by Baptist Times Staff | Dec 2, 2011 | News
Joppa, a Baptist interfaith network, will close – but only because it has achieved its purpose of making interfaith issues more widely known within the British Baptist denomination. In November, members of the Joppa committee decided to transfer the group’s work...
by Adelle Banks | Dec 1, 2011 | News
(RNS) An advocacy organization for persecuted Christians has asked the 2012 presidential candidates to sign a pledge stating they would make religious freedom a priority in the United States and overseas if they win the White House. Open Doors USA joined with...
by Josef Kuhn | Dec 1, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) The District of Columbia has dismissed a complaint against The Catholic University of America that charged the school’s return to same-gender student housing discriminates against women. In an order issued Tuesday (Nov. 29), the city’s Office of Human...
by Niels Sorrells | Dec 1, 2011 | News
BERLIN (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI can cross an outstanding charge of failing to use a seatbelt from his list of worries. The southern German city of Freiburg on Wednesday (Nov. 30) threw out charges against the pontiff for riding in his popemobile without a seatbelt...
by Baptist Times Staff | Dec 1, 2011 | News
A minister campaigning to save the family of a Muslim convicted under anti-terrorism laws from eviction is appealing to Baptists for support. Rev. Gary Serra di Migni is backing a campaign to save the family home of Munir Farooqi from being seized by the Crown...
by Baptist Times Staff | Nov 30, 2011 | News
The British government’s plans to reduce the amount paid for energy generated by solar panels has been criticized by green campaigners and Christian groups – though one major industry provider has welcomed it. Britain’s Climate Change and Energy Minister...
