ACA Church, an independent church located in Kurinjipadi,,Vallalar Nagar, Kadaloor District Tamil Nadu was burnt down by suspected Hindu Fundamentalists on 22nd December midnight. Pastor K Solomon, 48 years has been pasturing this church for the past 10 years. About 130 believers regularly worship in this church. The neighbours who saw the smoke and fire informed the pastor about the incident. However before the pastor could reach the venue, the church was destroyed completely resulting in a loss of about 1.5 lakhs.
The Hindu radicals used to intimidate pastor and believers and now burnt down the church to stop the believers from celebrating Christmas and New Year. The police refused to accept the pastors version and filed the FIR with short circuit as the cause of fire.
Please pray for the believers.

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