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  Uzbek Baptist head, two other leaders face 3-year prison term

  The head of Uzbekistan's Baptist union and two colleagues face up to three years in prison on charges of tax evasion and teaching children about religion without permission from their parents, a crime in the predominantly Muslim Central Asian country.

  09/15/2009 - By Administrator

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  Shoes for Orphan Souls collects 2 millionth pair of shoes

  Buckner International's Shoes for Orphan Souls ministry has collected its 2 millionth pair of shoes for needy children and families in the United States and around the world.

  09/03/2009 - By Administrator

• Former Rwandan Baptist pastor on trial for genocide

  PORVOO, Finland (ABP) — A former Rwandan Baptist pastor accused of genocide in the African country's 1994 massacres is standing trial in Finland.

  09/02/2009 - By admin

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  Jerusalem mayor navigates sacred city’s religious politics

  When Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat decided to open a municipal parking lot that had been closed on Saturdays, his office said he simply was being practical. But because ultra-Orthodox Jews consider driving on the Sabbath an abomination,  his decision sparked weeks of protests.

  08/07/2009 - By admin

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  Uzbekistan charges Baptist camp with crimes

   Authorities in Uzbekistan cracked down on Baptists after a government-sponsored news agency ran articles alleging illegal religious activity at a summer camp for children.

  07/29/2009 - By Administrator

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  Jimmy Carter says religion used to subjugate women

  Former President Jimmy Carter has urged religious leaders to repudiate teachings that he says justify cruelty to women.

  07/17/2009 - By Administrator

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  Jimmy Carter says Palestinians in Gaza treated ‘like animals’

  Former President Jimmy Carter is calling Israel's 2-year-old blockade of Gaza an atrocity and saying people there are being treated like animals. His remarks came during visits to Syria, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza following the Carter Center's observation of Lebanese elections June 7.

  06/16/2009 - By Administrator

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  Religious leaders say time running out for Palestinian Christians

  Religious leaders warned President Obama that continuing strife between Palestinians and Israelis threatens to wipe out a Christian presence in the Holy Land.

  06/05/2009 - By Administrator

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  Obama, in speech to world’s Muslims, touts religious freedom, cooperation

  In a highly anticipated speech to the world’s Muslims he delivered in Egypt June 4, President Obama called on his host government and other Muslim countries to protect the rights of religious minorities in their midst.

  06/04/2009 - By Administrator

• Baptists minister to war victims in Sri Lanka

  Sri Lanka's government has declared victory in its 26-year civil war, but a resulting humanitarian crisis is far from over. BWAid Director Paul Montacute asked Baptists worldwide to support Sri Lankan Baptists in helping those in need by donating to BWAid's Emergency Relief Fund.

  05/19/2009 - By Administrator

• Religious freedom panel adds Nigeria to list of world’s worst violators

  The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom added Nigeria to its list of the world's worst violators of religious freedom in an annual report released May 1.

  05/01/2009 - By Administrator

• Violence mars Easter in northern Nigeria

  Easter Sunday turned violent in two cities in Nigeria's northern state of Niger, when young people presumed to be fundamentalist Muslims burned churches in Gwada, while Christian young people in the state capital of Mina defended a Baptist church from a similar fate.

  04/15/2009 - By Administrator