Prospects dim for religious freedom in Nepal
April 14, 2011
KATHMANDU, Nepal — A new constitution that Nepal’s Parliament is scheduled to put into effect before May 28 may not include the right to propagate
New interactive Bible museum to highlight history, impact
April 14, 2011
A new multimillion-dollar, high-tech, interactive museum of the Bible was announced March 31 amid 130 artifacts of the Good Book at a private exhibition at
Christians arrested for conversion without official permit
April 14, 2011
MAYURBHANJ, India — Fourteen Christians, including two pastors, were arrested March 29 for converting to Christianity without official permit in Orissa’s Mayurbhanj district. The Global
Belarusian official claims ‘right to interrupt services’
April 14, 2011
MINSK, Belarus — Two separate Council of Churches Baptist congregations in Belarus were raided during worship on successive Sundays earlier this year. The pastor of
Alabamian shares gospel in North Africa, Middle East
April 14, 2011
Walter Proudfoot says there’s no need for a weather forecast at his place. It’s going to be sunny, and it’s going to be hot. Sounds
Kazakhstan cracks down on places of worship
April 14, 2011
ASTANA, Kazakhstan — Pastor Andrei Panafidin was fined 100 times the minimum monthly wage March 4 for leading unregistered religious worship in Taraz, the seventh
Millionaire buys paintings so church can keep them
April 14, 2011
CANTERBURY, England — A self-effacing multimillionaire has become a local hero after buying a series of 17th-century religious paintings and then donating them back to
Vatican: People against homosexual behavior are victims
April 14, 2011
VATICAN CITY — A Vatican official told a U.N. body March 22 that people who openly object to homosexual behavior are at risk of losing
