‘Under God’ still constitutional in Virginia
August 25, 2005
RICHMOND, VA. — A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that the recitation of “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance by
Vandals at Tennessee church misspell threat
August 25, 2005
SPARTA, Tenn. — Vandals who targeted a church in Sparta, Tenn., in early August misspelled Satan as “Santin” on one of the church walls. This
Hindu extremists attack Indian Christians
August 25, 2005
BANSWARA, India — Hindu extremists violently attacked Christians at a prayer meeting in India’s Rajasthan state at midnight Aug. 14, seriously injuring nine believers. The
Turkmen police break up Baptist church service
August 25, 2005
DASOGUZ, Turkmenistan — On Aug. 14, anti-terrorist police raided the worship service of a registered Baptist church in the northern Turkmenistan city of Dasoguz and
Founder of Taizé monastic community murdered
August 25, 2005
TAIZé, France — The legendary founder of a monastic community that united Christians from Anglican, Lutheran, Catholic and evangelical traditions was murdered during a prayer
Louisiana CBF hires full-time coordinator
August 18, 2005
ALEXANDRIA, La. — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) of Louisiana has hired its first full-time coordinator. John Daugherty, pastor of Maple Springs Baptist Church, Louisburg,
Christians charged with ‘forced conversion’
August 18, 2005
NEW DELHI — Hindu villagers have accused a Christian couple in Madhya Pradesh state, India, of attempted forced conversion. Jagdish and Grace Nayak were arrested
Indonesian court hears Christian education case
August 18, 2005
WEST JAVA, Indonesia — With angry hecklers in the West Java, Indonesia, courtroom calling them liars, three Indonesian women accused of trying to convert Muslim
