Appeals court allows Ten Commandments display

September 15, 2005

PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. — In a decision influenced by a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Ten Commandments, a federal appeals court ruled Aug. 19

Alabama team finds unexpected opportunities in Burma

September 15, 2005

Seven Alabama Baptists recently returned from a nine-day medical missions trip to Myanmar (Burma), which they all call an eye-opening, life-changing experience blessed by God.

Wetumpka casino one step closer to reality

September 15, 2005

Casino gambling is not legal in Alabama, but Harrah’s Entertainment doesn’t mind. The $300 million, 350-room hotel and casino project in the works on the

Lutherans, Methodists make interim pact

September 8, 2005

ORLANDO, Fla. — Lutherans and Methodists, comprising the nation’s two largest mainline Protestant churches, will share in the sacrament of Holy Communion under an interim

Vietnamese officials shut down local church

September 8, 2005

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Local authorities recently shut down a 500-member church in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Eric Dooley, pastor of the

Minsk authorities to confiscate church land

September 8, 2005

MINSK, Belarus — City authorities in Minsk have told the embattled charismatic New Life church that the land it bought with its church building in

Mobs threaten to burn Christians to death

September 8, 2005

MEXICO CITY — Huichol native mobs in Mexico’s Jalisco state have driven Christians from their homes and threatened to burn them to death, according to