Christians Remember Murdered U.S. Evangelists
By BosNewsLife North America Service
WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Christian leaders were preparing to hold a memorial service later Sunday, May 16, in the Boynton Beach are of the U.S. state of Florida to honor two street evangelists who were murdered there earlier this year.
AMERICA WATCH: Broadcaster Airing U.S. Day Of Prayer Despite Court Ruling
By BosNewsLife News Center with reporting by Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- International Christian broadcaster GOD Television was to air Thursday, May 6, the United States' National Day of Prayer (NDP), amid concerns among Christians that the annual event may be banned following a controversial court ruling.
NEWS ALERT: Wife, Children Of Jailed Cuban Pastor Face Eviction
By BosNewsLife News Center
HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- The wife of jailed Cuban Pastor Omar Gude Perez faced a difficult weekend after authorities reportedly told her that the family home is to be confiscated. The family will be relocated to a significantly smaller apartment in poor conditions outside the city of Camaguey, said advocacy group Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), which has closely monitored the case.
Prayer Vigil For Murdered American Evangelists
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Christian leaders are preparing a major prayer vigil in Florida "to honor the lives" of two young street preachers who were shot and killed while evangelizing on the streets of the U.S. state's Boynton Beach, organizers said.
Arsonists Attack American Church Bus
By BosNewsLife News Center
WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Despite tensions, Baptist Christians in the U.S. state of Tennessee prepared for worship Sunday, February 28, as local police continued to investigate an attack on a church bus by young arsonists.
By BosNewsLife News Center
WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Despite tensions, Baptist Christians in the U.S. state of Tennessee prepared for worship Sunday, February 28, as local police continued to investigate an attack on a church bus by young arsonists.
NEWS ALERT: Street Preachers Killed In United States
By BosNewsLife News Center
WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- A religious liberty group has warned that "Anti-Christian hostility is getting increasingly deadly" in the United States after two street preachers were shot and killed by a teenager who apparently opposed their message.
U.S. President Obama Urged To Tackle Religious Persecution
By BosNewsLife News Center
WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- United States President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described international religious freedom as "important" at the annual National Prayer Breakfast, but a group investigating persecution of Christians said the administration should turn its words into deeds.
Cuba Pastor Remains Behind Bars After Losing Appeal Right
By BosNewsLife Americas Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- There was international disappointment Monday, February 1, that the leader of a growing network of independent churches in Cuba has been denied the right to appeal his six-year prison sentence by the Supreme Tribunal in Havana.
NEWS ALERT: Voice Of The Martyrs’ Glenn Penner Dies At 48
By BosNewsLife News Center
TORONTO, CANADA (BosNewsLife)-- Glenn Penner, who became a key voice for persecuted Christians as leader of advocacy group The Voice of the Martyrs Canada (VOMC) has died after losing his battle with cancer, officials said. He was 48.
Missionaries Rush To Haiti Devastated By Earth Quake
By BosNewsLife Americas Service
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (BosNewsLife)-- A major Christian mission organization stepped up efforts Tuesday, January 18, to coordinate relief efforts in Haiti as the death toll of last week's earth quake was expected to be at least 200,000, officials said.