CHRISTIANS ATTACKED IN INDIA
At least six Christians in India's Odisha state were badly injured and had to be taken to a local hospital when Hindu extremists recently attacked and burned down a Christian home over the fact that a deceased Christian child was buried inside the village. World Watch Monitor reports that tensions arose late last month in the town of Tangaguada where three resident Christian families are outnumbered by 35 Hindu families. The Hindus in the town were reportedly up in arms when one of the Christian families tried to bury their 2-year-old daughter on the land that they own inside the village.
BILLY GRAHAM
The Christian Post reports that more than 62,000 people have signed an online petition calling for an American national holiday to honour the recently deceased evangelist Billy Graham, who preached the Gospel in person to nearly 215 million people in more than 185 countries and territories, and hundreds of millions of more people through television, video, film and webcasts.
ARCHBISHOP’S NEW BOOK
In his new book, Reimagining Britain: Foundations for hope, the Archbishop of Canterbury claims that “the cracks in society have begun to show, expressed in crime, in the growth of intolerance, and above all of an inward-turning.” Archbishop Welby emphasises that his vision was based on Christian values of cohesion, courage, and sustainability.
