Anti-abortion group loses tax-exempt status
October 12, 2006
WICHITA, Kan. — The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has revoked the tax exemption of the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue West, which two years ago said
Philadelphia schools slate Gay History Month
October 12, 2006
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia School District has declared October Gay and Lesbian History Month on its 2006–2007 school calendar, touching off a wave of protests
Online gambling bill cuts firms’ stock value
October 12, 2006
WASHINGTON — Congress approved legislation restricting Internet gambling just before beginning a lengthy recess, prompting a major shake-up in the online wagering world. News of
Union Hill Baptist Church, Oneonta, on mission
October 5, 2006
Walking in Nicaraguan slums and even jungles Aug. 26–Sept. 2, a team of 23 from Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina handed out more than 20,000
‘Debt first, then tithe’ if bankrupt, judge orders
September 28, 2006
ALBANY, N.Y. — When the collection plate goes around at weekly services, America’s charitable but bankrupt worshipers must now abstain. A federal judge has reluctantly
N.C. Baptist youth, 17, dies in fall during retreat
September 21, 2006
OXFORD, N.C. — A Baptist teenager from North Carolina died Sept. 9 in an apparent accident at a church youth retreat. Ozzie Vargas Jr., 17,
Catholic bishops create stricter rules for priests
September 14, 2006
WASHINGTON — U.S. Roman Catholic bishops have issued revised guidelines for teaching and accepting candidates for the priesthood, placing additional emphasis on celibacy and formally
August CP giving down from same month in 2005
September 14, 2006
NASHVILLE — Contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) Cooperative Program (CP) for August 2006 were $15,521,035.75. This is 1.65 percent, or $260,632.53, below the
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