Sunday School teachers sentenced to prison
September 8, 2005
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian judges today sentenced three women to three years in prison for allowing Muslim children to attend a Christian Sunday School program.
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
Former IMB workers escape New Orleans flood
September 8, 2005
For Rob Jackson of Thomasville, the click on the phone line meant one thing. “We hung up and that’s when the nightmare started,” said Rob,
United Church of Christ to endorse gay ‘marriage’
September 1, 2005
ATLANTA — The leaders of one of America’s most historic Christian denominations voted overwhelmingly to endorse same-sex civil “marriage” and encourage their local congregations to
Church land ownership getting tougher in Russia
September 1, 2005
MOSCOW — Protestant communities and other religious confessions in Russia are facing increasing obstruction from state authorities about building a place of worship. For example,
Minister disciplined, refused membership to gay man
September 1, 2005
SOUTH HILL, Va. — A United Methodist minister in South Hill, Va., has been put on involuntary administrative leave for refusing to allow an openly
Russian officials block church from its site
September 1, 2005
BARNAUL, Russia — Catholics in the Siberian Altai region are encountering persistent obstacles in their work. The Barnaul, Russia, Catholic parish’s attempts to regain its
Israel high court approves synagogue destruction
September 1, 2005
JERUSALEM — Israel’s Supreme Court ruled Aug. 23 that all synagogues in the now-vacated Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank should
