Arrests lead to easing of restrictions in Nagaland
July 13, 2000
The February arrest of three American Christians, including two pastors, in the Indian state of Nagaland appears to have been instrumental in changing the
Australian missionary released unharmed
July 13, 2000
CANBERRA, Australia — Australian missionary Edward Walter Smith, 51, was released unharmed May 24 almost two weeks after being kidnapped by Colombian guerillas. Australian Department
Ethiopian denomination ordains first woman
July 13, 2000
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Bekure Daba of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus has become the first ordained woman in the 3 million-member denomination. The
High Court allows ban on gays in Boy Scouts
July 13, 2000
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a quartet of decisions dealing with moral and church-state issues on the final day of its term June 28. In
Birmingham-area churches experience Pentecost 2000
July 13, 2000
Christians profess to love God, yet they do not love their fellow man and refuse to work together, according to a theology professor who spoke
IRS warns of candidate endorsement
July 13, 2000
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service has issued an advisory warning churches and other charities not to endorse candidates or engage in political campaign activities
Christian brothers sentenced for blasphemy
July 13, 2000
PUNJAB, Pakistan — Two Christian brothers jailed for a year on blasphemy charges were given 35-year prison sentences in mid-May by a lower court in
Presbyterian Church says no women preachers
July 13, 2000
TAMPA, Fla. — The Presbyterian Church in America, meeting for its annual general assembly, has approved a policy permitting women to teach — but not
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