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  Exhausting but energizing year for Ukrainian-born minister

  Pastor Leonid Regheta had planned to enjoy a sabbatical last year. The Russian invasion of Ukraine turned the past 12 months into anything but sabbath rest.

  02/23/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  TBM supplies blankets to displaced Syrians

  People in Syria displaced by recent earthquakes need blankets. Now, 10,000 blankets are on the way, thanks to efforts by Texas Baptist Men, in cooperation with key partners in the United States and Syria.

  02/22/2023 - By Ferrell Foster / Texas Baptist Men

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  Hunger Offering joins BWA to support earthquake relief

  The Texas Baptist Hunger Offering is joining with Baptist World Alliance to raise funds to provide critical resources and aid to meet the needs of those injured and displaced by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.

  02/21/2023 - By Texas Baptists Communications

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  Global Baptists provide assistance after killer earthquake

  From Hungarian Baptist Aid search-and-rescue missions to Texas Baptist Men providing generators and other supplies, global Baptists have responded to earthquakes in Turkey and Syria that claimed more than 36,000 lives.

  02/14/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Religious freedom violations in Cuba spike in one year

  Documented violations of religious freedom in Cuba more than doubled from 2021 to 2022, a new report revealed.

  02/10/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Baptists mobilize after quake rocks Turkey and Syria

  A massive killer earthquake in Turkey and Syria left a Baptist church in Aleppo severely damaged, the Baptist World Alliance reported.

  02/06/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Ukrainian pastor reports suffering but says God is good

  In spite of continued missile attacks, widespread dislocation and the threat of a major Russian assault in coming weeks, Ukrainian Pastor Igor Bandura insisted, “God is good.”

  02/03/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Polish church provides ongoing help to Ukrainian refugees

  Second Baptist Church in Gdańsk, Poland, has helped meet the needs of more than 100 refugees from Ukraine in the past 11 months.

  02/02/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Call for accountability and new sanctions in Myanmar

  A call for accountability from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom and announced sanctions punishing the Burmese army marked the two-year anniversary of a military coup in Myanmar.

  02/01/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Chinese Christians remain in Thailand fearing deportation

  More than five dozen Christians remain in Thailand, where they fear deportation to China unless they are granted refugee status by the United Nations or humanitarian parole by the United States.

  01/31/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Pakistan moves toward more stringent blasphemy law

  Pakistan’s lower house of parliament passed a bill strengthening punishment for blasphemy despite international outcry.

  01/27/2023 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  North Korea again tops World Watch List of persecutors

  North Korea returned to the top spot on Open Doors’ World Watch List after scoring its highest level of persecution ever, following an increase in arrests of Christians under its “anti-reactionary thought” law.

  01/18/2023 - By Emily McFarlan Miller / Religion News Service