Missions in a dangerous world

Most missionaries, both career and short-term volunteers, must deal with ethical dilemmas as they strive to share God’s love.

09/11/2008 - By Administrator

English-speaking international churches seen as ‘lighthouses’ for all nations

English-language churches planted in non-English-speaking countries have the potential to become “spiritual lighthouses for all the nations.”

09/11/2008 - By Administrator

Chaplain offers troops some comforts of home

Book and video library enables chaplain greater access to troops in Afghanistan.

09/11/2008 - By Administrator

FAITH DIGEST: Digital conservation of Dead Sea Scrolls started

Sixty years after their discovery, Israeli authorities have begun the process of conserving the Dead Sea Scrolls through digital technology.

09/09/2008 - By Administrator

Texas volunteers serve 2,000 refugees in Gori

Families displaced by fighting in the Black Sea Republic of Georgia are expressing profound gratitude for a feeding ministry Texas Baptist relief workers are conducting in Gori.

09/03/2008 - By Administrator

Memory boxes preserve family histories of AIDS orphans

Children’s Emergency Relief International hopes to heal the memories of many South African children over the next three years through its Sinomlando/Memory Box Project partnership, based in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

09/03/2008 - By Administrator

Christians attacked in eastern India

Christians are under attack in the state of Orissa in eastern India, where more than 600 churches have been demolished, 4,000 Christians forced to flee from their villages, and at least 25 killed as a result of violent persecution, Baptist World Alliance officials reported.

08/27/2008 - By Administrator

Americans act as Georgian Baptists call for aid, end to conflict

Baptists in the United States and elsewhere in the world are responding with aid and prayers for their counterparts in the embattled former Soviet republic of Georgia.

08/14/2008 - By Administrator

A Prayer for China: Olympics bring back memories for Britt Towery

The Olympic Games are bringing back China memories for former missionary Britt Towery. Most of the memories are good, but some are not. (Baptist Press Photo)

08/12/2008 - By admin

A Prayer for China: The legacy of Bishop Ting

Though some would vehemently disagree, Philip Wickeri says Chinese Bishop K. H. Ting is one of the greatest church leaders of the 20th century.

08/12/2008 - By admin

Commentary: A prayer for China’s Church

What's really going on with the church in China? As millions of concerned Christians around the world focus on China during of the Olympic Games, a perceptual smog conceals the actual status of the Chinese church from view.

BWA council urges justice for immigrants & refugees

The Baptist World Alliance General Council meeting in Prague approved a resolution declaring solidarity with immigrants, refugees and internally displaced people.

08/05/2008 - By Administrator