Azerbaijani police raid homes, seize religious literature
December 6, 2012
ALIABAD, Azerbaijan — Police in Azerbaijan raided a meeting for Baptist worship in the home of former prisoner of conscience Zaur Balaev on Nov. 7,
‘Two and a Half Men’ actor finds faith, causes conflict
December 6, 2012
A television star has become vocal about his faith, saying in a recently released online testimony that he has become a Seventh-day Adventist (SDA). He
Okla. judge defends sentencing teenager to church
December 6, 2012
MUSKOGEE, Okla. — A district judge in Oklahoma who sentenced a 17-year-old boy to 10 years of church attendance is standing by his sentence as
Court grants injunction in Navy chaplains case
December 6, 2012
WASHINGTON — A preliminary injunction has been granted in the case of 65 chaplains who allege that evangelicals have been discriminated against by the U.S.
Charitable giving shows slight increase in 2011
December 6, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS — Charitable giving overall increased by $6 billion in 2011, an increase of almost 4 percent from 2010, according to the 2012 report by
Young convert beheaded by extremists in Somalia
December 6, 2012
NAIROBI, Kenya — Islamic extremists from Somalia’s rebel al-Shabaab militants killed a Christian in Somalia’s coastal city of Barawa on Nov. 16, accusing him of
Church of England votes not to allow women bishops
December 6, 2012
LONDON — In a surprise move that shocked both sides of a years-long debate, the Church of England on Nov. 20 rejected a move to
Religious law could result in home confiscation
December 6, 2012
Astana, Kazakhstan — Kazakhstan continues to attempt to make exercising freedom of religion or belief dependent on state permission, Forum 18 has found. Members of
