by Baptist Times Staff | Nov 2, 2010 | News
Leaders of the Lausanne Movement, an evangelical Christian movement that promotes active worldwide evangelism, have called for a new Reformation and challenged participants in this year’s congress to repentance, renewal and integrity. The Congress in Cape Town...
by Nicole Neroulias | Nov 1, 2010 | News
(RNS) Russian and right-wing Jews make a splash in this year’s list of influential people compiled by The Forward, the country’s largest national Jewish weekly newspaper. Crowning the 2010 “Forward 50,” published Oct. 26, are: Google co-founder Sergey Brin; U.S. Rep....
by Adelle M. Banks | Nov 1, 2010 | News
(RNS) The most religious Americans also have the highest rates of well-being, according to a new Gallup survey. The finding is based on a survey of more than 550,000 people about their physical and emotional health and their work environment. Overall, the very...
by Adelle M. Banks | Nov 1, 2010 | News
(RNS) President Obama plans to visit one of the world’s largest mosques during his trip to Indonesia in November, the White House announced Thursday (Oct. 28). The visit to Istiqlal Mosque on Nov. 10 will precede a speech about U.S. outreach to Muslims throughout the...
by Adelle M. Banks | Oct 29, 2010 | News
(RNS) Southern Baptist gadfly Wiley Drake will appeal a court’s dismissal of his suit claiming President Obama was not born in the U.S. and is ineligible for the presidency. Obama has a Hawaiian birth certificate but Drake and others in the “birther” movement claim he...
by Adelle M. Banks | Oct 29, 2010 | News
(RNS) The White House has denied reports that President Obama will avoid a Sikh shrine while visiting India next week because the required head covering might have fanned false rumors about his faith. “The decision we made was driven by … the interests of time,...
