State government demolishes churches
December 12, 2002
NIGERIA — State officials in Borno, northern Nigeria, have demolished churches in the capital city of Maiduguri and plan to demolish more, claiming the buildings
Cross burnings still occur in Alabama
December 5, 2002
By Sondra Washington In December, the United States Supreme Court will review another controversial case concerning a 50-year-old Virginia law banning cross burnings meant to
Government threatens tribal Christians
December 5, 2002
INDIA — A recent spate of ethnic cleansing against Muslims in Gujarat state reached genocidal proportions, and a similar assault may soon be unleashed against
School bus driver cited for distributing Bibles
December 5, 2002
A school bus driver in Jacksonville, Fla., was given a letter of discipline for distributing Bibles to students on her bus, prompting the daily newspaper
SBC protesters charged with misdemeanors
December 5, 2002
ST. LOUIS — A dozen homosexual rights protesters who tried to disrupt the Southern Baptist Convention proceedings inside a St. Louis convention center in June
Vietnam leaders force evangelical churches to disband; pastors arrested
December 5, 2002
Information has been pouring out of Vietnam about a recent wave of government repression against Montagnard evangelicals in Vietnam’s Central Highlands, Compass Direct news service
Chinese church leaders freed, arrested again
November 21, 2002
CHINA — Four female leaders of the South China Church were declared innocent by the Hubei Provincial Court on Oct. 11. However, only hours after
Protestants, Catholics divided on review of law
November 21, 2002
PARIS — Roughly a century after France passed watershed laws separating church and state, the country’s Roman Catholic and Protestant communities are divided over whether
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