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/20292-iran-pastors-mistreated-in-prison-activists-say http://www.bosnewslife.com/20292-iran-pastors-mistreated-in-prison-activists-say#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:00:36 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=20292 http://www.bosnewslife.com/20292-iran-pastors-mistreated-in-prison-activists-say/feed 1 http://www.bosnewslife.com/20054-breaking-news-iran-pastor-nadarkhani-rejects-release-offer http://www.bosnewslife.com/20054-breaking-news-iran-pastor-nadarkhani-rejects-release-offer#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:17:52 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=20054 Pastor asked to acknowledge Muhammed as "God's messenger" in exchange for release >Lawyers summoned to discuss deal >Nadarkhani still facing execution for abandoning Islam By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani has rejected an offer to be released from prison if he publicly acknowledges Islam's prophet Mohammed as "a messenger sent by God" well-informed Christians and rights activists said Friday, January 13.  ]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/20054-breaking-news-iran-pastor-nadarkhani-rejects-release-offer/feed 16 http://www.bosnewslife.com/20003-news-alert-santa-claus-kills-christian-leader-in-israel http://www.bosnewslife.com/20003-news-alert-santa-claus-kills-christian-leader-in-israel#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:33:18 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=20003 JERURSALEM, ISRAEL (BosNewsLife)-- A leader of Israel's Christian minority has been stabbed to death by a man dressed as Santa Claus, prompting the arrest of six locals in connection with the murder, church and police officials said Saturday, January 7. ]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/20003-news-alert-santa-claus-kills-christian-leader-in-israel/feed 0 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/19813-news-alert-iran-frees-jailed-christian-executive-after-287-days http://www.bosnewslife.com/19813-news-alert-iran-frees-jailed-christian-executive-after-287-days#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:34:54 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=19813 TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian woman who was detained as part of Iran's crackdown on devoted Christian converts has been released after more than nine months imprisonment, but concerns remain over other jailed believers, BosNewsLife learned Saturday, December 31.  ]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/19813-news-alert-iran-frees-jailed-christian-executive-after-287-days/feed 0 http://www.bosnewslife.com/19663-breaking-news-iran-security-forces-raid-christmas-celebrations-pastor-wife-detained-bosnewslife-exclusive http://www.bosnewslife.com/19663-breaking-news-iran-security-forces-raid-christmas-celebrations-pastor-wife-detained-bosnewslife-exclusive#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:27:29 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=19663 TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- A senior evangelical pastor and his wife are spending Christmas behind bars in southern Iran after security forces raided their Assemblies of God-affiliated church, detaining everyone in the building, including children attending Sunday School, a friend of the couple told BosNewsLife.  ]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/19663-breaking-news-iran-security-forces-raid-christmas-celebrations-pastor-wife-detained-bosnewslife-exclusive/feed 3 http://www.bosnewslife.com/19645-breaking-news-christians-in-iraq-cancel-christmas-services-amid-security-fears http://www.bosnewslife.com/19645-breaking-news-christians-in-iraq-cancel-christmas-services-amid-security-fears#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:55:42 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=19645 BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in Iraq have canceled several church services, including traditional Christmas Eve midnight Masses, amid fears of more violence after more than a dozen bonbings in the capital Baghdad killed some 60 people this week and other violence claims at least 7 lives elsewhere, Catholic and other church officials said.]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/19645-breaking-news-christians-in-iraq-cancel-christmas-services-amid-security-fears/feed 0 http://www.bosnewslife.com/19551-breaking-news-iran-christians-fear-christmas-crackdown-pastor-still-facing-execution-bosnewslife-exclusive http://www.bosnewslife.com/19551-breaking-news-iran-christians-fear-christmas-crackdown-pastor-still-facing-execution-bosnewslife-exclusive#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:28:21 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=19551 TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Evangelical Christians in Iran fear a massive crackdown by security forces around Christmas and say Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani may be executed earlier than authorities suggest, a senior church official told BosNewsLife Monday, December 19. ]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/19551-breaking-news-iran-christians-fear-christmas-crackdown-pastor-still-facing-execution-bosnewslife-exclusive/feed 12 http://www.bosnewslife.com/19521-news-alert-saudi-arabia-detained-dozens-of-etiopian-christians http://www.bosnewslife.com/19521-news-alert-saudi-arabia-detained-dozens-of-etiopian-christians#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:37:01 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=19521 RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA (BosNewsLife)-- Saudi security forces have detained 42 Ethiopian Christians at a prayer gathering in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, the latest in a series of raids on worship meetings, a rights official said Saturday, December 17. ]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/19521-news-alert-saudi-arabia-detained-dozens-of-etiopian-christians/feed 1 http://www.bosnewslife.com/19493-breaking-news-iran-jails-pastor-extra-year-before-feared-execution http://www.bosnewslife.com/19493-breaking-news-iran-jails-pastor-extra-year-before-feared-execution#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:25:10 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=19493 TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Iranian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani has to serve at least one more year in prison before he may be executed for refusing to abandon his faith in Christ and return to Islam, an official assisting him told BosNewsLife Thursday, December 15.  .]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/19493-breaking-news-iran-jails-pastor-extra-year-before-feared-execution/feed 2