The phrase "church bombings" refers to acts of violence where bombs are deliberately set off or exploded in churches, causing destruction, injury, and loss of life. Full definition
Scores of people have been killed in church bombings in the country in recent years. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
When my parents were in college, four little African American girls were burned to death in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham. (jillianlauren.com)
Jones is perhaps best known for having successfully prosecuted members of the Ku Klux Klan over the 1963 Birmingham church bombing that killed four African - American girls. (fortune.com)