Carson-Newman president to stay despite vote
November 9, 2006
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. — The board of trustees at Carson-Newman College took no action against President James Netherton despite an Oct. 5 a vote of
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$16 million gift boosts new chapel at Southwestern
November 9, 2006
FORT WORTH, Texas — In what is one of the largest gifts from individuals in the 98-year history of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort
No deaths, serious injuries from Hawaii quakes
November 9, 2006
HONOLULU — Hawaii Baptists are expressing thanks that no deaths or serious injuries were reported when a 6.7-magnitude earthquake shook the island chain around 7
Missionaries hike to share Jesus on Appalachian Trail
November 9, 2006
Craig and Suzy Miles’ mission field is located amongst the pines and hardwoods of the Appalachian Mountains. They share it with hikers, the occasional black
Lost tribe of Jews migrates from India to Israel
November 9, 2006
IMPHAL, India — A group of 218 people belonging to an Indian tribe recently recognized as “lost descendants of ancient Israelites” will be welcomed in
Canadian Muslim group receives ‘death threats’
November 9, 2006
TORONTO — A moderate Muslim group in Toronto has called on authorities to investigate what it calls “thinly veiled death threats” from conservative and fundamentalist
Nigerian teacher on trial after punishing student
November 9, 2006
LAFIA, Nigeria — A Christian high school teacher at Government College in Keffi, in Nigeria’s northern state of Nasarawa, is on trial for blasphemy after
Police torture two Eritrean Christians to death
November 9, 2006
ASMARA, Eritrea — Eritrean security police tortured two Christians to death Oct. 17, two days after arresting them for holding a religious service in a
