US City Bans ‘God Bless America’ Signs
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.
NEWS ALERT: America’s Pastor Chuck Dies At 86
By BosNewsLife Americas Service
WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Pastor Chuck Smith, one of the most influential figures in modern American Christianity and a key figure in the ascent of mega-churches, died Thursday morning, October 3, after losing his two-year battle against lung cancer, church officials said.
US House Calls For Mideast Religious Rights Envoy
By BosNewsLife Americas Service
WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- A key rights official has "praised" a U.S. House of Representatives resolution for the creation of a special diplomatic envoy for religious freedom in the Middle East.
BREAKING NEWS: Several Killed In Terror Attack On Washington Navy Yard (BNL Terror Alert).
By BosNewsLife Americas Service
WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Gunmen opened fire in the Washington DC Navy Yard killing as many as 13 people and injuring 10 others in what appeared a terror attack, just days after the nation remembered the victims of the September 11 acts of terrorism.
Security forces in America's capital were still searching for at least one gunman.
NEWS WATCH: US Host Families Mourn Loss China Christian Students In Plane Crash
By BosNewsLife North American and Asian Services with local news reporting
BEIJING/SAN FRANCISCO (BosNewsLife)-- Mourning families from a major evangelical church in the San Fernando Valley of southern California were worshiping Sunday, July 14, without three Christian Chinese students they had been expecting.
Pastor Warren Condemns Fake Facebook Pages Over Suicide Son
By BosNewsLife Americas Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
LAKE FOREST, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Famed American Pastor Rick Warren warned Sunday, May 26, that "fake Rick Warren Facebook" website pages have appeared "asking for donations in the name" of his son, who committed suicide last month.
NEWS ALERT: Billy Graham Chaplains “Spread Hope” In Tornado Stricken Oklahoma
By BosNewsLife Americas Service
OKLAHOMA CITY, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Crisis-trained chaplains linked to famed evangelist Billy Graham have arrived "to help spread home" in the U.S. midwestern state of Oklahoma where a rare and powerful tornado claimed at least 24 lives, injured 230 and left dozens missing, officials said.
WASHINGTON BRAINWAVE: Atheist Condemns Christian Troops
By Joseph DeCaro
WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife Columns)– While the Obama administration carefully avoids any religious connection between Islamic jihad and the Boston bombings, the president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation bluntly told Pentagon officials that Christian troops who proselytize are guilty of sedition and treason and should be punished.
US Commission: ‘Muslim States Worst Violators Of Religious Freedom’
By Joseph DeCaro, BosNewsLife International Correspondent
WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)– Of the 15 "worst violators of religious freedom" in the world, 10 are Islamic states, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) says.
BREAKING NEWS: Billy Graham’s Soloist George Beverly Shea Dies At 104
By BosNewsLife Americas Service
CHARLOTTE, USA (BosNewsLife)-- George Beverly Shea, the beloved soloist who accompanied American evangelist Billy Graham for six decades around the world, has died at age 104 after a brief illness, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) said.