Police halt worship services in Karnataka
November12, 2008
Haveri: Karnataka police on November 2 disrupted the Sunday worship service based on the accusation of "forced" conversion against the Christians in Thimannakatte village, Haveri district, Karnataka.
According to Christian Legal Association, the police personnel barged into the house church of Dheiwah Ministry and stopped the worship service based on the accusation of the local people against Pastor Nagaraj of forcible conversion. The police also warned the pastor to take prior permission to conduct future worship meetings.
Inspector Krishan Junoor disclosed that the pastor can continue to conduct worship meetings under police protection adding that normalcy has returned to the area. No arrests had been made.
Bagalkot: Police stopped a worship service and warned Pastor Basappa Adapur not to conduct another worship meeting without prior permission on November 2 in Bagalkot, Karnataka.
The police entered the Shalom Full Gospel Church amid the worship service and urged the pastor to stop the meeting. The police further informed him to take prior permission from the Deputy Commissioner for conducting worship services in the future.
Pastor Adapur has been pastoring the Shalom Full Gospel Church for ten years and is also looking after Shalom Girls’ orphanage in the same area.
Please pray for the churches in Karnataka.
Rev. Dr. Richard Howell
General Secretary
Evangelical Fellowship of India
New Delhi, India
Evangelical Fellowship of India (established 1951) is a charter member of World Evangelical Alliance, an accredited NGO with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations |
