Woman’s Temperance Union still fighting battles
August 14, 2003
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union may not have the publicity it did when Carry A. Nation ushered in Prohibition, but it’s
‘Jesus’ film claims countless victories worldwide
August 14, 2003
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — The distributors of the “Jesus” film report that as of July 1 nearly 5,600,000,000 people have viewed the video depiction of
House passes resolution to counter abuse in Sudan
August 14, 2003
WASHINGTON — As a brutal civil war continues to rage in Sudan, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed a resolution condemning slavery in that
Tourism to Holy Land beginning to rise
August 14, 2003
JERUSALEM — After a steady decline due to suicide bombings and military hostilities with Palestinians since 2000, the Israeli Board of Tourism reports that tourists
Abstinence education gains $15.2 million
August 14, 2003
WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson has announced $15.2 million in new grants to support abstinence education for teens, some of which
Bessemer ‘street preacher’ goes beyond ‘hit-and-run’ evangelism
August 14, 2003
The title ‘street preacher’ evokes images that range from sermons on sandwich-board signs to simple gospel tracts. Though the earliest evangelists were preaching Jesus in
Church asked to ‘free’ gays, lesbians
August 14, 2003
A panel consisting of a mental-health counselor, a former lesbian now mother of three and three men who consider themselves “ex-gays” held a press conference
American Bible Society shifts focus after layoffs
August 7, 2003
NEW YORK — The American Bible Society, long known for its distribution of Scripture resources, is redirecting its focus specifically to the nation’s youth and cutting
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