More missionaries denied entry into Russia
October 24, 2002
MOSCOW — Five American missionaries were denied entry into Russia in an unofficial ban against foreign religious workers, reported Keston News Service. This is the
U.S. report details religious freedom violations
October 24, 2002
Citing their suppression of religious minorities stigmatized as “cults” or “sects,” the State Department has included Belgium, France and Germany among countries that have violated
Falwell apologizes for remarks that sparked fatal riot in India
October 24, 2002
Jerry Falwell, televangelist and pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Va., has apologized for recent remarks about the prophet Mohammed being a
Chinese court orders new trial for Christians
October 24, 2002
BEIJING — A Chinese court has thrown out the criminal conviction of 17 members of the unregistered South China Church (SCC). Voice of the Martyrs
Alabama artist’s mosaic of Bush questioned
October 17, 2002
An Alabama Catholic artist who pieced together 1,500 classical images of Jesus Christ to form a mosaic portrait of President Bush is defending the artwork
Candler School of Theology gets national grant
October 17, 2002
ATLANTA — Emory University’s Candler School of Theology will use a $10 million grant from the Lilly Endowment to launch a doctoral program in practical
Court sets limits on ‘confessional’ statements
October 17, 2002
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Presbyterian court has ruled that churches may adopt controversial “confessional” statements but cannot use them as “litmus tests” for church officers.
Russian Baptist seminary opens
October 17, 2002
More than one million people celebrated City Day during the first September weekend in Moscow, Russia, as Muscovites marked the city’s 855th birthday. Garlanded with
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