ACLU sues Louisiana for abstinence program
May 16, 2002
BATON ROUGE, La. — The American Civil Liberties Union has sued the state of Louisiana, saying its sexual abstinence program is unconstitutional because some of
Assemblies of God: ‘zero tolerance’
May 16, 2002
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Assemblies of God, a prominent Pentecostal denomination, has reiterated its “zero tolerance” policy concerning ministers found guilty of sexual contact with
Baptist General Convention of Missouri launched as alternate state convention
May 16, 2002
Dissatisfied with the direction their 168-year-old convention has taken in recent years, several hundred Missouri Baptists broke away from the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) and
Baptist missionary, Alabama native dies at 91
May 16, 2002
MERIDIAN, Miss. — Selma native Georgia Mae Ogburn, an emeritus Southern Baptist missionary to Chile, died April 14 at age 91. Appointed by the Foreign
Methodist Council elects first female president
May 16, 2002
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — The United Methodist Church for the first time has two women serving in the two highest leadership posts, with Illinois Bishop Sharon
Indonesian Christians still live in fear
May 9, 2002
TAGOLU, Sulawesi — Muslim groups are trying to prevent Christians from rebuilding their homes, says Mona Saroinsong, coordinator of the Protestant Church Crisis Centre in
BWA leader calls for withdrawal of Israeli forces
May 9, 2002
The forces of the Israeli government should withdraw from the occupied Palestinian areas and the suicide bombers be condemned,” said the leader of the Baptist
First-grader can’t give Christian messages
May 9, 2002
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A U.S. District Court judge ruled that school officials were justified in forbidding a first-grade girl from giving her classmates
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