by NCC | Jan 14, 2002 | News
(NCC) Washington, D.C.—For the first time ever, the Sierra Club and National Council of Churches are teaming up to protect America’s beautiful landscapes, launching TV and newspaper ads calling on Americans to “keep our promise to care for creation.”...
by Alex Smirnov | Jan 10, 2002 | News
Around the world, the number of one-parent families is on the rise. World trends are similar to those in the United States, where the number of single-parent families is growing while the number of nuclear families declines. The 2000 U.S. Census Bureau reported that...
by Alex Smirnov | Jan 9, 2002 | News
Humanitarian aid workers in Afghanistan are not ready to call famine relief efforts in the region a success. Following recent assurances from the White House and the United Nations that widespread famine has been averted in Afghanistan, reports came that local...
by Alex Smirnov | Jan 9, 2002 | News
Practicing Muslims in Great Britain could outnumber worshiping Anglicans by 2013, according to a new survey. In 2000, there were about 620,000 practicing Muslims in Great Britain, and they are expected to reach 750,000 by 2005, according to a study by the Christian...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jan 8, 2002 | News
The Chinese government recently indicted a Christian businessman for bringing Bibles into China. Li Guangqiang, a 38-year old Hong Kong trader, was arrested in July 2001 and indicted in December, after making two separate shipments of some 32,000 Bibles that spring....
by RNS | Jan 7, 2002 | News
Citing a concern about “unlimited filth” online, a small Christian school in Knoxville, Tenn., has requested that the state legislature permit exemptions from a law requiring computer education. The state has required since 1994 that students receive a...
