Watchdog panel names ‘countries of concern’

May 15, 2008

A federal watchdog panel said May 2 that 11 countries should be named "countries of particular concern" for their records on religious freedom, including three

ALCAP’s longtime leader Dan Ireland set to retire

May 15, 2008

His is a voice one never forgets. You may have heard Dan Ireland preach his self-proclaimed "Holy Roller" sermons in one of hundreds of churches.

Virus outbreak shuts down IMB facilities

May 8, 2008

The International Mission Board (IMB) is working closely with local health officials following a norovirus outbreak that infected more than 100 people after the organization’s

Gambling efforts ‘die’ at Statehouse

May 8, 2008

Gambling efforts "are dead" but they certainly took their toll on the 2008 legislative session. "Powerful gambling forces came out in full effort to push

Legislature concern

May 8, 2008

I am writing in regard to the article “Alcohol-related bills moving in state Legislature” in the April 17 issue. It is troubling that every year

Views on gambling

May 8, 2008

Electronic bingo. Should we not be opposing any form of gambling, even on paper? Gambling in any form is wrong by biblical standards. All Christians

House passes bill to relieve debt in poor nations

May 1, 2008

WASHINGTON — Religious leaders praised the House in April for passing the Jubilee Act, which pushes the Treasury Department to seek debt cancellation agreements with