Court strikes down Louisiana Ten Commandments law

S T A F F • C H A N G E S Dennis Wingate, to Grace Church, Ridgeway, as pastor, effective Feb. 6. Mike Smith, to Mount Vernon Church, Axton, as pastor, effective Feb. 27. John Kuzins, to First…

Virginia Baptists are responding with fervor to the tsunami disaster in South Asia, providing thousands of dollars in relief funds and looking toward cooperating on a short-term project with Baptists in several of India's southern states. Baptists around the nation-including…

Korean megachurch pastor and evangelist Billy Kim, outgoing president of the Baptist World Alliance, retired Dec. 19 after 45 years as senior pastor of Suwon Central Baptist Church near Seoul, South Korea. Since becoming pastor of the congregation Jan. 1,…

An evangelical Christian group planning a prayer vigil and demonstration near the inaugural parade has criticized a U.S. Secret Service ruling prohibiting crosses and other structures along the route. The Christian Defense Coalition sent a letter Jan. 6 to officials…

Americans attend church more regularly and interpret the Bible more literally than Canadians, according to a recent Gallup Poll, reinforcing earlier surveys that consistently showed higher levels of religious observance in the United States than in Canada. In surveys of…

The famous atheist who failed last year in his attempt to get the phrase “under God” removed from the Pledge of Allegiance is trying again. California physician and attorney Michael Newdow filed a lawsuit in federal court Jan. 3 challenging…

By Robert Marus As the 109th Congress goes to work in an atmosphere already charged with partisanship, legislative battles over religious and moral issues are virtually certain to remain as prominent as they were in the last session, according to…

By Erin Curry More than 11,000 college students from all 50 states converged on Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 2-5 to worship God during “Passion '05.” Students gathered at the Gaylord Entertainment Center to be led in worship by Passion singers Chris…

By David Briggs They marched down the sloping concrete ramps of the Communion aisles by the thousands-Baptists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Congregationalists, Lutherans and even one Catholic priest. For more than a century, Christians had scattered throughout the grounds of the Chautauqua…