In troubled times, leaders turn to apostle Paul

January 29, 2009

On Jan. 20 as President Obama addressed a nation suffering from economic crisis and waging two foreign wars, he turned to a familiar source of

High court blocks online protection for children

January 29, 2009

WASHINGTON — A congressional attempt to protect children from Internet pornography died a quiet death Jan. 21 after years of dispute in federal courts. The

Obama’s outreach to people of faith ‘must continue’

January 29, 2009

WASHINGTON — Religious Democrats had been “hibernating” until the 2008 elections, when the party’s candidates — including then-President-elect Barack Obama — made religion central to

Baptist pastor’s wife gang-raped in Bangladesh

January 29, 2009

VENNABARI, Bangladesh — The pastor of a Baptist church in Vennabari, Bangladesh, about 62 miles south of Dhaka, said that in early January, local Muslims

Christians die in Eritrea after incarceration

January 29, 2009

ASMARA, Eritrea — A 42-year-old man in solitary confinement is the latest of three Christians to die in the last four months in Eritrean military

Alabamian’s Christian social site continues to grow in popularity

January 29, 2009

After searching the Web for a safe space for teens to connect and finding none, Michael Smith, a member of Calvary Baptist Church, Town Creek,

Former Alabama Baptist pastor convicted on fraud, bribery charges

January 29, 2009

A former Alabama Baptist pastor could face significant prison time and fines after being convicted Jan. 21 of 48 counts of money laundering, mail fraud,