India court stops religious census
June 12, 2003
The High Court in India’s Gujarat state issued a desist notice May 29 to the state government and police officials who had been conducting a
Hundreds of Korean Baptists commit to missions
June 12, 2003
LOS ANGELES — Nearly 450 Korean Southern Baptists made commitments to overseas missions service at a May 10–11 missions celebration at Berendo Street Baptist Church
Missionary trekkers blaze trails to take gospel into isolated Chinese villages
June 5, 2003
Wearing the same pair of socks for a week, dining on soupy Chinese noodles and veggies for breakfast, shampooing in a creek and snacking on
Government ban against Bibles lifted in Malaysia
May 29, 2003
KUALA LAMPUR, Malaysia — A government-ordered ban against ownership of Bibles in the Iban language of Malaysia was lifted after only six days. Christians of
Filipino pastor found guilty in Arabic court
May 22, 2003
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A criminal court in the United Arab Emirates has declared a Filipino pastor, Fernando Alconga, guilty of abusing Islam and
Pope names country’s first Vietnamese bishop
May 22, 2003
ORANGE, Calif. — Four months after appointing the nation’s first Chinese bishop, Pope John Paul II has named Monsignor Dominic Dinh Mai Luong as the
BWA postpones Hong Kong youth conference following SARS scare
May 1, 2003
The 14th Baptist Youth World Conference, scheduled for July 16-20, Hong Kong, China, has been postponed till Aug. 4-8, 2004. The conference will be held
Christian church in India attacked, threatened
April 24, 2003
PATAPAYPANGARA, India — A Protestant church in Maharashtra state was attacked on March 12, and death threats were leveled against local Christians. The 10-year-old Pata
