Iran approves abortions for certain cases
August 12, 2004
TEHRAN, Iran — Though Iran has a conservative-dominated parliament, it nonetheless approved a draft bill on July 20 that would allow abortion in the first
BWA conference draws 3,500 youth
August 12, 2004
The Hong Kong Chinese lion leapt and the dragon twirled, the bagpipes and steel drums played and the 3,500 capacity crowd sang and danced to
Dutch readmitted to South African council
August 12, 2004
JOHANNESBURG, S. Africa — South Africa’s Dutch Reformed Church, once ostracized for its theological justification of apartheid and white-majority rule, has rejoined the South African
Canadian Southern Baptists debate name change
August 5, 2004
TORONTO — The Canadian Convention of Southern Baptists has decided to study whether it should change its name. During their annual meeting in Toronto, messengers
Congress declares Sudan waging genocide in Darfur
August 5, 2004
Genocide is taking place in Sudan in violation of international law, both houses of Congress declared in a joint resolution July 22. The joint resolution
Methodists elect 21 new bishops
August 5, 2004
The United Methodist Church has elected 21 new bishops to serve in the United States, including three blacks, four Asian Americans, a Hispanic woman and
Truett Seminary professor dies after cancer battle
July 29, 2004
HOUSTON — Chip Conyers, one of the first faculty members of Truett Theological Seminary in Waco, Texas, died July 18 at the age of
New Anglican secretary general appointed
July 29, 2004
LONDON — Kenneth Kearon, an Irish theologian who since 1999 has been director of the Irish School of Ecumenics, has been appointed to succeed Canon
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