India Pastor Assaulted while Police Do Nothing to Help

1/29/2026    (Morning Star News) 

As police looked on, a Hindu nationalist mob in India subjected a pastor to dehumanizing brutality, damaging his hearing and trying to force him to worship a Hindu deity. The mob of 150 villagers forced Pastor Bipin Bihari Naik, 35, and to walk on thorns and paraded him through the village. Along with tying him to a Hindu temple and forcing him to chant Hindu slogans, they tried to make him drink water mixed with cow dung. Pastor Naik thought he would be killed because the police stood by and did nothing to help him. Pastor Naik has been pastoring a house church in the village for nearly two years. His wife ran to the police station for help, but they did not cooperate. His wife and young daughters witnessed the mob surrounding Pastor Naik and assaulting him. He was slapped in the face, tied to a pole, and lashed 40 times with bamboo sticks. He and his family have decided to move from the village. Pastor Naik said he was grateful to God for saving him. “Jesus bore so much suffering for us; my suffering is nothing compared to my Lord’s suffering.”

Please pray…

• Pray that the Lord will heal Pastor Naik and that he, his wife and his daughters will also be healed of the emotional trauma they have experienced.

• Pray that the Lord will guide Pastor Naik to the place He wants him to live and minister.

• Pray that the Christians who were attending Pastor Naik’s church in that village will not recant their faith but remain faithful to Jesus.