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On November 11th, 18th and 25th all evangelical churches in Bulgaria are openly protesting in the streets a new restrictive bill on religion, which allows government control over churches across the country as follows:
(1) Funding, which does not originate from Bulgaria will become illegal
(2) All denominations must present before the court a list of the names of at least 3,000 members or have their government registration revoked and services stopped
(3) All church services must be held in government approved buildings, not rented auditoriums, open air or even private homes
(4) All denominations must submit a list with the names of their ministers to be allowed legally to preach
(5) It is illegal to evangelize minors under the age of 18
Video from the protests and LIVE coverage here: http://cupandcross.com/protest/
Dr. Dony K. Donev
http://cupandcross.com/
UPDATE: Christians in Bulgaria continue to protest over new law
CBN: Evangelical Christians Praying Against a Serious Threat in Bulgaria
Christianity Today: Bulgaria Considers Religious Restrictions
Read more:
- EEA calls to action in support of the Bulgarian Evangelical Alliance
- Religion Funding Law “Sad Reminder of Communist Past”
- New Controversial Law on Religion to be Voted in Bulgaria
- Bulgarian law to ban all foreign preachers
- New Bill of Religions Bans Foreign Support for Churches in Bulgaria
- Bulgarian evangelicals alarmed by restrictive and discriminative bill on faith minorities
