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  Nigerian Christians fear violence as Christmas approaches

  Christians in Nigeria plan to celebrate Christmas amid fear of a repeat of violence that claimed at least 160 lives in Nigeria’s Middle Belt at Christmastime in 2023 and dozens in northern Nigeria during the holidays in 2022, international religious liberty advocates reported.

  12/18/2024 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  This Christmas in Nazareth, peace is harder to find

  Nazareth has few public Christmas decorations this year, marking the second year in a row Jesus’ hometown has been precluded by wartime conditions from traditional celebrations honoring the birthday of its most notable resident of all time.

  12/13/2024 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

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  Ten Catholic priests killed in Mexico in six years, report says

  Ten Catholic priests and a seminarian were murdered during the six-year term of former Mexican President López Obrador that ended Sept. 30, the Catholic Multimedia Center said in its 2024 annual report.

  12/12/2024 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Texas RA leaders lead camp for young men in Kenya

  Thirty-six Kenyan teenage boys and young men came together in November for a leadership training camp. At the end, 13 of them accepted a challenge to lead future gatherings locally and start encouraging other boys and men.

  12/11/2024 - By Ferrell Foster / Texans on Mission

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  Dan Darling: Ukrainian church and people resilient in war

  Ukrainian Christians are resilient in the lingering war with Russia and yet optimistic of “a just peace,” Southern Baptist Dan Darling said on the heels of a weeklong tour of Ukraine and Poland.

  12/10/2024 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Indian Baptist church worker arrested for ‘magical healing’

  A Baptist church worker was arrested on charges of violating a new law against “magical healing,” after praying for villagers in the northeastern India state of Assam.

  12/06/2024 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

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  Indian Christians told to renounce faith or leave home

  At least 40 members of New Bethesda Jesus Tribal Ministry in Michwar Village remain sheltered at the church two weeks after the village council banned them from the community unless they renounce their faith.

  12/04/2024 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Religious freedom concerns voiced over Azerbaijan

  Azerbaijan, which hosted a United Nations climate summit last month, has come under international scrutiny for human rights and religious freedom violations.

  12/03/2024 - By Aleja Hertzler-McCain / Religion News Service

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  Hispanic Protestants go on pilgrimage to Darien Gap

  More than two dozen Hispanic Protestant leaders and pastors journeyed to Panama to understand the experiences of migrants who arrive in their communities and to explore opportunities to collaborate with Panamanian churches and other partners to support migrants.

  12/02/2024 - By Aleja Hertzler-McCain / Religion News Service

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  India’s anti-conversion law allows policing of Christians

  More than two years after a Christian prayer service at his home was raided by police, a court in Uttar Pradesh in northern India acquitted Abhishek Gupta, a 41-year-old radiologist, of violating the state’s anti-conversion law.

  12/02/2024 - By Mohammed Ali / Religion News Service

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  Mexican Baptists move when authorities fail to honor rights

  Members of a Baptist church in Mexico’s Hidalgo State who were displaced in April have moved to neighboring Veracruz State after local officials failed to honor their religious freedom rights, an international human rights group reported.

  11/22/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  West Bank Christian leads resistance to seizure of land

  A group of Israeli Jews said Sabbath prayers as the sun set in Al-Makhrour, a valley outside of Beit Jala in the West Bank.

  11/19/2024 - By Heather M. Surls / Religion News Service