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Mob violence in India’s Orissa state continues to escalate, and reports coming from Gospel for Asia leaders in Orissa say that as many as 20 GFA-related churches were destroyed and hundreds of Christian 
families have been burned out of their homes. At least a dozen members of GFA-related churches have been murdered, but no one knows the overall death toll.
“The Christians in Orissa have fled for their lives into the forests,” GFA President K.P. Yohannan said, “and some have been in hiding for three days without food or water.
“Several of our pastors are in the forest along with their church people, and one said that he could have escaped, but would rather die with his people than leave them.”
Dr. Yohannan called the situation “unprecedented in his 30 years of ministry in South Asia.”
“I have never seen persecution so bad in my life,” Dr. Yohannan said, “and I have seen a lot of opposition to the Gospel over the years.”
Full report and Video Here.