FBC Dallas announces $48 million building
May 23, 2002
DALLAS — A proposed $48 million eight-story building that would provide Christian lifestyle ministries ranging from a coffee house to a brightly lighted prayer tower
Catholics falling behind population growth
May 23, 2002
VATICAN CITY — The number of Catholics worldwide is rising at a slightly lower rate than overall population growth, according to statistics compiled by the
Clergy housing allowance bill passes House, Senate
May 16, 2002
A bill that protects an 81-year-old tax break for clergy housing has passed both houses of Congress and is awaiting President Bush’s signature. The
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
