United States of America

By George Whitten, BosNewsLife International Correspondent MARYVILLE, USA (BosNewsLife) -- The sprawling First Baptist Church in the U.S. state of Illinois was without a pastor Monday, March 9, after he was shot and later died of his injuries.

By Rodney Drinnen, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from the United States WASHINGTON D.C., USA (BosNewsLife)-- Chaplains working at a hospice home in the U.S. state of Florida are no longer allowed to say "God"in inspirational messages to staff members, as part of a wider trend in the United States, BosNewsLife learned Saturday, March 21.

By BosNewsLife Americas Service HAVANA/WASHINGTON (BosNewsLife)-- A pastor who was jailed for leading independent churches in Cuba has arrived with his wife and children in the United States "as refugees", the church leader and activists said Friday, February 1.

By BosNewsLife Americas Service HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- Nearly two dozen Christians were briefly detained and prevented from attending a church service in Cuba which was held in support of pastor Pastor Yordi Toranzo who was removed from his post amid government pressure, rights activists confirmed Tuesday, June 28.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife with BosNewsLife Asia Service BEIJING/WASHINGTON (BosNewsLife)-- Sixteen members of the United States Congress have urged U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to discuss human rights with her Chinese counterpart, amid fresh reports that Chinese house church Christians and pro-democracy activists were harassed during her recent visit to China.

By BosNewsLife News Center NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS (BosNewsLife)-- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas officially asked the United Nations on Friday, September 23, to recognize Palestine as an independent state, despite fierce resistance from the United States and Israel.

By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Devoted Christians in Hungary and the Middle East stood up against Nazism or Islamic extremism this week, while others worshiped Christ behind bars, between bomb explosions and in bitter cold conditions.

By BosNewsLife Americas Service BARTOW, USA (BosNewsLife)-- A group of outraged Christian residents in a Florida city planned to meet local officials Monday, October 7, after they were ordered to remove their "God Bless America" yard signs, local media reported.

By BosNewsLife News Center WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (BosNewsLife)-- The founder and senior pastor of the fourth largest church in the United States, Rick Warren, led the country in prayer just before Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Stefan J. Bos LOS ANGELES, USA (BosNewsLife)-- A professor at the government-funded University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) has prohibited a graduating student from saying "I want to thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ," in her own graduation speech, amid a heated debate over using that name in public across the United States, BosNewsLife established Wednesday, June 3.