Thoughts — What if We Lived in Smyrna?
August 14, 2008
By Editor Bob Terry It cost a lot to be Christian in Smyrna (the modern-day city of Izmir, Turkey). Polycarp, the bishop of Smyrna, was
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Etowah ministers fight proposed bingo complex
August 14, 2008
Irish statesman Edmund Burke is supposed to have said, “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” And
Southern Baptists minister at annual festival
August 14, 2008
For four days the world converged on the hamlet of Manchester, Tenn. (pop. 10,000). Or so it seemed. This unassuming town surges to the state’s
Youth pastor fined for criticizing homosexuality
August 14, 2008
RED DEER, Alberta — A youth pastor in Alberta, Canada, has been ordered to pay damages equivalent to $7,000 and publicly apologize for a letter
Persecution drives Iranian Christian to Turkey
August 14, 2008
ANKARA, Turkey — Days after his release from a month of interrogations and severe torture under secret police custody, Iranian Christian Mohsen Namvar fled across
Woman ‘weakened by torture’ dies of malaria
August 14, 2008
ASSAB, Eritrea — Imprisoned and tortured for her Christian faith since December, 37-year-old Azib Simon died of malaria in Eritrea’s Wi’a Military Training Center in
Christian arrests continue to rise in Iran
August 14, 2008
SHIRAZ, Iran — A diabetic Iranian Christian jailed for more than two months is in critical condition due to lack of medical treatment, even as
State Baptist schools prepare students for Christian service
August 14, 2008
For those responding to the call to ministry, Alabama Baptist colleges and organizations offer many academic and financial opportunities to help prepare them for a
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