Displaced Congo pastors receive aid
August 24, 2000
WASHINGTON — Displaced pastors of the Baptist Community in Central Africa (BCCA) have received help in war-torn Congo from Baptist World Aid (BWA), the relief
Thousands accept Christ in Sierra Leone
August 24, 2000
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — More than 11,500 people — thousands of Muslims among them — made public decisions for Christ in April when an evangelistic
Progressive National Baptists urge attention to AIDS
August 24, 2000
Delegates to the annual meeting of the Progressive National Baptist Convention called on their churches to increase ministries to those suffering with AIDS and declared
Nigeria’s vice president backs Islamic law
August 17, 2000
SOKOTO, Nigeria — In what appears to be a major government shift from opposition to the implementation of sharia, the Islamic legal system, in some
Religion news coverage increasing, study finds
August 10, 2000
A recent study from a prominent media analysis group finds that religion is getting more news coverage and more journalists are attending church — but
Oldest black denomination elects femail
August 10, 2000
CINCINNATI, Ohio — The African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest black denomination in the U.S., elected its first female bishop July 11. Vashti McKenzie was
Nigerian state declares itself Islamic
July 13, 2000
SOKOTO, Nigeria — Nigeria’s Sokoto state declared itself Islamic beginning May 29, despite a federal government directive that no state should adopt a state religion.
Ethiopian denomination ordains first woman
July 13, 2000
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Bekure Daba of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus has become the first ordained woman in the 3 million-member denomination. The
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