Suspect detained in U.S. missionary deaths in Uganda
April 1, 2004
Ugandan authorities have detained a member of a local defense force in relation to the shooting deaths of two U.S. missionaries. Amin Aruma was picked up
Jury acquits openly gay Methodist pastor
April 1, 2004
ELLENSBURG, Wa. — An openly gay Methodist pastor was acquitted by a jury of 13 fellow ministers March 20 after she admitted to her bishop
Eritrean police jail 151 more evangelicals
April 1, 2004
ASMARA, Eritrea — Police hauled to prison a group of 51 Protestant Christians worshiping in secret in the Eritrean capital of Asmara on Feb. 15.
Mainline leaders endorse marriage amendment
April 1, 2004
WASHINGTON — Conservative activists in five mainline Protestant denominations have endorsed a federal amendment that would prohibit gay marriage. Coordinated by the Washington-based Association for
Prison company enlists Christian outreach group
April 1, 2004
NASHVILLE — A new prison ministry program hopes to change the lives of repeat offenders by teaming one of the nation’s largest private prison owners
Gardner-Webb sports placed on NCAA probation
April 1, 2004
BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. — The NCAA placed Gardner-Webb University on probation for three years for multiple violations, including a lack of institutional control. The penalty,
Christian women beaten, humiliated for beliefs
April 1, 2004
ORISSA, India — Christian women from Orissa state, India, were attacked and humiliated for refusing to give up their faith. On Feb. 6, Hindu extremists
Wal-Mart store asks man not to hand out cards
April 1, 2004
CONROE, Texas — While inviting people to church as he shopped in Wal-Mart, Steve Barrett, a pastor in Conroe, Texas, was approached by a store
