by Baptist Times Staff | Dec 18, 2009 | News
Nestle’s move into the fair trade chocolate market in the United Kingdom and Ireland received a cautious welcome from activists who have protested people-trafficking and forced child labor. On Dec. 7, the chocolate giant announced the four-fingered versions of...
by Baptist Times Staff | Dec 16, 2009 | News
A London Baptist church was the focus of protests after hosting a carol concert organized by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC). Dozens of people recently waved Israeli flags and handed out flyers outside Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church. Several heated...
by Brian Kaylor | Nov 25, 2009 | News
Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, recently called President Barack Obama “very dangerous” and claimed Obama was damaging America. “I think [Obama] can be particularly...
by Baptist Times Staff | Nov 13, 2009 | News
Church leaders have urged European politicians to make firm commitments on climate change policy. Speaking before a significant European Union summit meeting last week, the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church called on...
by BWA Staff | Nov 12, 2009 | News
(BWA) – Eight persons, including seven children, are missing after the destruction of First Baptist Church in San Vicente in the Central American country of El Salvador. The church collapsed following heavy showers and flooding caused by Hurricane Ida on Sunday, Nov....
by BWA Staff | Nov 9, 2009 | News
Pavel Peychev, president of the Union of Evangelical Christian Baptists of Middle Asia in Uzbekistan, and two other Baptist leaders, were convicted and fined for evading taxes and involving children in religious activity without their own or their parents’...
