State trooper fired for refusing casino assignment
June 24, 2004
INDIANAPOLIS — A Baptist state trooper, fired after refusing a casino assignment that he said violated his religious beliefs, wants the Indiana Supreme Court to
Indian national tortured in Saudi Arabia
June 24, 2004
ISTANBUL, Turkey — An Indian national abducted and tortured by Saudi Arabia’s religious police for spreading Christianity remains jailed without trial 10 weeks after his
Amnesty: U.S. terror war hurts human rights
June 24, 2004
WASHINGTON — One of the world’s top human rights organizations has accused the United States of “fighting injustice with injustice” in the Bush administration’s war
‘Under God’ to stay in pledge; mixed opinions issued by court
June 24, 2004
Fifty years to the day after the words “under God” were added to the Pledge of Allegiance, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected — by an
House votes down ‘Safe Harbors’ provision
June 24, 2004
SaUnder a tidal wave of pressure from disparate religious groups, a House committee voted unanimously to strike a provision that would have allowed religious organizations
Society gives Bibles to cyclone-ravaged Brazilians
June 24, 2004
ANTA CATARINA, Brazil — The International Bible Society (IBS) — a translator, publisher and distributor of Bibles around the world — reports that it is
Culture, family roles change as Greek economy improves
June 17, 2004
For many years, Greece lagged behind the rest of Europe culturally and economically. Since Greece joined the European Union in 1981, however, the economy has
Southern Baptists gather in Greece to point people to ‘Unknown God’
June 17, 2004
The first Olympic Games in Greece in 776 b.c. were staged to honor Zeus. In 2004, Southern Baptists will be in Greece to point people
