Church of Brethren sees decline
June 15, 2000
ELGIN, Ill. — The small Church of the Brethren lost 1,707 members in 1999, representing a 1.2 percent membership drop for a church that now
Despite advancement, African nation remains hungry
June 15, 2000
Nearly 8 million Ethiopians are affected by severe drought, reports the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and 2 million more might be affected
Baptists respond to emerging famine
June 15, 2000
Southern Baptists have mobilized to help some of the 7.7 million people threatened by an emerging famine in southeastern Ethiopia. And thanks to a
Apartheid activist begins jail term
June 8, 2000
CAPE TOWN, Africa — South African anti-apartheid activist and former cleric Allan Boesak began a three-year jail term for fraud and theft May 15 as
Sierra Leone losing religious relief workers
June 1, 2000
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Catholic relief Services has withdrawn its workers from strife-torn Sierra Leone where a number of United Nations peacekeepers have been killed.
Rebuilding seminary may cost $5.3 million
May 18, 2000
Baptists in Nigeria are sifting through the ashes and counting the cost after the Baptist seminary in Kaduna was attacked during riots in late February.
Nigerian president featured at Baptists’ 150th anniversary
May 18, 2000
With the new president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, a declared Baptist, and the overall Baptist community numbering more than 3.5 million, the Nigerian Baptist Convention
Four die in Kenya waiting for evangelist
May 11, 2000
NAIROBI, Kenya — A four-month-old baby girl and three-year-old girl are among four people who died April 30 while waiting to see a visiting American
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