State Baptists take shoes, socks to Moldovan orphans
August 3, 2006
In the four years that First Baptist Church, Russellville, has participated in Operation Knit Together, Pastor Gene Balding has gone three times to take shoes
British students can opt to skip worship
August 3, 2006
The British government, seeking to defuse a potential student revolt, has announced that it intends to give high school-age students the right to opt out
Ukrainians help state Baptists’ work on coast
August 3, 2006
Forty-two Baptists from Ukraine recently traveled with Baptists from Madison Baptist Association to help with disaster relief efforts in Pearlington, Miss. The June 24–30 missions
Church of England moves to allow women bishops
July 27, 2006
YORK, England — In a historic shift away from tradition, the Church of England’s governing body has ruled that the ordination of women as bishops
Catholic bishops examine Christian movements
July 27, 2006
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican convened Roman Catholic bishops in Seoul, South Korea, July 17 to discuss the inroads Christian revivalist movements and evangelical churches
Moscow mayor says Hindus can build temple
July 20, 2006
MOSCOW — City leaders in Moscow will allot land for the construction of a Hare Krishna temple, ending a long-standing controversy over whether Hindus should
British Methodists refuse to bless gay ‘marriage’
July 20, 2006
EDINBURGH, Scotland — The Methodist Church of Great Britain has ruled against any formal church blessing of civil partnerships or “gay marriages” but said Methodist
Britons suggest omitting legal marriage rites
July 13, 2006
LONDON — A religious think tank has suggested that legal marriage in Britain be scrapped and replaced with a range of civil partnerships, to make
