HYDERABAD, India — Unknown assailants set a church building on fire June 15 in Amberpet village in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh state. The church was burned
TISSEMSILT, Algeria — A court in western Algeria convicted two Muslim converts to Christianity July 2 for illegally spreading their faith. The court in Tissemsilt,
VARNA, India — About 100 Hindu extremists belonging to the Bajrang Dal organization accompanied by police disrupted a pastors seminar and seized their property June
REWADAHI, India — Hindu nationalist extremists belonging to the Bajrang Dal organization attacked Christians June 16 in Rewadahi village, Rajnandgaon district. Sajan K. George of
Elaine Lambach, 49, a Southern Baptist representative serving in Brazil through the International Mission Board, died after a brief illness July 14. Lambach, a mother
NASSAU, Bahamas — Sir John Templeton, the American-born investor and philanthropist who devoted his later life to funding the scientific study of religion, died July