National News

  In a nationally watched case about a church’s freedom to build where it pleases, the U.S. Justice Department has invoked the Religious Land Use

  LAKE FOREST, Calif. — Rick Warren, author of “The Purpose Driven Life” and pastor of Saddleback Church, Lake Forest, Calif., is utilizing another innovative

  SALT LAKE CITY — More than 200 Mormon missionaries are pulling out of Venezuela due to security concerns. Michael Purdy, a Salt Lake City

  DALLAS — For the second consecutive year, the Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT) has turned down a request from a Southern Baptist seminary

  ABUJA, Nigeria — An Anglican archbishop from Nigeria is vehemently denying an allegation that African church leaders have been offered money to distance themselves

  Despite the recent record-high temperatures, Christmas Day is less than two months away. Stores are speckled with Christmas lights and holiday bows. Children are

  ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan — A survey analysis of religious freedom in Turkmenistan reported an almost complete lack of freedom to practice any faith, including denials