By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 25, 2019: India’s largest forum for Protestant and Orthodox Churches on March 24 launched weeklong prayers for a new government. “Constitutionally, the Indian state cannot have any appeasement to any religion whether majority or minority. The contemporary tendency to polarize people in theContinue Reading

By Philip Mathew Nagpur, Jan. 5, 2019: Reverend Asir Ebenezer on January 4 assumed office as the general secretary of the National Council of Churches in India (NCCI). He succeeds Rev Roger Gaikwad. The Nagpur-based NCCI is the ecumenical forum of the Protestant an Orthodox churches and their organizations inContinue Reading

By Jugal Ranjit and Smita Nayak Bhubaneswar: A state-level seminar on Dalit Christian Empowerment organized here on Dec 1 with twin objectives to address the Dalit concerns and promote their wellbeing in Odisha. Father Manoj Kumar Nayak, secretary, Commission for Scheduled Caste and Backward Caste of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar archdiocese, one ofContinue Reading

Kochi: Nothing more could bring joy to Maya as she stepped inside the church and read the scripture above the altar: Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with grace. Maya, a transsexual, had given up her church visits years ago due to stigma. On Saturday, she addressed fellowContinue Reading