ATLANTA — A Knoxville, Tenn., layman has been nominated as moderator-elect of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF). Bill McConnell, immediate-past deacon chair at Knoxville’s Central
BEIJING — Violations of freedom of religion or belief in China have continued, yet religious communities of all kinds have been growing rapidly. The Chinese
NEW YORK — Add to the list of television viewing options a new game show that will test participants’ knowledge of the Bible. Hosted by
After two years of wandering during construction, a Washington, D.C.-area Baptist congregation returned March 4 to the site where it was organized more than a
ISFAHAN, Iran — In a rare crackdown on a concentrated area, Iranian authorities have arrested Christians living in the country’s third largest city in what
VATICAN CITY — On March 9 Pope Benedict XVI denounced the “powerful political and cultural currents” that are working to “alter the legal definition of
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — In two separate cases in February, in different regions of Uzbekistan, courts have ordered religious literature confiscated from four Muslim women and
BAKU, Azerbaijan — Azerbaijan’s State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations has moved to close down Greater Grace Church in Baku, the capital, for failing
