BEIJING (BP)--A popular house church leader and his wife were released from government custody in China recently, but that good news was overshadowed by the fact that countless other Chinese Christians still are imprisoned, including bookstore...

BEIJING (BP)--Yu Jie will quickly tell you that the Ark Church in Beijing is not underground.

BEIJING (BP)--Sitting in Yu Jie's home in Beijing as he talked about his church and about the growth of Christianity in China, I pondered the events that had brought me to this place.

BEIJING (BP)--They called themselves the "Redeem Team," and at least two of the U.S. men's gold medal basketball team know an added something about the word: Center Dwight Howard and shooting guard Michael Redd have openly voiced their redemption...

BEIJING (BP)--Bryan Clay, in winning the gold medal in the decathlon Aug. 22 and the unofficial title of "world's greatest athlete," tallied the largest margin of victory in the epic Olympic competition since 1972.

BEIJING (BP)--Tasha Danvers chose her unborn child four years ago over her hopes for an Olympic medal. Now she has both.

BEIJING (BP)--Tamika Catchings, a leading field goal shooter on the U.S. women's basketball team, has been articulate about her faith playing a key role in her development as an athlete at the top of her game.

BEIJING (BP)--When New Zealand track star Nicholas Willis was 4, his mother died of cancer, sending him into a tailspin of searching for significance. Now he has won a bronze medal in the Beijing Olympics.

BEIJING (BP)--Jeremy Knowles, a member of the Bahamas swim team, will have plenty to tell his fourth-grade students at Hickory Grove Baptist Christian School in Charlotte, N.C., when he returns to the United States as their teacher.

BEIJING (BP)--Nancilea Foster's worst fear as a diver came true when she was 14 years old.

BEIJING (BP)--Lopez Lomong, the 1,500-meter runner who carried the U.S. flag during the opening ceremony in National Stadium, is a testimony to the resilience of the human spirit and the providence of God.

BEIJING (BP)--U.S. archer Jenny Nichols tied an Olympic record in her opening-round win Aug. 12 over Indonesia's Ika Yuliana Rochmawati, but she couldn't build on that success.

BEIJING (BP)--Ever since she was 9 years old, Barb Sturges wanted to live in China.

BEIJING (BP)--Jane Rumball may look like she's only rowing when she steps into the boat with her Canadian teammates to compete in the Beijing Olympics.

BEIJING (BP)--As I watched the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics, I sat in wonder. The performance was by far the most incredible production I've ever seen.

BEIJING (BP)--Archery is more than a sport for U.S. Olympic archer Jennifer Nichols. It's a family activity.

BEIJING (BP)--Chinese authorities have filed new charges against a Christian bookstore owner who observers say is being unjustly persecuted by the government.

BEIJING (BP)--Shi Weihan, a Chinese bookstore owner in Beijing, has been rearrested for publishing Bibles and Christian literature during a time when a shortage of such materials has been reported in China.