Pastor sentenced for blasphemy in Indonesia
May 28, 2018
TANGERANG, Java — On May 7 an Indonesian court sentenced a Protestant pastor to four years in prison and a hefty fine for sharing his
Anti-conversion bills increasing in Asia
May 27, 2018
KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal is 1 of 4 countries that have laws banning conversion of their citizens away from the majority religion, a policy gaining
Newborn girls being killed across Pakistan
May 25, 2018
KARACHI, Pakistan — Hundreds of newborn babies have been found dumped in the garbage across Pakistan, almost all of them girls, according to humanitarian workers
Lutheran Church makes historic appointments
May 23, 2018
Philadelphia — A synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) made history May 5 by electing the denomination’s first female African-American bishop. One
Baptist entities defend housing allowance
May 23, 2018
WASHINGTON — Two Southern Baptist entities have urged a federal appeals court to uphold the constitutionality of the ministerial housing allowance. GuideStone Financial Resources and
Assemblies of God elects first female exec.
May 23, 2018
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The top U.S. board of the Assemblies of God has unanimously elected its first woman general secretary in the Pentecostal denomination’s more
Iowa ‘heartbeat ban’ bill becomes law
May 23, 2018
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law the nation’s strictest abortion ban May 4. Under the “heartbeat ban” law, physicians will
Trump hopes to protect religious liberty
May 23, 2018
WASHINGTON — President Trump signed an executive order May 3 intended to protect religious liberty, according to the White House. Trump signed the order in
