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  Moldovans give Ukrainian refugees the sheets off their beds

  Since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, Moldova—a small and impoverished nation bordering Ukraine—has received an estimated one refugee for every 25 Moldovans. Most refugees are being housed and cared for by churches in the Moldovan Baptist Union, which has about 400 congregations.

  05/17/2022 - By IMB Staff

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  Religious persecution fuels global refugee crisis

  People fleeing religious persecution in their homelands account for a significant part of the “unprecedented” global refugee crisis, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom notes in its latest report.

  05/12/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Discrepancy in sentencing of Cuban pastor

  The Cuban government notified the family of Pastor Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo, who has been imprisoned since participating in peaceful protests last July, he has been sentenced to seven years in prison.

  05/06/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Ukrainian Baptist ministers in war zone bear double burden

  Baptist ministers in Ukraine express a double burden, helping others survive the war while struggling themselves to survive.

  05/02/2022 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Report notes ‘downward spiral’ of Afghan religious freedom

  Citing deteriorating religious freedom conditions and an overall increase in human rights violations, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom recommended Afghanistan be designated a “Country of Particular Concern.”

  04/25/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Relief ministry to refugees in Poland starts with the basics

  Some might ask where to start in responding to needs caused by a war that’s displacing millions of people who have no idea what the future holds. Five and a half decades of disaster relief ministry has taught Texas Baptist Men to begin with the basics.

  04/20/2022 - By John Hall / Texas Baptist Men

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  Former Chinese prisoner bears witness to camp horrors

  A Christian imprisoned for 10 months in western China is now in the United States, and he is bearing witness to the notorious “re-education” camps being operated by the Communist regime of the world’s most populous country.

  04/20/2022 - By Tom Strode / Baptist Press

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  Baptists offer training in trauma care for Ukrainian refugees

  Years after Russia’s bombs stop exploding and loved ones are eulogized, displaced Ukrainian refugees still may need counseling and intervention to deal with the loss.

  04/18/2022 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Cuban pastor sentenced to eight years in prison

  A Cuban Protestant pastor who has been detained since participating in peaceful protests last July has been sentenced to eight years in prison.

  04/12/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Baptists in Ukraine offer compassionate aid at personal risk

  Baptists are “at the forefront of responding with courage and compassion” to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine—often at great risk, Baptist World Alliance General Secretary Elijah Brown reported.

  04/12/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Gunned down seminary dean was trying to escape

  Evangelical seminary dean Vitaliy Vinogradov was fleeing Russian occupation of Bucha, attempting to walk 10 miles to safety in Kyiv, when Russian forces killed him and left his body on a street, a close friend and ministry associate said.

  04/11/2022 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Evangelical seminary dean found dead on streets of Ukraine

  The dean of a small evangelical seminary in Kyiv is among more than 400 civilians found dead on the streets in and around the capital city, the seminary confirmed early April 4 on Facebook.

  04/06/2022 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press