Arizona foundation executives found guilty of fraud
August 3, 2006
A jury found the former president and the former legal counsel of the Baptist Foundation of Arizona (BFA) guilty of three counts of fraudulent schemes
Turkish nationalists accuse church of ‘treason’
August 3, 2006
SAMSUN, Turkey — Nationalists in Turkey’s northern city of Samsun have stepped up a two-year campaign against a Protestant church, denouncing in the media the
State in India tightens controls on conversions
August 3, 2006
BHOPAL, India — In spite of a national minority-panel report confirming violence against Christians in India’s north-central state of Madhya Pradesh, the state government July
Uzbek government closes down Western aid agency
August 3, 2006
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — Uzbekistan has closed down another Western-funded aid agency, ordering the complete liquidation of the Central Asian Free Exchange (CAFE) and ouster of
Pastor in India arrested during Sunday worship
August 3, 2006
DAKSINWARA, India — Police arrested Pastor Om Prakash Pandey July 16 while he was leading worship at his independent church in the village of Daksinwara
U.S. marriage amendment fails, but support grows
July 27, 2006
A constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman did not receive the two-thirds majority needed for passage in the U.S. House
Megachurch battles government over classes
July 27, 2006
WASHINGTON — A Washington-area megachurch filed a federal lawsuit July 3, challenging a government ruling that it was improperly holding seminary-level classes on church grounds.
House votes against courts deciding pledge cases
July 27, 2006
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The House of Representatives voted July 19 to strip the federal courts of the ability to decide cases involving the Pledge of
