Listen carefully to these words. How much hatred is being spread against Hindu Dharmic rituals and Hindus under the guise of church service and prayer activities!
He is Mr John Daniel of Laymen’s Evangelical Fellowship of India (LEFI), an Indian-origin US citizen who recently lost his OCI status.
LRPF pursued this matter through sustained complaints and persistent follow-up with the Government of India, while also communicating with Indian consular offices in the United States. Our continued efforts ultimately culminated in the cancellation of John Daniel’s OCI status by the Government of India.
BREAKING: After years of our continuous follow-up and communication with the MHA Foreigners Division, Bureau of Immigration and Indian consular offices in the US, the Government of India cancelled the OCI registration of John Daniel of Laymen's Evangelical Fellowship India over Christian missionary activities in Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The Madras High Court has upheld the cancellation, finding that he had engaged in missionary preaching without the required permission.
WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT?
Laymen’s Evangelical Fellowship India (LEFI), registered in Nungambakkam, Chennai, is associated with John Daniel, an Indian-born American citizen engaged in religious and missionary activities in India on behalf of the organisation while holding OCI status. LEFI’s presence is particularly notable in Andhra Pradesh’s coastal districts of Prakasam, Guntur and Nellore, and its wider network of churches across India warrants systematic documentation and scrutiny of compliance with applicable laws.
CASE OF STUARTPURAM VILLAGE, ANDHRA PRADESH?
Stuartpuram was historically associated with communities branded as “criminal tribes” under the British colonial Criminal Tribes Act of 1871. This stigma reflected colonial policies of collective suspicion and social control, not any inherent criminality of the communities concerned. From the mid-20th century, Christian organisations, including LEFI undertook outreach activities in the region involving religious conversions in the guise of moral education and employment initiatives.
Network of churches established by LEFI across India is provided below:
Andhra Pradesh: 354 Churches
Telangana: 42 Churches
Tamil Nadu: 117 Churches
Andaman & Nicobar Islands: 1 Church
Arunachal Pradesh: 5 Churches
Assam: 5 Churches
Birhar: 1 Church
Chattisgarh: 2 Churches
New Delhi: 1 Church
Goa: 1 Church
Gujarat: 5 Churches
Haryana: 2 Churches
Himachal Pradesh: 3 Churches
Jammu & Kashmir: 3 Churches
Jharkhand: 3 Churches
Karnataka: 10 Churches
Kerala: 3 Churches
Madhya Pradesh: 2 Churches
Maharashtra: 9 Churches
Manipur: 8 Churches
Meghalaya: 3 Churches
Mizoram: 1 Church
Nagaland: 2 Churches
Odisha: 7 Churches
Punjab: 4 Churches
Rajasthan: 1 Church
Sikkim: 1 Church
Tripura: 1 Church
Uttarakhand: 1 Church
Uttar Pradesh: 7 Churches
West Bengal: 8 Churches