Christians brave horrifying massacres
Victims pledge to persevere as mobs rape, maim, burn faithful
Posted: September 08, 2008
9:32 pm Eastern
By Drew Zahn
© 2008 WorldNetDaily
Despite brutal and horrifying persecution that has left countless dead and an estimated 50,000 homeless, Christians in India's Orissa state are determined that God will have the victory in their violence-torn homeland.
Since the assassination of anti-Christian Hindu leader Swami Laxamanananda Saraswat on Aug. 22, mobs of Hindu fanatics that blame Christians for the leader's death have been roving the Orissa state on the eastern shore of India, torching churches and homes, brutalizing Christians and burning the bodies of those they kill.
Reports from missions organization Gospel for Asia (GFA), however, tell of courage and determination in the face of violence.
One story reported on Christian Newswire told of a missionary beaten multiple times by a Hindu mob demanding he leave a village where he had been working.more....
