Threatened with death even before the Taliban took power in mid-August, a young Christian woman who fled to India said she could be forced to return to Afghanistan when her visa expires in a few days.

According to sources, a kidnapped Christian in Kogi state, Nigeria, was killed in a rescue operation on Saturday (Oct. 2), the same day three other Christians were killed in another attack in the state.

Sources said that last week a Muslim mob in northern Nigeria, agitated over the killing of a woman by a man they believed had converted to Christianity, hacked a pastor to death with machetes and burned down his home, church and school.

First Baptist Church, in Williamsburg Va., is set to celebrate its 245th anniversary this weekend. “The early history of our congregation, beginning with enslaved and free Blacks gathering outdoors in secret in 1776, has always been a part of who we are as a community,” said the Rev. Reginald F. Davis.

Clinic trials of the newly approved malaria vaccine have an efficacy of about 50 percent against severe cases. That’s a moderate efficacy for a vaccine, but modeling programs show that the vaccine could prevent 5.4 million cases and about 23,000 deaths in children under 5 every single year.

The research shows that Indonesia, which is a Muslim-majority nation, now has 20.4 million Protestants and 8.42 million Catholics. In total, both groups make up nearly 11 percent of the total population.

Tait, who is African American, talked about segregation in the church, as well as how he's seen people falling away from their faith. "This hate stuff is for freakin’ birds. We don't have time for that," he said. 

The private bathroom and toilet, which archaeologists call an extreme luxury at the time, dates to the 7th century BCE and looks out over a view of the Temple Mount.

The SBC Committee has voted to waive attorney-client privilege as part of an investigation of how leaders have handled issues of sexual abuse. The vote ends a weeks-long debate.

Over the years, Collins, 71, had been open about his Christian faith and his appreciation of science. He saw science as evidence of God and tried to be a bridge between the sometimes divided communities of science and religion.