Islamists burn churches to protest girls’ rescue
May 29, 2008
NINGI, Nigeria — Islamists under the auspices of a paramilitary force destroyed six churches to protest a police rescue of two teenage Christian girls kidnapped
Christians charged, threatened for sharing faith
May 29, 2008
TIARET, Algeria — Algerian authorities have charged six Christians with distributing illegal religious material after detaining them as they left a prayer meeting in a
U.S. overseas food aid program comes under scrutiny for policies on spending
May 22, 2008
At about 10:30 each morning, some 800 children break from their school studies and line up for a midmorning meal of porridge. Brighton Mtikomola, the
Two Sudanese Baptist conventions reunite after long civil war split
May 1, 2008
The Sudan Interior Church North and Sudan Interior Church South have reunited to form one convention. First constituted in 1963, the Sudan Interior Church (SIC)
Algerian Christian sentenced for ‘proselytism’
April 24, 2008
TIARET, Algeria — An Algerian Christian was handed a two-year suspended sentence for "proselytism" April 9 amid an ongoing government crackdown on 26 of Algeria’s
Police order three Algerian churches to close
April 24, 2008
ALGIERS, Algeria — Police issued written orders for three Algerian churches to cease activity the last week of March, bringing the number of congregations told
Baptists hold AIDS conference in Zimbabwe
April 10, 2008
HARARE, Zimbabwe — A Baptist World Aid-sponsored conference on HIV/AIDS was held in Zimbabwe in February. The conference, which took place in the Zimbabwe capital
Cornmeal outreach provides aid for flooded Zambians
March 27, 2008
About 100 families in an isolated area on Zambia’s Lunsemfwa River received food assistance after heavy rains and flooding wiped out their crops and some
