A married Muslim abducted a 14-year-old girl on May 12, forcibly converted her to Islam and married her, exploiting her medical and mental health vulnerabilities to sexually abuse her, her father and his attorney said.
The potential absence of a good number of Anglicans from the Global South and other regions may mean a global body that is no longer Anglican, said one bishop
Praying for ChinaSBC President James Merritt and Chinese believers pause to pray atop the Great Wall. China has 200 major cities with no Christian witness at all. Photo by Eric Turner RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--When James Merritt was first elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention in 2000, he…
Ready to go Lance and Sarah Cypert of Quitaque, Texas, were among 67 new Southern Baptist missionaries appointed May 21 by the International Mission Board. They are headed for overseas service in the IMB's Western South America region. Photo by Bill Bangham RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--Success in God's…
Missionary hostagesMartin and Gracia Burnham, missionaries in the Philippines kidnapped by an Osama bin Laden-related terror group, as they appeared in footage aired in November on TV in the island nation. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--A year of captivity "has taken a toll" on the health of kidnapped missionaries…
CAIRO, Egypt (BP)--When he was a boy, "Nader" seldom thought about God.
CAIRO, Egypt (BP)--The aftershocks of Sept. 11 continue to reverberate in the Arab world, especially in Egypt.
NEW DELHI (BP)--People in western India's Gujarat province need more than an end to Hindu-Muslim violence that has stolen more than 900 lives in the past two months, says a Southern Baptist worker familiar with the region. They also need open hearts and an opportunity to hear the gospel.
RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--What's the difference between "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh and any zealous young missionary preaching the gospel overseas?
LOS ANGELES (BP)--Lights dance across the walls of the downtown Los Angeles nightclub as hundreds of young people -- Asian, Anglo and Latino -- sway and clap to the music. The room pulses with youth and energy as the excitement builds. But a hush settles over the room when a…
WASHINGTON (BP)--Officials with the Cottonwood Christian Center in Los Alamitos, Calif. are promising a court battle after the city council in nearby Cypress decided not only to squash the center's plans for a religious campus, but took a major step to seize the center's 18-acre tract of land through eminent…
