2012年7月31日星期二

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


Baptist leaders urge Miss. church to reject racism

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 06:32 PM PDT

Rev. Stan Weatherford, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs, left, hugs Rev. Fitzgerald Lovett, pastor of New Zion United Methodist Church during a prayer rally in support of racial reconciliation Monday, July 30, 2012 following the actions of some congregants at the First Baptist Church which prevented a black couple from getting married there. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)Townspeople prayed for racial reconciliation Monday, but the black man whose wedding was rejected by a predominantly white Southern Baptist church in this small Mississippi town said he wasn't ready to let racism be swept under the rug.


Religious freedom report: World is sliding backwards, Clinton says

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:21 PM PDT

With religious freedom in a state of decline in many parts of the world, the United States will pay particular attention to countries in political transition, like Egypt and other participants in the Arab awakening, to see that they do not follow a worrisome trend.
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