U.S. executions rank third in world, report says

April 22, 2004

WASHINGTON — The United States ranks third, behind only China and Iran, in reported executions, according to a new report by a human-rights group that

Scripture, wrong attitudes make bad mix when debating

April 22, 2004

Religion is news. That may not come as a shock to some, but to others, the discussion of things of faith in daily life can

Majority of evangelicals feel they fit in mainstream America

April 22, 2004

A new survey finds the vast majority of U.S. evangelicals view themselves as part of mainstream American society while at the same time believing they

Christian Scientists cut 125 jobs at headquarters

April 22, 2004

BOSTON — Faced with its worst financial situation in a decade, the Boston-based First Church of Christ, Scientist has undertaken a series of painful belt-tightening

Pakistani church pastor killed near Lahore

April 22, 2004

LAHORE, Pakistan — The pastor of a small Christian church in Pakistan was shot and killed April 2 in the village of Manawala, near Lahore,

Southern Baptists second largest American church

April 22, 2004

The nation’s 10 largest churches remain unchanged from last year, according to the 2004 “Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches,” with the American Baptist churches

Nation’s first faith-based women’s prison opens

April 22, 2004

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The nation’s first faith-based prison for women opened in a Tampa detention center April 14, five months after a similar program began