Police force Egyptian Christians to deny attacks
March 8, 2007
ARMANT, Egypt — Police detained Christian families in Upper Egypt and forced them to deny arson attacks on their homes during a spate of anti-Christian
Eritrean Christian denied medicine, dies in jail
March 8, 2007
ASSAB, Eritrea — An Eritrean Christian died in prison the week of Feb. 12, four and one-half years after the Eritrean regime jailed him for
New federal rules for 2007 tax year demand receipts for church donations
March 8, 2007
The next time you toss bills into the church collection plate, you might want to ask the usher for a receipt. New federal rules for
Lutheran court upholds penalties against minister
March 1, 2007
ATLANTA — An ecclesiastical panel of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) has issued a decision upholding — but decrying — punitive action against
Gonzales touts religious freedom plan to SBC
March 1, 2007
NASHVILLE — Attorney General Alberto Gonzales chose the Feb. 20 Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Executive Committee meeting to announce a new Justice Department focus on
Christian pastor arrested in eastern Uzbekistan
March 1, 2007
ANDIJAN, Uzbekistan — Uzbekistan’s religious authorities admitted publicly in February that Dmitry Shestakov was arrested in January in the eastern city of Andijan and faces
Biblical scholar Bruce Metzger dies at 93
March 1, 2007
PRINCETON, N.J. — Bruce Metzger, a revered biblical scholar who was both respected and sometimes criticized for championing the use of modern language in translating
Chris Tomlin again leads Dove nominations
March 1, 2007
NASHVILLE — Chris Tomlin led all artists with nine nominations for Dove Awards for the second year in a row when nominees for Christian music’s
