A Gospel for Asia native missionary has been kidnapped by terrorists in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.

Pastor Subhash, a young single missionary who has started five mission stations and led 28 people to Christ, was returning home in a taxi with five other people-but never reached his destination. The taxi and its passengers disappeared and have not been found.

The day after the disappearance, Subhash's parents received a letter saying that he had been kidnapped by an extremist Marxist group known as the Naxalites. The letter did not mention any ransom or other demand, but did ask that Subhash's parents "help in order to secure his safe release."

GFA President K.P. Yohannan noted that this latest incident came in a week in which more than two dozen GFA native missionaries and Bible college students were badly beaten in attacks in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh. It also comes as hundreds of thousands of Hindus are planning to swarm into a tribal area of Gujarat in order to persecute the Christians living there.

Dr. Yohannan has appealed to Christians around the world to pray for Subhash's safe release, and for his parents, that God will be with them through this ordeal.

"Please also join me and the rest of the GFA family in praying for all of our persecuted brothers and sisters across South Asia who are suffering at the hands of anti-Christian elements," Dr. Yohannan said.