by our brothers and sisters.

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