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  Baptist pastor released from Myanmar prison

  Sources confirm the former president of the Kachin Baptist Convention, Hkalam Samson, was released from prison in Myanmar on July 23.

  07/24/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Report documents religious freedom violations in Nigeria

  More than 50,000 Christians have been killed in Nigeria over the past two decades, and “the silence from Western nations on this genocide is appalling,” a new report from International Christian Concern asserts.

  07/18/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Gaza Christians uninjured but still endangered

  In spite of “constant danger” from coordinated attacks by the Israeli Defense Forces, Christians sheltered in Gaza churches suffered no injuries in recent days, the former pastor of Gaza Baptist Church reported.

  07/11/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Baptist World Alliance embarks on new collaborative era

  The Baptist World Alliance entered its “collaborative mission era” with the adoption of a new constitution and bylaws at the BWA annual gathering in Nigeria.

  07/11/2024 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Advocate dispels myths about persecuted believers

  Fruitfulness, faithfulness and vision characterize the persecuted church in many parts of the globe, an advocate for international religious freedom told a Houston-area Baptist church.

  07/09/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Prayers urged as fighting intensifies in Gaza

  A Palestinian Baptist reported three Christians in Gaza have been injured in recent days, and the people were “terrified” but still reluctant to evacuate after the Israeli Defense Forces issued a warning.

  07/08/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Baptists called to be peacemakers in challenging times

  Baptists from around the world discussed peace and peacemaking during the Baptist International Conference on Theological Education prior to the 2024 Baptist World Alliance annual gathering in Lagos, Nigeria.

  07/08/2024 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Texans on Mission help church meet water needs in Cuba

  When a group from Crosspoint Church in McKinney recently traveled with Proclaim Cuba to minister in that Caribbean country, they took with them water filters provided by Texans on Mission.

  07/03/2024 - By Ferrell Foster / Texans on Mission

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  Brazilian Christian groups oppose abortion penalty bill

  A bill aiming to increase punishment for abortion after 22 weeks has spurred controversy in Brazil, leading to demonstrations against it.

  07/01/2024 - By Eduardo Campos Lima / Religion News Service

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  Report notes religious persecution in 199 countries

  Millions continue to suffer religious persecution globally, with wars and civil conflicts exacerbating already existing ills in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa, the U.S. State Department documented in its 2023 Report on International Religious Freedom.

  06/28/2024 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  East Asia spiritually vibrant despite religious disaffiliation

  In East Asia, people are leaving their religion at rates among the highest in the world, according to a recent survey by Pew Research Center.

  06/18/2024 - By Chloë-Arizona Fodor / Religion News Service

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  Carthage church helps bring Bibles to remote area

  An East Texas church’s year-end surplus enabled Baptist World Alliance partners to deliver thousands of Bibles to people in a rural area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

  06/14/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor