Death penalty draws federal judge’s challenge

May 23, 2002

WASHINGTON — A U.S. district court judge has given the Justice Department just over two weeks to convince him not to rule that the federal

Constitutional Reform

May 23, 2002

Your report, “Constitutional reform a Baptist issue, says Samford’s Corts,” April 18, cannot be limited to Baptists. Indeed all Alabama citizens should be informed on

SBC membership sets all-time record in 2001; Alabama among states reporting increases

May 23, 2002

Membership in Southern Baptist churches set an all-time record in 2001 with a total of 16,052,920 persons, an increase of 92,612 over the previous year.

Christian captives released and deported

May 23, 2002

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — An Ethiopian Christian and a Filipino Christian jailed since last summer in the Saudi Arabian port city of Jeddah were released

Catholics falling behind population growth

May 23, 2002

VATICAN CITY — The number of Catholics worldwide is rising at a slightly lower rate than overall population growth, according to statistics compiled by the

April CP giving below last year’s numbers

May 23, 2002

NASHVILLE — Gifts to the Southern Baptist Convention’s Cooperative Program in April were 10.72 percent below gifts for April 2001. Year-to-date support for CP missions,

Bill would allow monetary support of politics

May 23, 2002

WASHINGTON — The current ban on partisan political activity by churches would be eliminated under a bill now pending in the U.S. House of Representatives.