Sri Lankan anti conversion laws

Sri Lankan government drafting new law against “unethical conversions” amid violent attacks on Christians 17 March 2021 The government of Buddhist-majority Sri Lanka is drafting proposed legislation to counter a rise in religious conversions. The news comes amidst reports of violent attacks on Christians in Divulapitiya, Gampaha District, and Passara, Badulla District. Professor Kapila Gunawardana,

Sri Lanka testimony

This is the wonderful testimony of a father Verl, who lost his 13 year old son Jackson among the hundreds killed by suicide bombers at his church during Easter this year in Sri Lanka. ” God is good, God is great. My foundation is Jesus Christ. I’m zero. Jesus is everything. My son was mine

Unprecedented Suicide Bombing Attacks Shock Christians in Sri Lanka

Originally posted on VOICE OF THE PERSECUTED:
(Morning Star News) – Christians in Sri Lanka have never seen such a large-scale attack on them as the one that hit three churches and three hotels on Easter Sunday (April 21), killing at least 290 people, they said. “I don’t have words to express my pain,” a…

Suicide Bombers kill almost 300 at Churches and Hotels in Sri Lanka, hundreds injured

Originally posted on VOICE OF THE PERSECUTED:
(Voice of the Persecuted) It is with a heavy heart to report on Resurrection Sunday that a massacre has taken place targeting Christians who were attending worship services at St. Anthony’s Church in Colombo, St. Sebastian’s Church in Negombo and Zion Church, in Batticaloa in Sri Lanka. At…

Sri Lankan mob rule

It’s amazing how mob rule has been used by Satan over the centuries to silence God’s people, unjustly convict them and persecute them even to death–think of Christ, Stephen, Naboth and many others since! Apr. 28, 2017 | Sri Lanka Pray for Pastor Ishara, Whose Church Is Being Threatened On March 25, a Buddhist monk

SRI LANKA: Church buildings destroyed by Buddhist mobs.

  On 5 January a mob led by a Buddhist monk attacked Kithu Sevana prayer centre in Paharaiya, northwest Sri Lanka. “First they threatened us verbally,” said church leader Kamal Wasantha. “Then they came with wooden sticks, iron bars and knives and destroyed everything… the Lord’s house was pulled down in front of our eyes,

Sri Lankan persecution.

Churches, their leaders and people are coming under great pressure in many parts of this island either with false allegations, intent to stop their services and prayer meetings, and pressure to carry out burials according to Buddhist ritual. Pray for wisdom and courage.

More persecution in Sri Lanka

Threatened and Beaten Two men abducted a Sri Lankan pastor on May 24 and threatened to kill him if he didn’t beg forgiveness for his Christian activities. They eventually took the pastor to a remote location, where they beat him and threatened to destroy his church. The pastor filed a police report, but the men

SRI LANKA: Pastor abducted and attacked after fake plea for prayer

A pastor from Gampaha district was abducted and assaulted after being duped by someone requesting prayer for a sick relative. The Assemblies of God pastor, who is from Sapugaskanda, was kidnapped by a man who persuaded him to visit his ailing mother with him. Instead, the pastor was driven to a nearby worship site where,

Sri Lankan persecution

  Sunday morning brought a beating to pastor Paul and his mother during the morning worship who required to be hospitalised and then arrested. Pastor’s son Ron (4) said he wanted to get revenge by punching  the attackers on the face if he saw them again. Pastor has a wife and three young children. Three weeks later