http://www.bosnewslife.com Christian News Agency - BosNewsLife Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:04:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.bosnewslife.com/20214-nigeria-christians-flee-as-bombs-shooting-claim-185-lives http://www.bosnewslife.com/20214-nigeria-christians-flee-as-bombs-shooting-claim-185-lives#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:15:46 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=20214 ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians are fleeing northern Nigeria where bomb blasts rocked the Bauchi and Kano states over the weekend, killing at least 185 people, including Christians, said rights activists and church officials Monday, January 23.]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/20214-nigeria-christians-flee-as-bombs-shooting-claim-185-lives/feed 3 http://www.bosnewslife.com/20193-christians-sudan-south-sudan-facing-death-and-detention http://www.bosnewslife.com/20193-christians-sudan-south-sudan-facing-death-and-detention#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:14:25 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=20193 KHARTOUM, SUDAN (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in Sudan and newly created South Sudan face possible detention, beatings and even death amid a "deteriorating humanitarian situation" with thousands of people being killed this year alone, aid workers and Christians said in statements obtained by BosNewsLife Sunday, January 22.]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/20193-christians-sudan-south-sudan-facing-death-and-detention/feed 1 http://www.bosnewslife.com/20150-dozens-of-catholic-missionaries-killed-in-2011 http://www.bosnewslife.com/20150-dozens-of-catholic-missionaries-killed-in-2011#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:33:21 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=20150 VATICAN CITY/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)--  The Vatican's missionary news agency says more than two dozen priests, nuns and lay Catholics were killed worldwide in 2011, BosNewsLife monitored Monday, January 16.]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/20150-dozens-of-catholic-missionaries-killed-in-2011/feed 0 http://www.bosnewslife.com/20123-zanzibar-churches-torched-christians-harassed http://www.bosnewslife.com/20123-zanzibar-churches-torched-christians-harassed#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:28:53 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=20123 ZANZIBAR CITY, TANZANIA (BosNewsLife)-- Leaders of Christians in Zanzibar, Tanzania's semi-autonomous archipelago, have appealed for more religious freedom in the heavily Islamic region, after Muslim extremists allegedly destroyed at least two church buildings, while elsewhere believers were detained or harassed.  ]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/20123-zanzibar-churches-torched-christians-harassed/feed 0 http://www.bosnewslife.com/20078-news-alert-nigeria-militants-kill-13-christians-as-violence-spreads http://www.bosnewslife.com/20078-news-alert-nigeria-militants-kill-13-christians-as-violence-spreads#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:27:10 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=20078 ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Islamic militants have killed at least 13 Christians this week in northern Nigeria as part of efforts to cleanse the region of Christian believers, a rights group confirmed Thursday, January 12.]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/20078-news-alert-nigeria-militants-kill-13-christians-as-violence-spreads/feed 0 http://www.bosnewslife.com/20036-somalia-militants-flogging-woman-over-christian-conversion http://www.bosnewslife.com/20036-somalia-militants-flogging-woman-over-christian-conversion#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:44:12 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=20036 MOGADISHU, SOMALIA (BosNewsLife)-- A Somali woman, who converted from Islam to Christianity. was nursing her injuries Wednesday, January 11, after she was reportedly paraded before a cheering crowd and publicly flogged as a punishment for embracing a “foreign religion.”]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/20036-somalia-militants-flogging-woman-over-christian-conversion/feed 0 http://www.bosnewslife.com/19987-breaking-news-warnings-of-nigeria-civil-war-after-violence-kills-dozens-of-christians http://www.bosnewslife.com/19987-breaking-news-warnings-of-nigeria-civil-war-after-violence-kills-dozens-of-christians#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:04:32 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=19987 ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in Nigeria are mourning dozens of believers killed since Thursday, January 5, amid warnings from the head of Nigerian Christians that the violence is reminiscent of the outbreak of the 1960s civil war.]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/19987-breaking-news-warnings-of-nigeria-civil-war-after-violence-kills-dozens-of-christians/feed 5 http://www.bosnewslife.com/19976-breaking-news-nigeria-militants-kill-6-in-church-attack http://www.bosnewslife.com/19976-breaking-news-nigeria-militants-kill-6-in-church-attack#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:49:11 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=19976 ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Suspected Islamic militants attacked an evangelical church in northeast Nigeria during a worship service late Thursday, January 5, killing at least six people and injuring 10 others, BosNewsLife learned]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/19976-breaking-news-nigeria-militants-kill-6-in-church-attack/feed 2 http://www.bosnewslife.com/19967-persecution-christians-seen-rising-in-islamic http://www.bosnewslife.com/19967-persecution-christians-seen-rising-in-islamic#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:30:31 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=19967 JAKARTA/ABUJA/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- North Korea leads a list of nations where "Christians face the most severe persecution", but "Muslim-majority" countries represent nine of the top 10 amid spreading Islamic extremism around the world, a major Christian watchdog said in comments obtained by BosNewsLife Thursday, January 5.  ]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/19967-persecution-christians-seen-rising-in-islamic/feed 1 http://www.bosnewslife.com/19955-news-alert-eritrea-hostages-face-organs-harvesting-by-kidnappers-christians-concerned http://www.bosnewslife.com/19955-news-alert-eritrea-hostages-face-organs-harvesting-by-kidnappers-christians-concerned#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:11:45 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=19955 CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- Eritrean hostages who are being held in Egypt's North Sinai Desert, near Israel, have appealed for international intervention after they were told they would be sold to organ traffickers if a massive ransom is not paid for them, Christian rights activists confirmed Wednesday, January 4.  ]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/19955-news-alert-eritrea-hostages-face-organs-harvesting-by-kidnappers-christians-concerned/feed 10