Source: International Christian Concern, August 25, 2025
More than 200 house churches in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh have been affected following new restrictions on worshiping inside a house, claiming that it’s necessary to maintain law and order.
According to media reports, the police chief of Raipur called the pastors to a public meeting a few weeks ago, announcing that Christians could no longer worship in house churches as they were receiving numerous complaints that illegal conversions were occurring in house churches.
Additionally, the superintendent of police informed the pastors that Christians would only be permitted to meet in officially registered church buildings, and all prayer meetings in private homes must be stopped to maintain law and order.
The arrest of the pastor for trying to reopen his church has alarmed the Christian leaders, who fear that this could set a precedent across Chhattisgarh.
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