The Christian Century

The way pastor Jonathan Wilkins sees it, members of his Baptist church in Thoma­ston, Georgia, should have the right to carry guns into worship services to protect the congregation. Wilkins's Baptist Tabernacle and a Georgia gun-rights association are challenging a new state law that prohibits weapons in houses of worship.

Nairobi, February 14 (ENInews)--Religious leaders in Uganda have welcomed pledges from presidential candidates for a violence-free election, due to take place 18 February. The candidates made the commitment at national prayer rally held at the Kololo independence grounds in Kampala on 13 February.

DALLAS (ABP) -- The governing body of Baylor University, the world’s largest Baptist academic institution, now may include Christians who are not Baptists.

Baylor’s board of regents voted Feb. 11 to amend the university’s bylaws, allowing members who are active in Christian -- but not Baptist -- churches to comprise up to 25 percent of the board.

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Utrecht, Netherlands, February 10 (ENInews)--If there was ever a country that understands floods, it is the Netherlands, where one-quarter of the land is below sea level, and it is there that a modern Noah is constructing an ark.