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,

Baptists condemn new religion law in Kyrgyzstan

January 22, 2009

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Baptists are among several religious groups condemning the restrictive new religion law in Kyrgyzstan, which was recently signed by the country’s president,