CANBERRA, Australia — Australian missionary Edward Walter Smith, 51, was released unharmed May 24 almost two weeks after being kidnapped by Colombian guerillas. Australian Department
GENEVA, Switzerland — An estimated 1.6 million people became Lutherans last year, reports the Lutheran World Federation, bringing the total populations of Lutherans in the
ABUJA, Nigeria — Audiences in Nigeria, India and the Baltic nations are the beneficiaries of expanded ministry by international Christian broadcaster Trans World Radio (TWR).
In its first months of work, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has issued a series of statements detailing threats to religious liberty in