On the 5th October for our first visit on a new missionary trip, we visited a small brick kiln colony, near Faisalabad at Chuk number 3, the village of Ramdiwala. These people are the poorest of the poor, with barely enough money to buy suitable clothes for their children. They live in stone huts of a sort barely 5 feet in height and they are much darker in complexion due to the fact, they spend most of their lives in the outdoors, often breaking their backs in the suffocating heat. We can see all around us the red bricks they…
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A FATHER and daughter from Pakistan will be coming to the UK to give first-hand testimony about a blasphemy case of deep concern to the country’s Christian community. At this stage they cannot be named for security reasons, but more details are due to be released when they arrive in the UK. They will be accompanied by Father Emmanuel Yousaf, National Director of Pakistan’s Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace – an expert on the country’s blasphemy law and its challenge for minority groups. The visitors from Pakistan will be speaking at events organised by Catholic charity Aid to the…
A Christian family from Gujar Khan is hiding in fear after a gang of six Muslim brothers from their neighbourhood descended upon their home and assaulted all the family members that were in the house. On 20th September 2018 at 1pm Bashir Masih (58 yrs) and his wife Grace Masih (60 yrs) were attacked while standing at the gate of their house after being told that their ritual impurity was contaminating the local air. The ageing couple refused to go inside and three male neighbours ran over and pushed the pushed the couple into their house whilst also kicking Bashir…
L-R Najeeb Chowdhry, Shanti Chowdhry; nephew Wilson Chowdhry with his sister Rebecca Chowdhry My Aunty Shanti Shaheen Chowdhry wife of my fathers elder brother Najeeb Chowdhry (RIP) passed away on the 18th September after seven years of a battle with severe dementia. She is a former resident of Haji Pur and attended Sialkot Haji Pur School. She was the fifth child of Padri (REVD) Yousaf and her surviving daughter Basharat Chowdhry would like to invite all of you who knew her to pay your last respects at her funeral for which details are provided below: Mourning over body: Date: …
BPCA has for sometime been trying to prove the origins of the first ever Asian Christian Church in the UK. However time after time we have been thwarted by individuals in our community who have cast aspersions on the intent of our work. Every elderly Pakistani Christian you meet believes that they were the founders of the first church that was initiated at St Mary’s, Islington in London, but no one disputes that it was the first established Asian congregation. That early church has the ability to stir up great passion as it was not only the place were several…
To raise the plight of Asia Bibi and millions of other Christians faced with either deep set discrimination or severe persecution in Pakistan, a team of international humanitarian leaders from the community converged in Zurich to plan how to get the nation of Switzerland aware. In attendance were key figures from around the globe including Sarwar Bhatti from Italy representing All Pakistani Christian League, Advocate JJ George from France representing Pakistan Orient Christian Organisation, Samson Javed and Dr Akhtar Injeeli representing Pakistan Christian Press Club, Gulbaz Fazal from Holland, representing Overseas Pakistani Christian Alliance, Farooq Anwer representing Urdu Church Paris…
Scores of multi-faith leaders and adherents visited the Redbridge Peace pole located on Riches Road (near Vine Church) to pay their respects for the many victims of teen knife crime from Redbridge and wider areas of London. The meeting was one of the many stops along the path of the Redbridge Multi-faith Peace walk which also included, the Holocaust Memorial Garden in Valentines Park, the Buddhist Vihara on Balfour Road, VHP Ilford Hindu Centre, Ilford Islamic Centre on Albert Road, Vine Church on Riches Road and Karamsar Gurdwara on the High Road. Participants for the walk have never before stopped…
An Indian Bishop has been accused of repeatedly raping a nun in Kerala during his visits to the Missionaries of Jesus Convent in Kerala. Bishop Franco Mulakkal has been temporarily removed from his post 2.5 months after the allegations surfaced, in a slow action that has been condemned by many Indian people of all diversities. Bishop Franco claims that the allegations against him are a “cooked up story to wreak vengeance” for the actions taken by him on various complaints received against the nun, however other members of her sisterhood have been protesting daily and support her allegations. To enable…
In a previous report we described the lack of aid provided to Christians in Kerala by Hindu groups, an account which has been verified by several independent pastors. Working with Grace Community Global Church we have been providing help to some of those forgotten Christians in the area of Changenachary, Kottayam District. A recap of our initial report on the floods in Kerala can be read (here) Victims have been provided food and shelter in a temporary relief camp set up in Grace Community Global Church, but funding has also helped them transport food by boat to harder to reach communities.…
A Christian manager of a local hospital in Lahore was killed after being targeted in an acid attack whilst getting off his motorcycle just before the start of his shift. The men who attacked him wore masks and so far remain unidentified despite numerous witnesses for the attack. Please sign our petition (click here) Faraz Ahmed Badar (26 yrs) resided in Gujaranwala and after the attack was immediately taken into the private hospital of his employment, but later rushed to DHQ Hospital Gujaranwala. Due to the severity of his injuries he was transferred to Mayo Hospital, Lahore. Neither hospital has a…