Lutheran pastor released from Laos prison
July 31, 2003
CHICAGO — A pastor from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and two European journalists were released from a Laos prison July 9, less
Gangster draws Taiwanese to TV sets, not church
July 24, 2003
TAIPEI, Taiwan — A popular Taiwanese television series about a gangster and his associates is luring people away from Sunday and weeknight church gatherings, the
Persecuted Christians in Indonesia call for help
July 17, 2003
PHOENIX — An eyewitness to the persecution Christians are suffering at the hands of Muslim extremists in Indonesia has challenged Southern Baptists to intervene with
Pakistani Christians face increased threats
July 3, 2003
Pakistan’s minority of Christians are under increasing threat because they are lumped together with America and the West in the minds of Islamic extremists, according
Vietnamese student program sees first graduates
July 3, 2003
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Twenty-one Vietnamese students recently graduated from Boyce College as the inaugural class in a bilingual education program at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary’s
UN calls on Adventist church during negotiations
July 3, 2003
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea — A United Nations peace monitoring group has assigned the Seventh-day Adventist Church to the “front line of the peace
‘Jesus’ reveals season’s meaning
July 3, 2003
As one of the few foreigners living in a city in China, Lonnie and his family had to field many questions about Christmas. This
Filipino pastor arrested for ‘abusing Islam’
June 12, 2003
ISTANBUL, Turkey — A criminal court in the United Arab Emirates has declared Filipino Pastor Fernando Alconga guilty of “abusing Islam” and conducting Christian missionary
