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Samaritan’s Purse assists Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

After struggling for months to find partners to help them deliver aid to Gaza, the embattled Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has picked up a collaborator—Samaritan’s Purse, the international Christian disaster relief organization headed by Franklin Graham.

08/25/2025 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

Campaign urges release of seven ministers in Eritrea

21Wilberforce and the Baptist World Alliance are joining other Christian groups in calling for the release of seven church leaders in Eritrea who have been detained without trial more than 20 years.

08/15/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Faith leaders issue global appeal to pray for Ukraine

Ukrainian Baptists are joining with other religious groups in asking people of faith globally to pray for Ukraine on Aug. 24.

08/08/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Gaza Baptists show love amid starvation and death

“A love offering from the Baptist Church in Gaza” proclaims the sign as Christian Mission to Gaza serves hot meals to both Christians and Muslims in the Gaza Strip, where people are starving to death.

07/30/2025 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

Commission spotlights religious freedom threats in Nigeria

Violent attacks targeting religious communities continue in Nigeria, and the Nigerian government’s enforcement of blasphemy laws significantly restricts religious freedom, a new report from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom states.

07/24/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Around the World: BWA presents Human Rights Award

At the Baptist World Congress in Brisbane, the Baptist World Alliance presented its Human Rights Award to Sano Vamuzo of Nagaland, India. Texas Baptists’ leader signs a memorandum of understanding with the Baptist Convention of Tanzania.

07/23/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Johnnie Moore defends embattled Gaza aid group

Johnnie Moore, the evangelical Christian who chairs the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, defended the workings of his controversial food distribution system to a friendly audience in a July 22 Zoom call.

07/23/2025 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

Kenyans adapt as churches are destroyed by flooding

In the flood-prone plains of Budalang’i in western Kenya, dozens of churches—some more than 50 years old—have been submerged or structurally weakened due to rising water levels and unpredictable rainfall.

07/21/2025 - By Tonny Onyulo and Stella Gitau / Religion News Service

Texas Baptists urged to pray for the persecuted in Nigeria

The Center for Global Religious Freedom at Dallas Baptist University, Texas Baptists’ Christian Life Commission and the Baptist World Alliance have issued a call to prayer for victims of religious persecution in Nigeria.

07/18/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

BWA leaders note ‘What women these Christians have!’

J. Merritt Johnston, executive director of Baptist World Alliance Women, urged women to live Jesus-shaped lives so the world will note, as a 4th century pagan intellectual did, “What women these Christians have!”

07/18/2025 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

Bible study leaders challenge Baptist World Congress

Ralph West, founding pastor of The Church Without Walls in Houston, challenged global Baptists to embrace a “theology of reconciliation.”

07/15/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Persecution and violence addressed at BWA Congress

Bruce Webb, pastor of The Woodlands First Baptist Church, recounted the history of Baptist advocacy for freedom of religion during a breakout session at the Baptist World Congress focused on the persecution of Christians.

07/15/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor