Indian State Plans to Demolish Hundreds of ‘Unauthorized’ Church Structures

7/14/2025 India (International Christian Concern) — Within six months, the government of Maharashtra in India is planning to investigate and demolish hundreds of churches that it claims are unauthorized structures, most of which are in tribal regions.The state is also planning to enact a stringent anti-conversion law to curb religious conversions carried out through inducement or coercion.Maharashtra’s Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule announced the plans on June 9, as he addressed conce