by Baptist Times Staff | Nov 3, 2011 | News
Without warning, the United States has cut funding for several independent Palestinian Christian nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), according to a Christian development charity based in the United Kingdom. The charity, BibleLands, said a number of its partners have...
by Bruce Nolan | Nov 2, 2011 | News
METAIRIE, La. (RNS) Until recently, two remarkable stories surrounded the beautiful hand-lettered Torah scroll at Congregation Beth Israel Story No. 1 was that the scroll was nearly lost in the Ukraine during the Holocaust, then recently rescued and impeccably...
by Al Webb | Nov 2, 2011 | News
LONDON (RNS) Authorities at London’s St. Paul’s Cathedral have decided to suspend legal action against scores of anti-corporate protesters who have occupied tents on the church’s doorstep for more than two weeks. St. Paul’s officials said Tuesday (Nov. 1) that they...
by Omar Sacirbey | Nov 2, 2011 | News
(RNS) Reports last month that Iran plotted to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the U.S. have enflamed animosity between the two Muslim powers, and raised concerns that violence could mar this year’s hajj pilgrimage that starts on Friday (Nov. 4). More than 1.7...
by Jeffrey MacDonald | Nov 1, 2011 | News
(RNS) For more than 200 years, Andover Newton Theological School (ANTS) has trained future pastors to have expertise in biblical studies, pastoral care and preaching. But in today’s world, the nation’s oldest school of theology has decided that’s no longer enough, and...
by Adelle Banks | Nov 1, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Supreme Court announced Monday (Oct. 31) that it will not reopen a case in which a lower court ruled that highway crosses memorializing Utah state troopers are unconstitutional. The court’s decision was harshly criticized by Justice Clarence...
