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The Leadership Institute of the World Evangelical Alliance has formed an educational partnership with a Bible-based university in downtown San Francisco, according to an announcement last week.

The oldest known images of the apostles Andrew and John have been found in a catacomb near St. Paul’s Basilica in Rome, Vatican officials announced Tuesday.

The Council for World Mission has joined others in the international ecumenical community in expressing its support for the people of Burma pressing for the creation of a democratic government.

Public attitudes about Muslims and Islam have grown more negative in the United States in recent years, according to a poll released Tuesday.

President Bush wants the United Nation to fight for freedom in lands of poverty and terror as it had promised to do upon its founding more than six decades ago.

An explosion Wednesday rocked a Christian suburb east of the Lebanon’s capital, killing at least four people and injuring 40, according to local media.

Indonesia has been hit by more than 40 aftershocks since a massive 8.4-magnitude earthquake shook Southeast Asia Wednesday, and seismologists warned that the worst may be yet to come.

The 21 South Koreans held hostage in Afghanistan by the Taliban recounted their six weeks of captivity on Wednesday, revealing the harsh conditions and numerous beatings they endured before being freed nearly two weeks ago.

A temporary church will be set up in the Olympic Village during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, a state-backed church official has reported.

The youth pastor who was leading the group of 22 South Korean aid volunteers in Afghanistan was killed for refusing to convert to Islam, the head pastor of the church revealed after the final 19 former hostages arrived home.

The 19 South Koreans who were freed by their Taliban kidnappers last week returned home Sunday to the tearful embraces of their loved ones.

The head of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) has welcomed the release of 19 South Korean hostages this week.

Taliban militants in Afghanistan released four more South Korean hostages Thursday after freeing 12 of the remaining 19 South Korean hostages the day before in three separate rounds of handovers.

After living through the genocide of 1994 that killed almost a million people, the Presbyterian Church in Rwanda was urged to be a leader in the effort to heal and transform the war-torn country.

One of the most popular and far-reaching international radio ministries in the world has launched a global search to find a new president.

The deportation of an illegal immigrant from Mexico who spent over a year under the protection of a Methodist church has revived calls from both sides of the border for changes to U.S. immigration laws.

Without increased support for the flood-affected communities across South Asia, the post-flood situation could turn into an even greater humanitarian emergency, according to one of the world’s largest international relief and humanitarian organizations.

Afghan police rescued a female German aid worker just hours after she appeared in a video asking her government to secure her release.

Hurricane Dean crashed into the Caribbean coast of Mexico as a monstrous Category 5 hurricane on Tuesday after picking up strength as it brushed past Jamaica and the Cayman islands.

South Korean officials resumed face-to-face talks with the Taliban on Thursday over the fate of 19 church volunteers who are still being held hostage in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province.

South Asia's ruinous flood, which have affected millions and forced many to become homeless, is becoming a greater health concern as the threat of waterborne continues to rise.

The Taliban in Afghanistan “might stop killing hostages” temporarily, reported a high-ranking commander for the militant group as the deadline loomed for the lives of 21 South Korean captives.

Three Catholic priests in China who refused to join the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association were arrested by eight police officers, a human rights group reported Saturday.

The Taliban in Afghanistan shot dead a second male South Korean hostage, a spokesman said late Monday.

One of the 23 Korean Christian hostages in Afghanistan was killed Wednesday and more would be killed if the demands of the Taliban were not met, said a purported spokesman for the militant group.