Selling air rights can be complex
August 17, 2006
When Amy Butler arrived to serve as pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, Washington, three years ago, she inherited not only a church that had dwindled
Health officials laud abstinence programs in U.S.
August 17, 2006
A pair of officials with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) defended abstinence education programs in a recent opinion piece. The goal
Salvation Army worker admits stealing money
August 17, 2006
NEWARK, N.J. — For an employee at the Salvation Army, a charity that prides itself on “Doing the Most Good,” Leroy Brown was, well, quite
Christians mark four months in Egyptian prison
August 17, 2006
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt — Egypt has detained seven Christian men without charge since a fatal knife attack on churches last April triggered two days of violence
Churches may put Texas town out of business
August 17, 2006
HOUSTON — City officials in Houston-area Stafford, Texas, say their town of 19,000 people simply can’t afford for any more churches to move in. Stafford
Malaysian fatwa bans Muslim use of Botox
August 17, 2006
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A council of Muslim clerics in Malaysia has issued an order banning the use of the popular Botox injections for wrinkles,
Iranian Christian arrested on false drug charges
August 17, 2006
TEHRAN, Iran — Seven years after Issa Motamedi Mojdehi converted from Islam to Christianity, Iranian secret police have jailed him for abandoning Islam but officially
Evangelical Lutheran church loses members
August 17, 2006
CHICAGO — Continuing a 14-year slide, membership in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) dropped in 2005 to just over 4.85 million baptized members,
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