Vague state law encourages video gambling
August 3, 2000
The slow moving current of video gambling that is seeping across Alabama has the potential of cresting into a full-blown storm of controversy. As the
Board wants ‘In God we trust’ in schools
July 27, 2000
DENVER — Colorado’s State Board of Education is encouraging the state’s public schools to post the national motto, “In God we trust,” on school walls.
Kentucky children’s home, state agree
July 27, 2000
Kentucky Baptist Homes for Children (KBHC) has reached an agreement with state officials over its contract that was threatened not to be renewed because of
Recent persecution in India among ‘worst since 1947’
July 27, 2000
Another day. Another bombing. That’s the impression being created, at least, by a mounting wave of attacks on Christians and churches in India. Blasts from
Christian leaders in India protest violence
July 27, 2000
Pastor G. Samuel of the 4,500-member Baptist church in southern India where the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) will hold a worship conference in October, joined
Response urged on Indonesian violence
July 27, 2000
WASHINGTON — With the worsening violence between Christians and Muslims in Indonesia’s Maluku Islands, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has asked Secretary of
Couple killed in church van accident
July 20, 2000
A married couple from Macedonia Baptist Church in Coates Bend near Gadsden was killed July 15 in a van accident as they began a youth
Survey studies discrimination experiences
July 20, 2000
NEW YORK — A new survey released by the National Conference for community and Justice (NCCJ) shows a “disturbing pattern” of discrimination in America and
