When Lynn’s son Bryce went to the annual Harvest Crusade, a Christian music and evangelism event, she had no way of knowing he would be lured into a cultic group known as the Twelve Tribes.

As Lynn discovered to her dismay, behind the quaint “freepapers” and homespun clothing is a religious system marked by exclusivism, racism, manipulation, and the spiritual domination of a man who calls himself “Yoneq.”

Seventh-day Adventists are among the other groups that chase down Crusade attendees.

Lindani Mangena, 24, posed as a top City trader to con more than 1,000 Seventh Day Adventists.

A Maryville woman who went to court on Aug. 14 for a child custody hearing says she was persecuted because of her religious beliefs at the hands of the Blount County judicial system.

Lawyers for an executed inmate who objected to autopsy on religious grounds said Friday they were negotiating with state officials for a less invasive procedure.

The body of a strangled toddler was found inside the baptismal basin of Seventh-day Atventist Church in southern Brazil, police and church officials said Monday.

Two large Protestant sects in Ho Chi Minh City – the Vietnam Seventh-Day Adventist Church and the Vietnam Grace Baptist Church – have officially received certificates of religious practice.

An 81-year-old Rwandan pastor jailed for 10 years for his part in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide has been released.

The Seventh-day Adventist Church, which theologically is a cult of Christianity, has taken legal action against web sites run by former members.

HOBBLECREEK CANYON - Lincoln Steed had one message for Seventh-day Adventists at their annual retreat here: "Watch out. True religious freedom is being threatened before your eyes."

After Diedre Renee Forte was sent two years ago to a routine supervisory class at the Metro Police Department Training Academy, in which the class watched a video that led to Forte’s religious affiliation being identified, her 27-year career with the department changed dramatically.

A church pastor called deputies to remove 16 congregants who refused to stop singing as he tried to begin his sermon, according to a sheriff's report.

ST. LOUIS -- The Seventh-day Adventist Church elevated a woman Monday to a top leadership post for the first time in its history.

ST. LOUIS - The 70-year-old leader of the Seventh-day Adventist Church was re-elected president Friday at the group's worldwide conference. Jan Paulsen was selected by a nominating committee of 196 delegates.

A Seventh Day Adventist lay preacher has been fined P2,000 or two beasts by the Customary Court of Appeal for breaching a marriage promise. Edgar Mothudi was taken to court by the mother of his three children, Mmamarope Mafokate who demanded P16,000 or 16 heads of cattle.

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Monday upheld the sentencing of a father and son duo found guilty of genocide by the tribunal last year.