Nigerian churches continue to be destroyed
September 28, 2017
ABUJA, Nigeria — Religious leaders in Nigeria are amplifying their call for the government to pay compensation for the destruction of churches by Boko Haram,
New leader named for largest united church
September 27, 2017
WASHINGTON — Andre Bokundoa-bo-Likabe, general secretary of the Baptist Community of the Congo River and a former vice president of Baptist World Alliance, was elected
Hindu extremists beat pastor in India
September 25, 2017
DABLI RATHAN, India — A pastor in India’s Dabli Rathan village suffered serious head and leg injuries Aug. 16 after a band of Hindu extremists
Majority of US parents choose public schools
September 25, 2017
WASHINGTON — Eighty-five percent of parents in the United States choose to send their children to public schools. That was the finding of a Gallup
State constitutions mention ‘God’ or ‘divine’
September 25, 2017
WASHINGTON — “God” or “the divine” is mentioned in all 50 state constitutions, even though such things are never explicitly mentioned in the U.S. Constitution,
Somali militants kill 4 Christians in Kenya
September 24, 2017
BOBO, Kenya — Members of the Somali militant group al-Shabab killed four Christians in coastal Kenya on Sept. 6, a local source said. Shaken residents
Sudanese police arrest 7 church leaders
September 22, 2017
OMDURMAN, Sudan — Police in Sudan arrested and interrogated seven church leaders in late August in Omdurman, Sudan, before releasing them on bail, sources said.
Windows honoring Confederates removed
September 21, 2017
WASHINGTON — Following “considerable prayer and discussion” prompted by the August protest in Charlottesville, Virginia, Washington National Cathedral has decided to remove stained-glass windows honoring
