Charisma Magazine

Ugandan church leaders are calling on California pastor Rick Warren to "biblically issue an apology for having wronged us."

In a recent letter, the group of 20 denominational leaders said the Purpose Driven Life author caused "distress" in their nation after he requested they speak out against the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009 currently awaiting approval in the Ugandan Parliament.

Photo: Uganda's Parliament building

Several pro-life groups responded to the Senate's passage of landmark health care reform legislation Thursday morning with calls for more restrictive abortion language in the final measure.

President Obama called the vote "historic" and said it brings the nation "toward the end of nearly a century-long struggle to reform America's health care system."

An Ohio judge ruled Tuesday that Christian convert Rifqa Bary does not have to meet with her Muslim parents as part of a possible reconciliation plan.

Magistrate Mary Goodrich of Franklin County Juvenile Court in Ohio denied Mohamed and Aysha Bary's request to force their 17-year-old daughter to participate in mediation, the Columbus Post-Dispatch reported.

Image: AP Photo/ George Skene

While many Christian leaders campaign to keep Christ in Christmas by going after retailers who use the words "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas," a group of pastors are waging a different kind of culture war.

Now in its fourth year as a rising movement, Advent Conspiracy challenges church members across the nation to fight against the commercialization of Christmas by replacing consumption with compassion.

With at least two violent attacks and alleged "reconversion" of more than 1,700 Christians in the week leading up to Christmas, a sense of fear is growing among India's minority Christian community.

On Sunday, Hindu extremists attacked a church during worship in western Maharashtra state's Sindhudurg district and a Christmas exhibition in Gwalior city in central Madhya Pradesh state. The following day, extremists claimed having converted over 1,700 tribal (aboriginal) Christians "back" to Hinduism in western Gujarat state.