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  Baptists assaulted in indigenous community in Mexico

  A Baptist woman in Mexico remains hospitalized in serious condition after being tied to a tree and beaten before Christmas. A representative for an international human rights organization says it was “not an isolated incident.”

  01/09/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  European Baptists pray for peace in Ukraine

  Even before Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops to observe a 36-hour ceasefire for Orthodox Christmas, the European Baptist Federation and Ukrainian Baptists planned a Christmas Eve prayer vigil for peace.

  01/06/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Religious minorities in Burma forced from homes

  Since the February 2021 military coup in Myanmar, about 1 million people—most of them members of religious and ethnic minorities—have been internally displaced, a recent report revealed.

  12/21/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Ukraine women crochet angel ornaments to thank donors

  Light is scarce as Ukraine suffers a bombed-out power grid. Yet, women there are using their light this Christmas to crochet angel ornaments to send churches and other supporters in the U.S.

  12/19/2022 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Jordan unveils master plan for site of Jesus’ baptism

  Jordan has launched a $100 million master plan aimed at attracting 1 million Christian pilgrims in 2030 to celebrations of the second millennium of the baptism of Jesus.

  12/13/2022 - By Daoud Kuttab / Religion News Service

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  Missionary pilot still in custody in Mozambique

  Missionary pilot pilot Ryan Koher was arrested in southern Mozambique. Six weeks later, he remains in jail, with no end to his imprisonment in sight.

  12/09/2022 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Kachin Baptist leader detained in Myanmar

  The past president and former general secretary of the Kachin Baptist Convention in Myanmar was detained by the Burmese military junta and is being held.

  12/06/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Action urged to prevent deportation of Chinese Christians

  Sixty-four Christians currently in Thailand face deportation to China—which they fled to escape persecution—unless U.S. officials allow them to resettle in East Texas with the help of area churches.

  12/02/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Study reports oppressive pandemic religious restrictions

  About one-fourth of nearly 200 nations studied by the Pew Research Center used force to prevent religious gatherings during the COVID pandemic.

  12/01/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Ukrainian Baptists minister in midst of ‘extreme crisis’

  Ukrainian Baptists in areas previously occupied by Russian troops report “unbelievable” atrocities and “extreme crisis,” the European Baptist Federation stated in a Nov. 22 update.

  11/28/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Russia ‘trying to freeze’ Ukrainians, seminary president says

  Russian missiles that have fallen closest to Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary President Yaroslav “Slavik” Pyzh’s home destroyed an electrical substation in Lviv.

  11/18/2022 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Global Baptist leaders condemn attack on Myanmar school

  Leaders of the Baptist World Alliance and the Asia Pacific Baptist Federation condemned the shelling of Kachin Bible School by the Burmese military.

  11/17/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor