Turkish president vetoes minority foundations law
January 4, 2007
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer has blocked a key piece of reform legislation passed in November 2006 to broaden religious freedoms in
Kidnappers murder Iraqi church elder in Mosul
January 4, 2007
MOSUL, Iraq — Grieving Christians in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul completed three days of mourning for a murdered Presbyterian church elder Dec. 3, 2006,
Vatican officials may have found Paul’s tomb
January 4, 2007
ROME — Archeologists with the Vatican say they have unearthed a sarcophagus that may contain the remains of the apostle Paul. The 8-foot coffin was
Guatemalan leaders say Alabamians have given them ‘hope for future’
January 4, 2007
One of the things that Jorge Morales hoped would come from his country’s partnership with Alabama Baptists was encouragement for pastors and leaders to have
Guatemalan Baptists minister in area devastated by mudslides
January 4, 2007
When Guatemalans in the Lake Atitlan area talk about the valley of the shadow of death, it’s personal. They can point it out to you
Christian families driven from homes in India
December 21, 2006
HALDIBARI, India — Adherents of a Bodo tribal religion in Assam, a state in northeast India, forced nine families from their homes Nov. 14 for
Duty takes Union Springs pastor, chaplain to Germany, allows for Christmas ministry
December 21, 2006
Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Larry D. Layne of Alabama will be home for Christmas this year only in his dreams. The bed and pillow
Militants kill prominent Christian worker in India
December 21, 2006
MAMOOSA, India — Two unidentified militants killed a Christian convert from Islam on a busy road in Mamoosa village, Baramulla district, in the terror-stricken Indian
