A recent study concludes that underage drinkers and adult excessive drinkers are responsible for 50.1 percent of alcohol consumption and 48.9 percent of consumer expenditure
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Indonesia’s first Islamic court opened in the troubled northwest province of Aceh March 3 as thousands celebrated. The Aceh legislature
WASHINGTON — The United Methodist Church lost some 43,000 members in the United States in 2001, but membership gains in fast-growing overseas churches and the
BURMA? Where on earth is Burma, and who on earth would want to go there? Comments like this did not slow my preparations for the
NEW YORK — The number of anti-Jewish incidents in the United States increased slightly from 2001 to 2002 but similar incidents reported on campuses rose
BOSTON — In a sign of how much the Catholic sex abuse scandal has energized parishioners in the pews, members of a Boston-based reform group
Baptist workers in Jordan are ministering to refugees who are fleeing the war in Iraq. Working in cooperation with the Baptist Society of Jordan, Southern
America’s most famous fisherman won’t be hooking any year-end honors in 2003 because he won’t bend the knee to Busch. Jimmy Houston, a deacon at
