Last month, an evangelist in Siddapuram, Karnataka, South India, T.J. Mathew, was returning home on his bike from the home of a fellow believer when he was attacked and beaten unconscious. According to VOM sources, when other Christians tried to take him to the local hospital, the attackers prevented them until police came and intervened. However, when he was taken to the Siddapura hospital, he was refused admittance. Mathew was then taken about one hundred kilometres away to Mysore, where he was finally treated. The attackers complained to the police that Mathew was converting Dalits (low caste Hindus) to Christianity.
Mathew was expected to return to Siddapura on October 28 and a baptismal service is planned on November 7, when about ten converts from Hinduism are expected to be baptized.
Pray for a full recovery for Brother Mathew and protection from further attacks. Pray that the baptismal service will continue uninterrupted. Pray for these new believers, as they take a stand for Jesus Christ, that they will have the spiritual strength to stand in the face of opposition.
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