Afghan men killed for being Christian converts
September 16, 2004
GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan — Five Afghan men who had converted to Christianity have been killed in separate incidents since late June near the borders of
Americans favor anti-torture laws
September 16, 2004
Two-thirds of Americans say the United States should abide by international laws barring governments from ever using physical torture while 29 percent found those laws
Evangelistic program stopped by Kwara police
September 16, 2004
ILORIN, Nigeria — The state government of Kwara dispatched policemen to stop a five-day program organized by German evangelist Reinhard Bonnke after its second day
Washington, Streep debate religious views of war
September 9, 2004
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep recently shared a heated exchange about Jesus during an interview with Katie Couric on Dateline NBC. Streep
FBC Grand Bay sends ‘power boost’ to troops
September 9, 2004
First Baptist Church, Grand Bay, sent 80 radios, 4,320 batteries to power them and notes with the verse Joshua 1:9 to American troops in Iraq.
Congress declares Sudan waging genocide in Darfur
August 5, 2004
Genocide is taking place in Sudan in violation of international law, both houses of Congress declared in a joint resolution July 22. The joint resolution
TV program compares Baptists to terrorists
July 15, 2004
HAMBURG, Germany — Baptists leaders in Europe condemned a German television program for comparing Southern Baptist missionaries in Iraq to Islamic terrorists. The TV newsmagazine
Thomas Hamill says faith in God, prayers sustained him through captivity and escape
July 15, 2004
Weeks after his escape from enemy hands in Iraq, Thomas Hamill’s memory of God’s faithfulness remains vivid: God sustained him and removed the pain and
