Breaking On The Debate With Arnab - After Aravalli, Twisha, The FCRA Files Part 2

Debate With Arnab brings Part 2 of The FCRA Files, a deep Republic investigation into an alleged conversion ring operating through churches and evangelical networks. Undercover reporters track conversations inside a Bastar church where Benjamin and others speak of special prayers, healing, and “attaining God”, while our team probes whether vulnerable people are being actively lured towards Christianity.

From Benjamin guiding our reporter inside the church for “special prayer” to the pastor’s wife talking about non-Christians “attaining God”, worrying being “the devil’s work”, and offering long deliverance prayers, the investigation raises tough questions on faith, consent and conversion. On ground, cameras capture a pastor marking crosses with holy water, praying over poor and ailing devotees, and testimonies of people who claim their lives changed after embracing Christianity and regular Bible-led prayer.

The investigation also turns towards funding and networks – The Timothy Initiative (TTI), its founder David Nelms, India operations head Johnathan Rajan, finance head Ajith Verghese Mathai, field workers like Supreme Joy and Bablu Kurmi, and house help linked to Varghese Chacko – all scrutinised under The FCRA Files lens. Arnab debates whether foreign-funded evangelical structures are misusing faith and charity to run systematic conversion operations.

Watch Debate With Arnab LIVE as panelists clash over pastors’ methods, rights under the Indian Constitution, alleged FCRA violations, and whether this is faith, free choice – or a covert conversion factory.