Singing Men, China in partnership effort
May 30, 2002
RICHARDSON, Texas — Forty-eight current and former ministers of music have become the “vanguard group” for an informal partnership between the China Christian Council and
Christian captives released and deported
May 23, 2002
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — An Ethiopian Christian and a Filipino Christian jailed since last summer in the Saudi Arabian port city of Jeddah were released
Presbyterians announce 66 layoffs
May 23, 2002
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Executives at the Louisville, Ky., headquarters of the Presbyterian Church (USA) April 22 cut 66 full-time employees — 12 percent of the
Ten Commandments display ordered removed in Tennessee
May 23, 2002
A movement to display the Ten Commandments at public buildings across Tennessee has suffered the second major blow in weeks. U.S. District Judge Allan Edgar
Religious groups decry federal ruling
May 23, 2002
PORTLAND, Ore. — Several religious groups have criticized the ruling April 17 by a federal judge that invalidates an order by U.S. Attorney General John
Lord’s Prayer banned from graduation ceremony
May 23, 2002
A federal judge ruled the high school choir in Woodbine, Iowa, could not sing “The Lord’s Prayer” at graduation ceremonies May 19, even though a
Religious leaders ask Bush to address gambling issues
May 23, 2002
More than 220 religious leaders have asked President Bush and Congress to address the devastating impact of legalized gambling on American life. The request came
Speaking in Philippines, BWA’s Lotz calls for peace
May 23, 2002
The church “must work for peace or we become irrelevant,” Denton Lotz, general secretary of the Baptist World Alliance, said. Yet “God is God and
