• 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

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  Liberian Baptist leader returns home after delay due to Ebola

  Liberian Baptist leader Emile Sam-Peal is finally going home after being stranded five months in America because of Ebola-related flight cancellations

  12/09/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Orphans abandoned and shunned in Africa’s Ebola crisis

  As Ebola continues its rampage across Liberia and elsewhere in West Africa, thousands of children are taking a double hit: losing parents to the fatal virus and then being shunned by relatives who fear they will catch the disease.

  10/24/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Mideast Christians appeal for action

  Christian minorities are in danger of being eradicated in the Middle East, leaders of evangelical and Protestant denominations in Syria and Lebanon said in a joint statement.

  09/19/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Missionaries serving refugees in Middle East exercise extra sensitivity

  Serving war-ravaged refugees, including indigenous Christian groups, in the Middle East requires extra cultural and religious sensitivity among missionaries living in cultures that do not value religious freedom, experts say.

  09/05/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Lebanese Baptist leader wants Mideast Christians to stay, not flee

  Lebanese Baptist leader Nabil Costa is urging Christians in the West not only to pray for Christians fleeing violence in his region but also to lobby their governments to “empower a Christian presence in the Middle East.”

  09/05/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Liberian seminary responds to Ebola crisis

  The interim president of a Baptist seminary forced out of Liberia by the Ebola outbreak says the crisis is taking a toll far greater than those who catch the illness.

  08/28/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Ebola comments by pundits prompt Christian backlash

  Prominent conservative voices are criticizing the decision to bring two medical missionaries who contracted Ebola back to the United States for treatment. And some evangelicals are aghast at their comments.

  08/08/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Baptists establish institute to equip leaders in postmodern Finland

  Baptists establishing relationships in Finland encounter a postmodern stance that embraces the idea that all truth is relative. And if you ask a Finn if he believes in God, he often will respond, “That’s my business, not yours.”

  08/01/2014 - By John Rutledge