{"id":4059,"date":"2022-06-30T07:07:04","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T07:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/church-leaders-beaten-arrested-after-visiting-christian-in-hindu-village\/"},"modified":"2022-06-30T07:07:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T07:07:04","slug":"church-leaders-beaten-arrested-after-visiting-christian-in-hindu-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/church-leaders-beaten-arrested-after-visiting-christian-in-hindu-village\/","title":{"rendered":"Church Leaders Beaten, Arrested After Visiting Christian in Hindu Village"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pastor Kuriachan; his wife, Selin; and their assistant pastor, Manikanta, were beaten and arrested the evening of May 17. The attack occurred after they had visited another Christian&rsquo;s house in a nearby Hindu village. The three believers have been released on bail, but their case is still ongoing. Pray for their safety and wellbeing, and pray that God protects the villager they were visiting as well. Pray that the case against them is overturned, and pray that as these Christians grow in their faith, the gospel continues to advance in the village where the incident took place.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/globalprayerguide\/india\/?_source_code=WBPGGPG20B\">Click here<\/a> to find out about Christian persecution in India and learn how to pray.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icommittopray.com\/request\/2361\/pastor-kuriachan-and-selin-and-manikanta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Post a prayer for Pastor Kuriachan and Selin, and Manikanta on iCommitToPray.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pastor Kuriachan; his wife, Selin; and their assistant pastor, Manikanta, were beaten and arrested the evening of May 17. 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