In addition to reporting fresh religion news daily, CT updates stories we previously noted.
We tweet the updates; but in case you’re not one of our more than 117,000 Twitter followers (and really, why aren’t you?), here’s what you missed this week:
(Editor’s note: This is NOT a roundup of the new blogs we’ve posted lately, so shouldn’t replace your daily reading!)
Wycliffe No Longer Faces Boycott by 12,700 Churches
Update: Controversy over ‘Son of God’ Bible translations for Muslims partially resolves, as new changes mollify Wycliffe’s biggest critic.
Over-the-Counter Morning-After Pills Only for Ages 17 and Up, Justice Department Says
Update: Government agrees to allow Plan B One-Step to be sold over the counter to all women.
Richmond Megachurch Loses Four Pastors Following Criminal Charges
Update: Jonathan Falwell recruited for counsel following mass resignation and sex abuse allegations against founder Geronimo Aguilar
After Turbulent Year, Cedarville University Selects Theologian as New President
Update: Southern Baptist seminary leader takes the reins after school’s president and vice president resigned last year.
Are Christian-Muslim Relations in East Africa Going the (Violent) Way of Nigeria?
Update: Explosion by Islamists at Kenyan church follows similar church attack in formerly safe Tanzania.
Jerusalem Monastery Suffers Graffiti in Latest “Price-Tag” Attack
Update: Vandalism at Church of the Dormition is latest in series of attacks supporting unauthorized settlements in the West Bank.
New Presbyterian Body Aims for Orthodoxy with Less Bureaucracy
Update: Stats show five times as many churches left the PC(USA) in 2012 as in 2011.
Webb Simpson, Golf’s U.S. Open Champion on Faith: ‘*sinner* loved by a Savior.’
Update: High-profile PGA players love God more than golf–both on and off the greens.
Southern Baptists End Investigation of Theology Professors at Kentucky University
Update: State leaders conclude that theologically conservative professors are welcome at Campbellsville University, but ERLC president Russell Moore isn’t so sure.
New Tribes Mission Confronts ’80s Sex-abuse Allegations
Update: New arrest accuses missionary of sexually abusing four children and creating pornography.
New Wave of Fetal-Pain Abortion Bans Faces Court Scrutiny
Update: As Ninth Circuit strikes down Arizona’s ban on the procedure after 20 weeks, House panel considers national ban.
ECFA Reveals Where Evangelicals Give (and No Longer Give) Their Money
Update: Charitable giving continues to decrease for small nonprofits, but bigger organizations are benefiting.
Canada Names Religious Freedom Ambassador–Two Years Late
Update: New office faces an ‘uphill battle’ promoting religious freedom in China.
Secular Sweden Sees No Problem in Sending Christian Converts Back to Iran?
Update: Sweden grants asylum to one Iranian convert, but others say their asylum applications are denied because judges don’t understand their plight.
Blasphemy Charges Becoming New Weapon Against Egyptian Christians
Update: Female social studies teacher receives blasphemy conviction–but no prison sentence.
International Justice Mission Wins ‘Landmark’ Sex Trafficking Conviction in India
Update: Following sex trafficking victory, IJM frees nearly 300 workers from brick-factory slavery.
Move Over, Pakistan: Blasphemy Laws Now Making Headlines in … Europe
Update: Russian Duma approves Pussy Riot-inspired bill against insulting others’ religions.
