Tennessee marriage amendment may miss ballot
June 22, 2006
NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Supreme Court heard oral arguments June 7 in a lawsuit that could keep that state’s proposed constitutional marriage amendment off the
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Religious leaders speak out against torture
June 22, 2006
WASHINGTON — A diverse coalition of religious leaders, including Baptists, has joined the State Department in criticizing the Pentagon for omitting a tenet of the
Bangladesh missionary kid leads classmate to give up idols for Christ
June 22, 2006
Ten-year-old Mya did not wish to embarrass her parents at a funeral, but she would not bow to the idols. She felt she could not.
Gender a life-or-death issue for children in India
June 22, 2006
In a tight alleyway in East Delhi, India, Radhika Devi, a bashful mother of two girls, and Manjula Thomas, a health worker who cares for
India rankings on trafficking report questioned
June 22, 2006
WASHINGTON — The effort to combat sex and labor trafficking is advancing, according to the State Department, but some leaders in the campaign expressed displeasure
Indian police use coercion to arrest Christians
June 22, 2006
JABALPUR, India — Police raided a home in Jabalpur city, Madhya Pradesh state, India, June 6 and arrested Christians there after officers and Hindu extremists
Pastor charged with ‘insulting religious beliefs’
June 22, 2006
MAYAPURI, India — A mob of Hindu extremists June 4 stormed a home prayer meeting in Mayapuri, Madhya Pradesh state, India, and dragged Christians inside
16 Christians acquitted in India murder case
June 22, 2006
JHABUA, India — A district court of India’s Madhya Pradesh state has acquitted 16 Christians accused of killing a Hindu fundamentalist in the violence that
