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Baptists among Nigerians killed in Christmas Eve attacks

A Baptist pastor and his wife were among nearly 200 Nigerians killed in a series of coordinated attacks that began Christmas Eve.

01/02/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Mexico Baptists help churches rebuild after hurricane

Two months after Hurricane Otis slammed the area surrounding Acapulco, Baptists in Mexico—with help from Texas Baptists—continue to rebuild damaged church buildings, provide financial support for pastors and supply food to families in need.

12/26/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Ukrainian Baptist leader says spread of the gospel at stake

Christians in the United States should consider the spiritual dimensions of Russia’s war on Ukraine, especially as military aid to Ukraine grows uncertain, a Ukrainian Baptist Union leader said.

12/26/2023 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

Action urged to address persecution in Nigeria

Representatives from multiple human rights and religious liberty organizations joined the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom in urging Congress to take action regarding ongoing persecution in Nigeria.

12/20/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Ukrainian Christians unite in Dec. 25 observance

Baptist, Ukrainian Orthodox and Greek-Catholic churches will celebrate Christmas in unison Dec. 25 for the first time, the latter two abandoning their traditional Jan. 7 observance.

12/18/2023 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

TBM volunteers return home from Israel

After almost two months of providing meals in the midst of the Israel-Hamas war, Texas Baptist Men feeding teams are returning home as the ministry’s Israeli partners can now meet the needs of people caught in the conflict.

12/14/2023 - By Ferrell Foster / Texas Baptist Men

Documentary records rescue of North Korean defectors

For Pastor Seungeun Kim, accompanying North Korean defectors as they trek toward freedom through the jungle between Vietnam and Laos is, as he put it, “just going to work.”

12/13/2023 - By Kathryn Post / Religion News Service

Persecuted Christian in Mali tells of conversion

Diarra grew up in a Muslim family where Christians were disparaged. The influence of his Christian uncle led to his conversion—and to Diarra embarking on a journey that has led to perhaps 100 conversions to Christianity in his extended family.

12/04/2023 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

Argentina’s president on pilgrimage toward radical change

A week after being elected Argentina’s next president, the self-defined anarcho-capitalist economist Javier Milei left the country on a double pilgrimage, first visiting the grave of a Hasidic Jewish leader in New York, with plans to head to Israel.

11/29/2023 - By Eduardo Campos Lima / Religion News Service

Bethlehem pastors urge lawmakers to seek peace

A trio of Christian leaders are visiting the U.S. capital carrying a letter signed by churches in Bethlehem urging President Joe Biden and congressional lawmakers to push for a permanent cease fire in Gaza and work to establish lasting peace in the region.

11/29/2023 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

Sudanese Christians in Sahel may face Sharia law

A return to Sharia law might be in store for Sudan as civil war nears its 10th month there, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said in its latest fact sheet on the Sahel Region of Africa.

11/28/2023 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

Evangelical Christians mobilize to help Israelis in wartime

As the terrorists gunned down pedestrians on the street and drivers in their cars, Keith Isaacson, the security chief of the Eshkol region, which lies just east of Gaza, survived. He credits the protection offered by his truck, a gift from an evangelical Christian organization.

11/07/2023 - By Michele Chabin / Religion News Service