Saudis pledge to improve status of women
August 31, 2000
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s cabinet agreed Aug. 21 to join a United Nations-sponsored women’s rights agreement but rejected any clause that contradicts Islamic sharia law.
Priest disciplined for marching in gay event
August 31, 2000
VATICAN — Roman Catholic authorities have disciplined a priest who defied the Vatican by marching in a controversial World Pride Parade in Rome last month,
Family called heroic for actions at beach
August 31, 2000
When the Heflin family went to the beach in July, they never dreamed the planned day of pleasure would become a harrowing experience they would
Alzheimer’s claims editor, educator Gray
August 31, 2000
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Elmer Gray, 82, retired editor of the California Southern Baptist and a longtime pastor, educator and author, died Aug. 12 in Vancouver,
Mennonites elect first woman president
August 31, 2000
GUATEMALA CITY — The Mennonite World Conference has elected its first woman president to lead the body of 1 million Anabaptist Christians around the world. Nancy Heisey,
German lawyers want Bible outlawed
August 31, 2000
BERLIN — Lawyers of a religious sect in Germany want to outlaw the Bible. Christian Sailer and Gert-Joachim Hetzel, two lawyers belonging to the “Universal
Kaduna state displaces Christian area
August 24, 2000
ABUJA, Nigeria — The Kaduna state government in northern Nigeria ordered the displacement of a Christian community in Gonin-Gora village following claims that Christians were
Tajik family turns to Christianity after father’s death
August 24, 2000
Amir doesn’t know if his father became a Christian. But he does know that without his father, Amir – a Tajik from Afghanistan – never
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