The Trouble with Digital Angels
Posted on: Thursday, July 20, 2000
Several weeks ago a disturbing secular news story grabbed my attention. Applied Digital Solutions (ADS) received patent rights to new technology named Digital Angel (TM). What's bothersome is that Digital Angel is a miniature digital transceiver specifically designed for human…
Barna Continues to Defend Survey Showing Divorce Rates Among Christians
Posted on: Thursday, July 13, 2000
The Barna Research Firm is defending a recent survey which found some disturbing statistics regarding born-again Christians and divorce. The survey found that born-again Christians were just as likely as non-believers to divorce. In fact, the survey found that the…
Media Research Center Accuses CBS of “Religious Bigotry”
Posted on: Thursday, July 13, 2000
(AgapePress) - A media watchdog group is accusing the CBS television network of condoning religious bigotry. The charge is made this morning by way of an open letter published in two major newspapers.
Rights groups fear French cult bill would curb religious liberty
Posted on: Wednesday, July 5, 2000
5 July 2000 (Newsroom) -- France is set to pass a law aimed at cults that human rights campaigners fear could lead to the persecution of minority religious groups and possibly make evangelism illegal. The bill, which was signed by…
Lebanese Christians protest Syrian occupation
Posted on: Thursday, June 22, 2000
JERUSALEM, Israel, 22 June 2000 (Newsroom) -- Maronite Christians are openly challenging Syria’s presence in Lebanon in protests that are unprecedented since their Arab neighbor crushed the Lebanese Forces Christian militia at the end of Lebanon’s civil war in 1989.
Local Uzbek official says Baptist registration “undesirable”
Posted on: Friday, June 2, 2000
2 June 2000 (Newsroom) -- A local official in Uzbekistan has denied registration to a Baptist church and barred its denomination from using a collective farm to hold a summer camp, the Keston News Service reported.
Two Chinese pastors in labor camp for holding meeting
Posted on: Thursday, May 25, 2000
25 May 2000 (Newsroom) -- Two Chinese Protestant pastors accused of organizing an unauthorized Christian meeting are being held in labor camps near Beijing, a London-based religious rights group reported Thursday. Wang Li Gong, 34, and Yang Jing Fu, 36,…
Turkmenistan deports last Russian Baptist missionary
Posted on: Tuesday, May 23, 2000
23 May 2000 (Newsroom) -- Turkmen police have expelled the last remaining Russian Baptist missionary in the country, the Keston News Service reported. Authorities ordered the deportation of Vitali Tereshin in March, but the missionary went into hiding to continue…
Nigeria high court sets June date to hear arguments on Sharia
Posted on: Monday, May 22, 2000
LAGOS, 22 May 2000 (Newsroom) -- Nigeria’s Federal High Court will hear arguments next month on the legality of Sharia law, which has sparked violent conflicts between Christians and Muslims in northern states where it has been introduced.
Chinese police raid house churches across Guangdong province
Posted on: Monday, May 15, 2000
15 May 2000 (Newsroom) -- Chinese police have arrested more than 10 house-church leaders across the southern province of Guangdong over the past several days, according to an Australian-based monitoring group. Two evangelists, Ah Kong and Ah Yung, co-workers of…
Methodist vote spurs gay activists to launch campaign
Posted on: Thursday, May 11, 2000
11 May 2000 (Newsroom) -- Gay rights activists in the United Methodist Church have vowed to launch a nationwide campaign of civil disobedience in protest of three votes Thursday at the church's general conference in Cleveland that maintained strictures against…
Police investigate another Uganda cult leader
Posted on: Monday, May 8, 2000
KAMPALA, 8 May, 2000 (Newsroom) -- Police in western Uganda are investigating the popular leader of a cult whose membership numbers about 10,000 and who is building the largest house of worship in this East African nation.
China detains 47 members of Protestant group
Posted on: Sunday, May 7, 2000
7 May 2000 (Newsroom) -- Chinese police have detained 47 members of a Protestant group in central Anhui province, according to the state press. The Jianghui Morning Daily said last week that six of the main leaders of the Quanfanwei…
Christians launch political organization in Nigeria
Posted on: Sunday, May 7, 2000
LAGOS, 7 May 2000 (Newsroom) – The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) launched a new political organization last week with the aim of more effectively mobilizing Christians to act in public affairs.
U.S. prepares for National Day of Prayer
Posted on: Tuesday, May 2, 2000
2 May 2000 (Newsroom) – Americans across the country will meet to pray on Thursday for the 49th National Day of Prayer. Last year there were an estimated 20,000 prayer gatherings across the nation. Prayer events are scheduled in each…
