Daily Archives: July 11, 2012

Iranian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, arrested in 2009 and later handed a death sentence simply for being a Christian, has now been in prison 1,000 days.

The 2012 London Summer Olympians will have their choice of chaplains representing Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Judaism and Hinduism. Enter John Boyers, resident chaplain for the Manchester United soccer club in England, who will manage the deployment of 160 chaplains at the Olympic and Paralympic games.

The U.S. House of Representatives again has voted to repeal the 2010 health-care reform law, and the Senate again is expected to reject the proposal.

U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D.-La., has introduced a congressional resolution congratulating the Southern Baptist Convention for electing as president Fred Luter Jr., the first African American to hold the post. Landrieu notes the historical significance of Luter’s election and honors the SBC’s commitment to ethnic inclusion.

A federal judge has ruled that millions of dollars in state funding received by a Kentucky Baptist children’s agency can be challenged in court once again. Sunrise Children’s Services had fought to have the case rejected in federal district court after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear it last […]

The Alliance Defense Fund, one of the nation’s leading Christian legal groups, has a new name — the Alliance Defending Freedom.

Every adoption story is unique, but the tale of how pastor and author Tony Merida came to see he should adopt — essentially, through his own sermons — likely is quite rare. Merida has coauthored a book making the case for a Gospel-centered approach to adoption and orphan care. All […]