Seventeen dead after violence in Indonesia
June 1, 2000
JAKARTA, Indonesia — At least 17 people died May 17 in an eastern Indonesian province after violence erupted between Christians and Muslims amid rumors that
Daily Archives: June 1, 2000
Sierra Leone losing religious relief workers
June 1, 2000
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Catholic relief Services has withdrawn its workers from strife-torn Sierra Leone where a number of United Nations peacekeepers have been killed.
Teens charged in race-related vandalism
June 1, 2000
SUMTER, S.C. — Two South Carolina teenagers have been charged in vandalism attacks on two black churches and with smashing windows at the NAACP office.
Pro-gay group plans demonstrations
June 1, 2000
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. — The pro-gay group that brought 191 people to Cleveland to be arrested at the General Conference meeting of the United Methodist
Leonard defends lesbian admittance
June 1, 2000
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Bill Leonard, dean of Wake Forest University Divinity School, Winston-Salem, N.C., has defended his school’s decision to admit a lesbian when it
Seminary head quits in wake of charges
June 1, 2000
SAN FRANCISCO — The president of San Francisco Theological Seminary resigned from his post May 1 and four days later was found guilty of two
Black religious historian Lincoln dies at 75
June 1, 2000
DURHAM, N.C. — Alabama native C. Eric Lincoln, the pre-eminent historian of black religion in the United States and a longtime professor at Duke University,
Seminary administrator resigns post
June 1, 2000
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A top administrator at Midwestern Seminary has stepped down, trustees of the Southern Baptist school in Kansas City, learned at an
