Baptist World Aid sends $5,000 to Nigeria
January 23, 2003
KADUNA, Nigeria — Baptist World Aid (BWAid) has sent $5,000, with the promise of more to come, to help the churches and pastors of Kaduna,
Commissioners to sell Ten Commandments
January 23, 2003
Chattanooga, Tenn. — County commissioners in Chattanooga, Tenn., who unsuccessfully worked to display plaques of the Ten Commandments in local court buildings have voted to
Forty percent of nuns sexually abused, harassed
January 23, 2003
ST. LOUIS — Nearly 40 percent of American nuns have been sexually abused or harassed, according to a little-noticed 1998 study that was reported by
Graham to continue evangelistic missions
January 23, 2003
SAN DIEGO — Evangelist Billy Graham has decided to continue his career of crusades with an appearance at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, Calif.
Egypt’s president declares Christmas holiday
January 23, 2003
CAIRO — For the first time Coptic Christians in Egypt are able to celebrate Christmas as a national holiday. On Dec. 18, Egypt’s President Hosni
Hong Kong leaders moving toward limiting freedoms
January 16, 2003
In 1997, the government of the United Kingdom handed control of Hong Kong to China in accordance with an agreement made 50 years earlier. At
Yemenis take control of hospital; some missionaries may stay
January 16, 2003
If the Muslim extremist who attacked Jibla Baptist Hospital Dec. 30 was trying to rid Yemen of that country’s most prominent Christian ministry, it may
Counter-suits filed against Missouri Convention
January 16, 2003
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Two of the five breakaway Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) institutions — Missouri Baptist College and the Missouri Baptist Foundation — have
