VATICAN — Roman Catholic authorities have disciplined a priest who defied the Vatican by marching in a controversial World Pride Parade in Rome last month,
GUATEMALA CITY — The Mennonite World Conference has elected its first woman president to lead the body of 1 million Anabaptist Christians around the world. Nancy Heisey,
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s cabinet agreed Aug. 21 to join a United Nations-sponsored women’s rights agreement but rejected any clause that contradicts Islamic sharia law.
BERLIN — Lawyers of a religious sect in Germany want to outlaw the Bible. Christian Sailer and Gert-Joachim Hetzel, two lawyers belonging to the “Universal
HURST, Texas — While millions of people will be watching the Olympics on television, scores of Southern Baptists will be among 230 Americans engaged in
FORT WORTH, Texas — Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has been approved to offer a Ph.D. in church music. The National Association of Schools of Music approved
NASHVILLE — A centralized organization with top leadership based in Nashville has been announced as the first major step in revitalization of Southern Baptists’ two
FORT WORTH, Texas — One of Southern Baptists’ leading authorities on the New Age, cults and world religions has died. John P. Newport, distinguished professor emeritus