In inner-city Lima, Peru, ‘Urban Hope’ opens its doors
January 25, 2007
Amid the exhaust fumes and bustle of inner-city Lima, Peru, an elderly woman sits hunched on the steps of a shop, her hands begging for
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Indian state passes anti-conversion bill
January 25, 2007
NEW DELHI, India — The Congress Party has passed an anti-conversion bill Dec. 30 in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh, where only 8,000 of
Muslims halt rebuilding of Nigerian church
January 25, 2007
LAFIA, Nigeria — As soon as Christians in Lafia, the capital city of Nasarawa state, tried to rebuild a Reformed Church building that Muslims burned
Iraqi Christian autonomy plan sparks debate
January 25, 2007
BAGHDAD, Iraq — A new plan for Christian self-autonomy within Iraq’s Kurdish region has sparked debate among Iraqi Christian leaders desperate to halt the mass
Hindu extremists beat Christian leaders in India
January 25, 2007
MUMBAI, India — Seven youths beat pastor Robert Kennedy of Bangalore in Karnataka state Jan. 7, after asking him to "pray for a sick friend."
German court bans Muslim head scarves in schools
January 25, 2007
BAVARIA, Germany — Muslim teachers in southern Germany may not wear headscarves or any other symbol of their faith that could be construed to clash
No one injured in Missouri church roof collapse
January 25, 2007
WEBB CITY, Mo. — About half a dozen people were inside First Baptist Church, Webb City, Mo., when a large part of the building’s roof
Fire causes $1 million in damages to N.C. church
January 25, 2007
GREENVILLE, N.C. — One of North Carolina’s oldest Baptist church buildings suffered at least $1 million in damages from a blaze set by suspected arsonists
