Pastor Plans Koran Burning on September 11 Despite Controversy
By George Whitten, BosNewsLife Senior International Correspondent
WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (BosNewsLife)-- A small evangelical Christian congregation in Florida plans to burn Korans Saturday, as a protest against violent Islamic extremists on September 11, the ninth anniversary of the terrorist attacks against the United States, despite international concerns about the action.
NEWS ALERT: Cuba Pastor Rodriguez Released
By George Whitten, BosNewsLife Senior International Correspondent
HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- Cuba has released a well-known church leader -and dropped all charges of "threatening behavior" against him, after his accusers gave contradictory evidence, an international Christian rights group said Tuesday, September 7.
Cuba Detains Church Leader Rodriguez
By George Whitten, BosNewsLife Senior International Correspondent
HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- A well-known church leader in Cuba has been unexpectedly detained on trumped up charges of "offensive behavior" and "threats" a Christian human rights organization said Friday, September 3.
Mother Dead Dissident Prevented From Visiting Church, Cemetery
By BosNewsLife Americas Service
BANES, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- The devoted Catholic mother of late dissident Orlando Zapata Tamayo, who died in prison, prepared for another tense weekend Friday, August 20, after Cuban officials made clear she would not be allowed to attend Sunday Mass and visit the cemetery where her son is buried, rights activists said.
BREAKING NEWS: Call2all Co-Founder Avery Willis Dies At 76
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
WASHINGTON DC. USA (BosNewsLife)-- Missionary Avery Willis, the co-founder of one of the world's largest evangelistic movements 'Call2all', has died after losing his battle with leukemia, his family and the movement's president confirmed Friday, July 30. He was 76.
U.S. Pastors Praise Morocco As Christian Serves Jail Sentence For Evangelism
By George Whitten, BosNewsLife Senior Correspondent
RABAT / WASHINGTON (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian is serving 15 years in a Moroccan jail for evangelism, a Christian rights groups said, while American Christian leaders praised Morocco Thursday, June 17, for its "long history of friendship and religious cooperation."
NEWS ALERT: Hamas Leader’s Christian Son Faces Deportation From U.S.
By George Whitten, BosNewsLife Jerusalem Bureau Chief
WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (BosNewsLife) -– Masab Hassan Yousef, the son of a prominent Hamas leader who became a Christian, is facing a deportation hearing on June 30 in San Diego because the U.S. Department of Homeland Security views him as "a threat to America’s national security", Worthy News learned Monday, June 14.