by Baptist Times Staff | Dec 8, 2011 | News
Metal theft from Baptist churches in Great Britain has risen to record levels this year. By the end of October, one company, Baptist Insurance, had received 110 claims for theft of metal, already exceeding its previous worst year, 2008, by more than 20. The total cost...
by Lauren Marko | Dec 7, 2011 | News
(RNS) Evangelist Billy Graham returned to his North Carolina home Tuesday (Dec. 6) after a six-day stay in a nearby hospital where he was treated for pneumonia. Graham, 93, responded well to antibiotics and grew stronger and more mobile after physical therapy, said...
by Al Webb | Dec 7, 2011 | News
LONDON (RNS) Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams says Jesus would have joined protesters from the anti-corporate Occupy movement who have been camped outside London’s St. Paul’s Cathedral for more than seven weeks. In a British magazine, the leader of the world’s...
by Michele Chabin | Dec 7, 2011 | News
GALILEE, Israel (RNS) Perched on Tel Kinrot, a hill above the Sea of Galilee, Winston Mah turned his face toward the warm sun and took in the tranquil view before him. To his right, the Christian pilgrim from San Diego saw banana groves at the edge of the calm...
by Daniel Burke | Dec 6, 2011 | News
(RNS) A list of the Episcopal Church’s 75 commissions, committees, agencies and boards spilled over eight PowerPoint slides during a recent presentation by its new chief operating officer, Bishop Stacy Sauls. By his count, there are also nearly 50 departments and...
by Al Webb | Dec 6, 2011 | News
LONDON (RNS) New laws that allow same-sex civil unions to be performed on religious premises took effect in England and Wales on Monday (Dec. 5), but the Church of England says it won’t permit them without approval from its top body. Civil partnerships have been legal...
