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  Facing forward difficult for Afghans, Baylor panelists say

  Many Afghans hope for a better future, but those hopes have dimmed in the past month, a panel of experts told a Baylor University webinar audience.

  09/09/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Afghan evacuees turn attention to families left behind

  Faith-based refugee resettlement agencies are helping Afghan families settle into their new homes in the United States and advocating for those left behind.

  09/08/2021 - By Emily McFarlan Miller / Religion News Service

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  Cuban Baptist pastors fined but will not face prison

  Two Baptist pastors in Cuba who were detained for an extended period after nationwide protests July 11 will be fined but will not face prison sentences.

  09/02/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  More Nigerian Baptist students freed, but attacks continue

  An additional 47 Nigerian Baptist school students kidnapped in July have been released, leaving captive 31 of the more than 120 originally taken, the Christian Association of Nigeria reported Aug. 28.

  08/31/2021 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Russian Baptist urges American believers to pass the torch

  Peter Mitskevich, executive director of the Russia Baptist Union and president of Moscow Theological Seminary, described conditions for Russian Christians.

  08/23/2021 - By Scott Barkley / Baptist Press

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  Commission urges evacuation of Afghan religious minorities

  A bipartisan federal commission that monitors global religious freedom called on the U.S. government to help evacuate religious minorities in Afghanistan that face persecution from the Taliban.

  08/23/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Biden OKs new refugee funds amid criticism from aid groups

  President Joe Biden has authorized an additional $500 million to aid refugees from Afghanistan, pushing through the funds as the White House fends off suggestions it failed a moral test to aid those fleeing the war-torn country.

  08/18/2021 - By Jack Jenkins and Emily McFarland Miller /Religion News Service

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  Baptists begin response to Haiti earthquake

  Southern Baptists coordinating relief efforts in response to a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti Aug. 14.

  08/17/2021 - By Scott Barkley

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  In Nigeria, 28 abducted Baptist school students freed

  Armed kidnappers in Nigeria have released 28 of the more than 120 students who were abducted at the beginning of July from the Bethel Baptist High School in the northern town of Damishi.

  07/27/2021 - By Ibrahim Garba and Sam Olukoya / Associated Press

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  Seaberrys’ curtain call becomes next act of missions story

  About two decades after medical issues forced Steve and Anne Seaberry to leave Africa, they got the chance to return for three years for Steve to be the chaplain at Dakar Academy in Senegal. Unexpectedly, Anne has taken on the massive challenge of launching a new school.

  07/23/2021 - By Craig Bird

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  Three detained Baptist pastors in Cuba released

  Three Baptist minister in Cuba who had been detained after nationwide protests have been released. However, the wife and child of one of the pastors forcibly were evicted from their home.

  07/23/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Baptists among clergy detained following Cuba protests

  Cuban authorities have detained religious leaders—including at least three Baptists—in the wake of nationwide protests, action that drew rebuke from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.

  07/14/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor