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    EFI Youth Commission Research Report

    One cannot over emphasize on the importance of young people in the Church. In India this importance becomes even more augmented because of our demographics. India is a young nation; every third person in our cities today is a young person. The Church in India too reflects this reality and we as a Church, cannot

    EFI joins global dismay over denigration of Mother Teresa

    Mother Teresa, Bharat Ratna and Nobel Laureate, is a global icon, beloved of the people irrespective of their age, gender, race and religion. It is a matter of great satisfaction to the Christian community in India that the billion-strong Hindu community of the country and the Indian diaspora have collectively denounced the political attempt to

    Kandhamal: Never Again

    PRESS STATEMENT Kandhamal: Never Again On the 6th anniversary of the Kandhamal carnage, the Evangelical Fellowship of India stands in solidarity with the victims of the violence in Kandhamal district of eastern Indian state of Orissa in 2008. Orissa has a long history of anti Christian violence including the attack on the villagers of Kattingia

    EFIRLC Press Statement on Chhattisgarh Gram Panchayat Resolutions

    PRESS STATEMENT Kandhamal: Never Again On the 6th anniversary of the Kandhamal carnage, the Evangelical Fellowship of India stands in solidarity with the victims of the violence in Kandhamal district of eastern Indian state of Orissa in 2008. Orissa has a long history of anti Christian violence including the attack on the villagers of Kattingia

    STATEMENT: NHRC deplores rising incidents of sexual assault against women

    New Delhi: “The National Human Rights Commission has seen with concern several recent media reports on sexual assault in different parts of the country violating human rights of victim girls and women. Wherever and in whatever number these incidents have happened, the Commission deplores all such acts, which have a direct bearing on human rights, including

    Dalits allege harassment over participation in church festival

    Over 50 dalit people have complained to Tiruchirapalli district Collector about police harassment following a dispute over their participation in the annual car festival of a church in the Periyavarseeli village.The villagers came from the neighboring Pokkattakudi Seshasamudram near Lalgudi town on May 13 after police allegedly beat them up over the weekend. The trouble