Approximately 80 Christian
Science nurses from around the globe gathered early in September for a three-day conference held at CedarS Camps in Lebanon, Missouri.
The Dead Sea Scrolls
entered the digital age [September 26] with the launch of an online project that allows users to search through and read high-resolution versions of the 2,000-year-old texts.
More than 7,600 churches
from 34 denominations opened their doors to an estimated 250,000 visitors during National Back To Church Sunday, held September 18.
Precious Bible manuscripts
originating in the Jewish community of Damascus, Syria, went on display for several hours [October 5], offering a rare glimpse at a collection that includes books spirited to Israel in clandestine operations before the ancient community disappeared at the end of the 20th century.
Archaeologists unearthing
a biblical ruin inside a Palestinian city in the West Bank are writing the latest chapter in a 100-year-old excavation that has been interrupted by two world wars and numerous rounds of Mideast upheaval.