Prayer request for Christians in Sri Lanka

In the recent months there has been an increase in the

attack against Christians in Sri Lanka .A House church

in Weerawilla was burnt down on the 13th of October

2002.

Pastor Stephen Yogarajah and family were attacked in

Chilaw while travelling back after a prayer meeting on

the 16th of October 2002.

The Foursquare Gospel church in Thampalagama was burnt

down. Another Foursquare Gospel House church was

closed down and taken over by the LTTE Tamil militants

for their office in the East of Sri Lanka.

Last week on Wednesday the 30th of October there was

an attempt made on the life of Pastor Anton of

Pentecostal assembly Piliyandala. A hand grenade was

thrown at the Church in the night. The grenade struck

a tree and did not reach its destination the Church

building. Nevertheless the blast damaged the vehicle,

which was parked in the premises shattering the

windscreen and glass. The roof and the windowpanes of

the Church were damaged badly.

On November 3rd 2002 Pastor Joseph from Jesus Never

Fails Battaramulla was threatened by a group calling

itself “The society for the protection of Buddhists”.

Posters were pasted on his walls and the gate was

sprayed with paint, issuing him a death notice if he

continues his ministry.

Minister of Hindu affairs:

Sri Lanka Government Minister of Hindu cultural

affairs Mr Maheswaran has returned from a visit to

India Tamil Nadu vowing to draft similar anti

conversion laws in Sri Lanka. He briefed the press

stating that a proposal will be submitted to the

Cabinet to draft legislation to ban conversion.

His ministry has been allocated 10 Million Rupees for

the promotion of Hinduism and to build temples.

This move is backed by Buddhist groups as well. This

is of serious concern to the Church in Sri Lanka as

this is the first time ever a Government Minister is

sponsoring this proposal.

The last two months there has been tremendous pressure

brought on the Christian community in Sri Lanka. More

than twenty churches have been attacked and also there

have been strong indications that the Government will

very soon enact laws to ban conversion.

Please uphold this situation in prayer and encourage

other Christians also to do so.

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