• World Evangelical Alliance Steps Into Quran Burning Fray

  The head of the world’s largest evangelical body on Wednesday spoke for the first time with the pastor behind the planned Sept. 11 Quran burning.

• Conservatives Encouraged to be Good Neighbors to NYC Mosque Builders

  Not many prominent conservative evangelicals have weighed in on the controversial effort to establish a mosque and Islamic cultural center near New York City’s Ground Zero, and even fewer have voiced support for the project.

• Haitians Went from Shacks to Plastic Sheeting, Says Mission Leader

  The standard of living in Haiti had not progressed much for decades and the earthquake just made life “exponentially worse,” said a mission leader who had lived in Port-au-Prince for two years.

  

• Evangelical Body: Cancel 'Burn a Quran' Day

  The nation’s largest evangelical body is urging the Florida church behind “International Burn A Quran Day” to cancel its plans.

• Obama's Gay Rights Push 'Distressing,' Says So. Baptist Leader

  WASHINGTON – The Obama administration’s role in the accreditation of a U.S.-based gay rights group by the United Nations is “distressing,” says a Southern Baptist public policy leader.