AMERICA WATCH: Arsonists Attack American Church Bus
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
A religious liberty group warned Saturday, February 6, 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.
Mexico Court Releases Evangelical "Massacre Suspects"
Mexico's highest court ordered the release of nine mainly evangelical prisoners who were convicted in a 1997 massacre of Indians, but over 20 others remain behind bars.
Colombia Court Allows Christians To Opt Out Of Military
An international Christian rights group has welcomed the Colombian Supreme Courts decision allowing Colombians, including Christians, to opt out of obligatory military service because of religious, moral, or philosophical objections.
Two Cuban Pastors Released, But Crackdown Continues, Christians Say
Two Baptist leaders who were detained in eastern Cuba while distributing humanitarian aid from American Christians were free Tuesday, October 27, after two weeks imprisonment Christians said.
NEWS ALERT: Cuban Pastors Detained After Distributing American Aid
Two Cuban Baptist leaders are detained in Cuba on charges of illicit financial activity," after distributing financial aid from American Christians to needy churches in the island's Guantanamo province, an international advocacy group said Monday, October 19.
NEWS ALERT: Colombia Rebels Assassinate Evangelical Pastor
An evangelical pastor has been shot and killed by leftist rebels in central Colombia, Christians said Wednesday, October 14.
NEWS ALERT: Iran Releases Christian Converts On Bail
A group of ex-Muslims who converted to Christianity were preparing Wednesday, September 16, for an upcoming court hearing in Iran on suspicion of apostasy, after they were temporarily released on bail from one of the country's most notorious prisons, BosNewsLife learned.
NEWS ALERT: Colombia Pastor Assassinated By Suspected Paramilitaries
A Colombian pastor has been shot and killed at his home in front of his wife and church members, the latest in a series of deadly attacks against Christians in the South American nation, Christian rights investigators said Monday, September 14.
Cuban Pastor's Wife Receives High Fine For "Disturbing Order"
A pastors wife who lost her baby after a neighbor attacked her on the street, is being fined the equivalent of over two months salary on charges of "disturbing the public order" on that day, Christian trial observers said Friday, August 21.
Pastor's Wife Facing Cuban Court
A pastor's wife who miscarried after a neighbour attacked her was due to facing a Cuban court Monday, August 17, on charges of "disturbing the public order" on that day, an international advocacy group said.
BREAKING NEWS: Mexico Releases Evangelical "Massacre Suspects" After 12 Years Imprisonment
Twenty men, most of them evangelical Christians, were free Friday, August 14, after spending more than a decade in prison as Mexico's Supreme Court overturned their sentences in a massacre in southern Chiapas state.
Cuba Evangelical Pastor Sentenced To Six Years Imprisonment
There was international concern Tuesday, July 14, over the detention of a Cuban Evangelical pastor, after news emerged he has been sentenced to six years in prison on charges that include "counter-revolutionary conduct and attitudes" as part of what rights investigators called mounting state hostility towards religious groups."
US University Prohibits Thanking Jesus At Graduation
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 monitored Wednesday, June 3.
Family Missing Colombia Pastor Appeals For Help Amid Threats And Violence (Worthy News In-Depth)
The young family of a missing evangelical pastor in Colombia was still waiting Wednesday, March 25, for Colombian authorities to launch an official investigation into his disappearance six months ago, amid concerns he may be the latest victim of violence against Christian leaders in the South American country.
BREAKING NEWS: Pastor Shot Dead in Pulpit in Illinois
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.
Cuba Prominent Church Leader On Trial
A prominent evangelical church leader in Cuba will be put on trial next week and is facing a one-year prison sentence as part of what his supporters call "a government campaign to silence and discredit him," because of his refusal to work with the state-backed church organization, a Christian advocacy group confirmed Saturday, December 27.
Mexico: Oppression of Christians Persists in Various Parts of Country
As the number of evangelical Christians in southern Mexico has grown, hostilities from "traditionalist Catholics" have kept pace, according to published reports.
Pastor Still Missing In Colombia; Christians Fear For His Life
Christians in Colombia were still searching for a Christian leader Wednesday, November 12, more than six weeks after he disappeared amid reports that several fellow pastors were killed by leftist rebels.
Colombia: Church Leaders Under Fire
Christians in Colombia are anxious to learn the fate of pastor William Reyes, missing since Sept. 25, even as three other pastors have gone missing.
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