The Creu Alta Baptist Church building in Sabadell, Spain, was full. Folding chairs had to be brought in for the overflow. Local dignitaries responded to
OXFORDSHIRE, England — David Coffey, general secretary of the Baptist Union of Great Britain (BUGB) and a vice president of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA),
BUJUMBURA, Burundi — The Vatican ambassador to Burundi was shot and killed Dec. 29 by guerrilla rebels. He was riding in a car about 30
GENEVA, Switzerland — Christians around the world will mark Jan. 18–25 as the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, even as one leading ecumenist
BOTHWELL, Lanarkshire — The clock in the tower of the parish church at Bothwell, Lanarkshire, nine miles southeast of Glasgow, has had its hours of
FRANKFURT, Germany — The European Baptist Convention has voted to change its name to International Baptist Convention, according to a report from the convention’s general
PARIS — A special presidential commission delivered a long-awaited report on secularity Dec. 11, recommending France pass a law banning the wearing of veils, skullcaps
ROME — The number of hungry people in developing countries rose during the second half of the 1990s despite a concerted campaign against hunger in
