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  Baptist leaders in Lebanon and France respond to bombings

  Baptists in Lebanon and France reacted to attacks by the Islamic State—also known as ISIS or ISIL—that occurred in their countries.

  11/19/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Evangelicals ponder Christian response to Paris attacks

  American evangelical leaders remain at odds over whether the best response to the bloody terrorist attacks in Paris is a war on terrorism and militant Islamic ideology or Christian reconciliation and pacifism.

  11/19/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  State Department religious freedom report focuses on terror groups

  Secretary of State John Kerry released the annual International Religious Freedom Report and called terror groups the world’s greatest threat to religious freedom.

  10/19/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Nepal adopts secular constitution but retains anti-conversion language

  Lawmakers in Nepal rejected an effort to declare the Himalayan nation a Hindu state, adopting a new constitution Sept. 14 defining Nepal as a secular republic but retaining a controversial anti-conversion clause.

  09/17/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Europe’s refugee crisis stirs consciences, but responses vary

  Europe’s refugee crisis has inspired faith communities across the continent to open their doors to the newcomers and advocate for more state and private help, but the urgency of their calls and the depth of responses to them vary from country to country.

  09/10/2015 - By Ken Camp

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  Advocates urge Nepal to avoid criminalizing religious conversion

  An international coalition spearheaded by the 21st Century Wilberforce Initiative, with significant Baptist involvement, urged government officials in Nepal to remove from the nation’s proposed constitution language criminalizing “any act to convert another person from one religion to another.”

  08/19/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Baptist leader celebrates Ebola-free Liberia

  A Liberian Baptist leader celebrated the World Health Organization’s declaration the country is Ebola-free, making it the first of the three hardest-hit West African nations to bring the epidemic to a formal end.

  05/14/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Updated: Baptists respond to needs in earthquake-ravaged Nepal

  Baptists in Nepal and their global missions partners joined in urging prayer and disaster relief after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake claimed more than 5,800 lives.

  04/28/2015 - By John Rutledge

• Islam’s Sunni/Shiite divide explained

  Sunni and Shiite Muslims, two main sects of Islam, have been in conflict for more than a millennium. Here’s a primer on that ancient division.

  02/27/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  International community castigated for ignoring terrorism in Nigeria

  The international community has devalued Nigerian lives by ignored terrorist violence and attacks in Nigeria, insisted Samson Ayokunle, president of the Nigerian Baptist Convention.

  01/22/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Persecution of Christians reached historic levels in 2014. Will 2015 be worse?

  From imprisonment to torture to beheadings, more Christians worldwide live in fear for their lives than at any time in the modern era.

  01/08/2015 - By Jonathan Merritt / Religion News Service

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  Archaeologists may have uncovered site of Jesus’ trial

  The site where Jesus may have been tried, prior to his crucifixion, now is open to the public for the first time.

  01/08/2015 - By Michele Chabin / Religion News Service