First-grader can’t give Christian messages
May 9, 2002
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A U.S. District Court judge ruled that school officials were justified in forbidding a first-grade girl from giving her classmates
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Emeritus missionary Ogburn dies April 14
May 9, 2002
MERIDIAN, Miss. — Georgia Mae Ogburn, an emeritus Southern Baptist missionary to Chile, died April 14. She was 91. Appointed by the Foreign Mission Board
Christians threatened to be burned alive
May 9, 2002
NAGPUR, India — About 40 Christians of the New Life Fellowship (NLF) had gathered for worship Feb. 8 at the home of a new believer
Children’s Homes offers child safety workshop for churches
May 9, 2002
A child’s safety is the primary concern of most parents. Parents purchase approved car seats, check warning labels on toys and watch their children carefully
Children taken from Arab Christian widow
May 9, 2002
AMMAN, Jordan — An Arab Christian widow has been ordered by Jordan’s highest court of appeals to surrender custody of her two minor children to
Canadian Baptists adding seminary housing
May 9, 2002
COCHRANE, Alberta — Canadian Southern Baptist Seminary broke ground March 12 for 18 new student apartments. Founded in 1987, the Canadian Seminary is the only
Beliefnet Web company lets several staff go
May 9, 2002
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.— A co-founder of Beliefnet, a Web site devoted to religion and spirituality, said April 11 that his company intends to file
24 Christian schools closed in Nigeria
May 9, 2002
KANO, Nigeria — Nigeria’s Kano state government closed 24 Christian schools because of their refusal to provide Islamic religious studies as part of their curricula.
