Travel to Iran discouraged; country home to ancient sites

June 7, 2007

Since the United States broke diplomatic relations with Iran in April 1980, there is no U.S. Embassy in Iran or Iranian Embassy in the United

Iran fast facts

June 7, 2007

Full Name of Region: Islamic Republic of Iran Size: 636,296 square miles; slightly larger than Alaska Capital city: Tehran Population: 68,688,433 (July 2006 est.) Location:

Romanian Baptist president seen as sign of unity

June 7, 2007

CLUJ, Romania — In a move signaling a renewed interest in partnering with the European Baptist Federation (EBF), Romanian Baptists have elected Otniel Bunaciu as

Indian conversion laws come under review

June 7, 2007

NEW DELHI — India’s National Commission for Minorities has asked several Indian states that have adopted controversial anti–conversion laws to provide data about how many

Malaysia halts woman’s effort to legally convert

June 7, 2007

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia’s highest court handed down a decision May 30 that prevents Lina Joy, a Muslim convert to Christianity, from having her

WMU’s Pure Water, Pure Love celebrates 10 years of clean water for missionaries

May 31, 2007

The streets of the villages in Mali are awfully dusty, and Monica Maxwell gets really thirsty. Maxwell, a member of Clearwater Community Church, Birmingham, in

Missouri ministers seek to ‘save convention’

May 31, 2007

ST. CHARLES, Mo. — Eleven ministers who supported conservatives’ efforts to take control of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) now say that the people they