BHILAI, India — About 50 Hindu extremists disrupted the Sunday worship service of a church in India’s Chhattisgarh state Aug. 5 and attacked the pastor
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Christians and Hindus in northern Pakistan have received dozens of letters threatening them with death if they refuse to become Muslims, church
ASMARA, Eritrea — Christians in Eritrea confirmed Aug. 22 that a pastor in Asmara who disappeared 11 days before remains missing. Pastor Leule Gebreab of
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — When seven police officers with a video camera raided his home Sunday morning July 29, Nikolai Zulfikarov was away. But this did
Ruined buildings, their walls peppered by bullets and shrapnel, still mark Lebanon’s landscape a year after the 34-day conflict with Israel ended. Where homes and
NEW YORK — The National Council of Churches (NCC) has appointed one of its deputy general secretaries to serve as the organization’s acting general secretary.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — After three episodes of intestinal bleeding, Evangelist Billy Graham underwent a colonoscopy Aug. 22 to address his ailment. His doctor found an
PETALUMA, Calif. — A midlevel court of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has overturned a lower court ruling and ruled that a lesbian minister should be