http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:08:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23570/new-life-church-belarus-threatened http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23570/new-life-church-belarus-threatened#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:48:26 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23570 European ambassadors to Belarus have met with the leader of New Life Church in the capital Minsk to discuss "threats" by 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. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23570/new-life-church-belarus-threatened/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23488/new-life-church-belarus http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23488/new-life-church-belarus#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:03:25 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23488 New Life Church confirmed that it received a letter from the Property Maintenance and Repair Department (PMRD) of the Moscow District of Minsk demanding that the church leaves its current complex not later than Monday, June ,1 or face forcible eviction.

In an interview, the head of PMRD’s legal department, Ludmila Bulyga, suggested that the eviction could be carried out by security forces. “They (the church) need to vacate the building and the land since it was never zoned for religious usage. The court’s ruling will be carried out by the court’s officers, who have the full right to use law-enforcing agencies,” she said.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23488/new-life-church-belarus/feed 0