• WEA Forms Partnership to Advance Training of Evangelicals Leaders Worldwide

  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.

• Oldest-Known Paintings of Apostles Andrew, John Uncovered

  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.

  

• Council for World Mission Backs Burmese Struggle for Democracy

  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.

• Poll: More Americans Hold Unfavorable View of Muslims

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

• Bush to Emphasize Freedom at U.N.

  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.