2- PCF Team Introduction: PERSECUTED CHRISTIAN FORUM (PCF)
Registered Society — Regd. No. 646/2026
VISION
To build a united, empowered, peaceful, and resilient Christian community across India, where every Christian is able to live with dignity, security, equality, freedom of faith, and full enjoyment of the rights and protections guaranteed by the Constitution of India.
PCF envisions a society in which constitutional values of justice, liberty, equality, fraternity, secularism, human dignity, and freedom of religion are respected and upheld for all citizens without discrimination.
The Forum seeks to become a responsible national platform that brings together Christian community leaders, professionals, legal experts, social workers, pastors, churches, organizations, advisors, co-workers, and well-wishers to address challenges affecting the Christian community through lawful, peaceful, democratic, and constitutional means.
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MISSION
The mission of the Persecuted Christian Forum (PCF) is to serve, protect, empower, and advocate for the welfare and legitimate constitutional interests of the Christian community throughout the States and Union Territories of India.
PCF is committed to:
1. Protecting Constitutional Rights
To create awareness of and advocate for the constitutional rights and freedoms available to every citizen, with particular attention to Articles 14, 15, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 of the Constitution of India, subject to the Constitution and applicable laws.
2. Legal Assistance and Justice
To facilitate lawful legal assistance, guidance, referrals, and support for individuals and communities facing discrimination, harassment, violence, unlawful interference, or other violations of their legal and constitutional rights.
3. Community Welfare and Empowerment
To promote the social, educational, economic, and overall welfare of the Christian community, particularly vulnerable and disadvantaged sections, through lawful charitable and developmental initiatives.
4. Awareness of Government Welfare Schemes
To create awareness among eligible members of the community regarding government welfare schemes, educational opportunities, social-security programmes, and other benefits available under applicable laws and policies, and to assist them in accessing such opportunities lawfully.
5. Gospel Evangelism and Christian Service
To support Gospel evangelism, Christian fellowship, humanitarian service, and community outreach in accordance with the Constitution of India and all applicable laws, while respecting the freedom of conscience and religious liberty of every person.
6. Advocacy Through Constitutional Means
To represent legitimate concerns of the Christian community before appropriate governmental, administrative, statutory, and judicial authorities through peaceful, lawful, and democratic processes.
7. Leadership and Unity
To bring together Christian leaders and organizations from different States and Union Territories and encourage cooperation, responsible leadership, mutual support, and unity in matters concerning community welfare and constitutional rights.
8. Rapid Community Support
To develop lawful mechanisms for receiving information about incidents affecting members of the Christian community and, wherever appropriate, facilitating timely legal, social, humanitarian, and administrative assistance.
9. Education and Constitutional Awareness
To educate the community regarding the Constitution of India, fundamental rights, fundamental duties, legal remedies, civic responsibilities, and the importance of democratic and peaceful participation in society.
10. Peace, Harmony and National Responsibility
To promote communal harmony, mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, national unity, and responsible citizenship, while opposing discrimination, violence, hatred, and unlawful persecution in all forms.
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CORE OBJECTIVES
1. Constitutional Protection
To promote awareness, respect, and lawful protection of the fundamental rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution of India.
2. Equality and Non-Discrimination
To uphold the principles of equality before law and equal protection of the laws, and to work against unlawful discrimination on grounds prohibited by the Constitution.
3. Freedom of Religion
To support and protect, through lawful and constitutional means, the freedom of conscience and the right to profess, practice, and propagate religion, subject to constitutional limitations and applicable law.
4. Legal Support Network
To establish a network of advocates, legal professionals, social workers, and community representatives who can provide appropriate guidance and assistance in matters affecting the community.
5. Welfare & Development
To undertake and support programmes relating to education, skill development, employment awareness, social welfare, humanitarian assistance, and community development.
6. Support for Vulnerable Persons
To extend appropriate assistance to vulnerable individuals and families, including those experiencing social, economic, legal, or humanitarian difficulties, within the resources and lawful scope of the Forum.
7. Government & Institutional Engagement
To maintain constructive and lawful engagement with Central and State Governments, Union Territory administrations, statutory bodies, commissions, law-enforcement authorities, and other institutions concerning matters affecting the community.
8. Documentation & Reporting
To encourage responsible documentation of verified incidents, grievances, and issues affecting the Christian community and, where appropriate, submit representations to competent authorities for lawful action.
9. Christian Leadership Development
To encourage ethical, responsible, and constitutionally aware leadership among Christian community leaders, youth, professionals, social workers, and volunteers.
10. National Coordination
To create a coordinated network of PCF members, executive committee members, advisors, co-workers, partner organizations, and well-wishers across India for effective communication, cooperation, and community service.
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OUR COMMITMENT
The Persecuted Christian Forum (PCF) is committed to pursuing its objectives peacefully, democratically, transparently, and strictly within the framework of the Constitution of India and applicable laws.
PCF believes that defending the rights of one community should never mean denying the rights of another. The Forum therefore stands for justice for all, equality for all, dignity for all, and constitutional freedom for all.
We seek to transform concern into responsible action, unity into strength, awareness into empowerment, and constitutional rights into meaningful access to justice.
“United in Faith. Committed to Justice. Empowered by the Constitution. Dedicated to Community and Nation.”
PERSECUTED CHRISTIAN FORUM (PCF)
Registered Society — Regd. No. 646/2026