DEYNAU, Turkmenistan — Public raids are continuing against Baptists in Turkmenistan. On Dec. 17, a prayer meeting of a Turkmen-speaking registered Baptist church in Deynau
WASHINGTON — When mainline Protestant leaders went to Washington in March 2005 to denounce President George W. Bush’s proposed budget as “unjust,” they were received
BOSTON — A successful marriage amendment petition drive in Massachusetts smashed a 20-year-old record for the most signatures ever gathered on a ballot question. Just
PORTLAND, Ore. — A bankruptcy judge has ruled that Catholic parishes and schools in western Oregon are not separate from the Archdiocese of Portland, a
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. — Robert H. Schuller, the longtime pastor of the Crystal Cathedral in Southern California, has announced that his son, Robert A. Schuller,
BEERSHEBA, Israel — Orthodox Jews disrupted a Messianic congregation’s worship service in the Israeli town of Beersheba Dec. 24. Two young women were to have
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI encouraged Methodist leaders Dec. 9 to join a landmark 1999 agreement between Lutherans and the Vatican that overcame centuries
MINNEAPOLIS — The Planned Parenthood Federation of America is targeting Target Corp. over the retailer’s policy allowing pharmacists in its stores to refuse to fill
