{"id":4347,"date":"2023-01-12T18:07:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T18:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-singled-out-in-government-survey\/"},"modified":"2023-01-12T18:07:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T18:07:03","slug":"christians-singled-out-in-government-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-singled-out-in-government-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Christians Singled Out in Government Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Andhra Pradesh state, officials are conducting a survey to identify all Christians who have come from Hindu families, married a Hindu or are conducting Christian activities. Such surveys have generally led to increased persecution and discrimination. Front-line workers ask for prayer for Christians in India as violence against Christians grows and is expected to increase even more as the 2023 national elections approach.<\/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\/2451\/christians-from-hindu-backgrounds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Post a prayer for Christians from Hindu backgrounds on iCommitToPray.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Andhra Pradesh state, officials are conducting a survey to identify all Christians who have come from Hindu families, married a Hindu or are conducting Christian activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[22],"class_list":["post-4347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-i-commit-to-pray","tag-india","","tg-column-two"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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