Southern Baptists' Budget Vote Shapes New Evangelism Approach

"At a gathering of 11,000 Southern Baptists on Tuesday at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., Baptists overwhelmingly approved a plan that will channel funds away from established Baptist programs and use them to fund new churches and more missionaries. It's called the Great Commission Resurgence. The national meeting concludes today."

Scientists Get Religion

"New head of AAAS program strives to improve dialogue between researchers and people of faith."

Faith and Freedom

"Christian Higher Education Canada has announced that it is organizing meetings to bring together faculty members and administrators from a range of institutions to discuss and, maybe, define academic freedom."

Stephen Hawking on Religion: 'Science Will Win'

"Renowned physicist shares thoughts on God, fatherly advice in an interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer."

Christians View Syria as Haven in Unstable Region

"Syria's dwindling Christians coexist with their Muslim compatriots in a country many of them see as a safe haven, in a region where religious minorities often struggle for survival."

Theology School Melds Studies of Different Faiths

"The venerable Claremont School of Theology has taught Methodist ministers and theologians for more than a century, but in the fall they'll try an unorthodox approach: cross-training the nation's future Muslim, Christian and Jewish religious leaders in classrooms scattered around Southern California as they work toward their respective degrees."

Cambridge University to Digitise Faith and Science Library Collections

"Fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls are among the jewels in the Cambridge University library that may soon be made available digitally."