BREAKING NEWS: Belarus Orders Evangelical Church To Evict Building; Pastor Hospitalized

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent at BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest BuildingMINSK/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Authorities in Belarus have ordered the country's largest evangelical congregation to evict its building in Minsk and there are concerns over the health of its pastor, the church confirmed Friday, June 14.

Ukraine Christians Mourn Killed Church Workers Amid Crackdown

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife slaviansk-brothers_0 KYIV, UKRAINE (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in eastern Ukraine are mourning the death of four local church workers and a pastor who were killed in separate attacks by pro-Russian separatists as part of a wider crackdown on evangelicals in the war torn region, BosNewsLife learned.

Evangelicals in Belarus and Kazakhstan Detained, Beaten, Fined

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By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest ASTANA/MINSK/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Evangelical Christians in Belarus and Kazakhstan faced increased pressure Friday, October 21, to halt unauthorized worship services after pastors were fined and churches raided in the former Soviet republics.  

Belarus Pastor Facing Criminal Charges As Police Raid Churches

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By BosNewsLife News Center with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos lukashenko1MINSK/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Christians say a pastor in southeast Belarus may face criminal charges after police raided his church venue during a Sunday worship service as part of a wider government crackdown on devoted believers in the autocratically-ruled former Soviet nation.

EU Ambassadors Discuss Belarus Threats To Close Megachurch

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife newlife1MINSK/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- European ambassadors to Belarus have met with the leader of New Life Church in the capital Minsk to discuss “threats” from authorities to "destroy" one of the country's largest evangelical churches by confiscating its building, a former cowshed, church officials said in a statement obtained by BosNewsLife Thursday, August 27.

NEWS ALERT: Belarus Not To Evict Massive Evangelical Church

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By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos MINSK/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- One of the largest evangelical congregations in Belarus confirmed Wednesday, December 5, that authorities at the last moment decided not to evict them from their building, following years of judicial wrangling.

Belarus Pastor Fined, Church’s Bank Account Frozen

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By Joseph C. DeCaro, BosNewsLife International Correspondent
MINSK/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- A pastor in Belarus was fined for alleged unsanitary conditions at his church's summer Bible school while another church in Minsk must exist without a legal bank account, BosNewsLife learned Tuesday, November 16.

NEWS ALERT: Minsk Church Threatened With Closure; Evangelicals “Fasting”

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Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife prayingMINSK/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Members of one of Belarus' largest evangelical churches continued a five-day “fasting and prayer” action, Friday, January 30, amid attempts by authorities to seize their place of worship as part of an alleged crackdown on non-Orthodox groups.

Belarus Threatens To Close Down Evangelical Church

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By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest lu1MINSK/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- An evangelical church in the Belarus' capital Minsk faced uncertainty Thursday, July 16, as authorities threatened to close it because a foreign pastor preached at a worship service.

Belarus Deports Danish Christians

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BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest belarus_map1BUDAPEST/MINSK (BosNewsLife)-- Two Danish men are being deported from Belarus on charges of expressing "ideas of a religious nature", after dozens of foreign Christians were already expelled from the former Soviet republic.