Pastor Assaulted in Ampara, Sri Lanka
by Staff
July 3, 2008
(christiansunite.com) - The pastor of a Methodist church was attacked by three members of the Department of Civil Defense in the village of Uhana in Ampara district at approximately 4:40 p.m. on June 23, according to a June 24 report from the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka. The men accosted him while he was walking home from a church meeting and asked him to accompany them to a house to speak with people who were interested in Christianity. Sensing it was a trap, the pastor requested that these individuals come to his church and talk with him there.
The men then beat him and threatened him against returning to the village. The pastor was hospitalized with serious injuries to his head and nose.
Pray for healing for the injured pastor. Pray that he and other Christians in Ampara will remain faithful to the task that God has given them at all cost (I Peter 5:1-4).
For more information on persecution facing Christians in Sri Lanka, go to www.persecution.net/country/srilanka.htm.
