Copts end stand-off with Egyptian police
Posted on: Friday, September 1, 2000
14 April 2000 (Newsroom) -- Some 400 Coptic Orthodox Christians ended a two-day standoff with police Friday near Cairo after agreeing to abandon their occupation of a church building that had been closed down by authorities, according to an expatriate…
Satan worship concerns Christians in northeast India
Posted on: Friday, September 1, 2000
AIZAWL, India, 1 September 2000 (Newsroom) -- Religious leaders in the predominantly Christian state of Mizoram have asked police to investigate recent incidents of Satan worship involving teenagers, a trend that some officials blame on television shows about the paranormal…
‘Left Behind’ production company tries unorthodox promotion methods
Posted on: Thursday, August 31, 2000
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Cloud Ten Pictures, the production company responsible for "Left Behind," a new film dealing with the rapture of the church, has come up with a provocative way to promote the picture before it has a theatrical release. The…
Mardi Gras and Rio Carnival Owe Soul To Dionysus
Posted on: Thursday, August 31, 2000
Topless muses, nude dancers, and masked revelers stumbled home this week following dusk-to-dawn Carnival parades on both sides of the globe. The larger parades, Mardi Gras and Rio Carnival, witnessed above average arrests according to police.
Micro-primates…a transitional form or just heelbone hype?
Posted on: Thursday, August 31, 2000
In the Book of Genesis, God makes it very clear that man was created special on the sixth day of the Creation Week. Rejecting the Genesis account of history, evolutionists must search desperately to find an alternative explanantion for man's…
More Football Game Prayers Expected; Pro-Family Groups Urge Fans On
Posted on: Wednesday, August 30, 2000
(AgapePress) - In June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that prayer over public address systems at high school football games is illegal. As the football season opened across the country last weekend, many stadiums were the site of citizen- and…
Palestinian Muslim Leader Calls for Killing of Christian and Jews
Posted on: Monday, August 28, 2000
The most recent Mideast peace accord that was agreed upon in Egypt by Palestinians and Jews appears to offer little hope for a lasting peace. Violence continues in Israel as Muslim leaders incite their followers to hate and commit acts…
Awareness of Persecution is not Enough
Posted on: Thursday, August 24, 2000
LOS ANGELES (Compass) -- If a recent poll of Americans is any indication, the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP) has been effective in raising awareness of Christian persecution. But motivating people to help the persecuted church…
“We Still Pray” Rally Blocks Highways into North Carolina City
Posted on: Tuesday, August 22, 2000
AgapePress) - In 1969, Arlo Guthrie stood before thousands of hippies attending the famed Woodstock music festival to proudly announce that, due to them, the highways had been closed. The counter culture had arrived.
“We Still Pray” Rally Blocks Highways into North Carolina City
Posted on: Tuesday, August 22, 2000
AgapePress) - In 1969, Arlo Guthrie stood before thousands of hippies attending the famed Woodstock music festival to proudly announce that, due to them, the highways had been closed. The counter culture had arrived.
Return to the Killing Fields
Posted on: Friday, August 18, 2000
SAN JOSE, CA (August 18, 2000) -- Faith Shaw was born in Rwanda, a country that between 1959-64 saw more than 500,000 people killed and a similar number or more fled the country. She was horrified when in April of…
Report Says UN Summit Seeks to Implement One-World Government
Posted on: Wednesday, August 16, 2000
(AgapePress) - The United Nations Millennium Summit is set to get under way in a few weeks. Many Christians regard the agenda as an organizational meeting for a one-world government. The UN calls it the largest single gathering of heads…
