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July 20, 2021

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Baptist World Alliance holds ‘most globally diverse’ gathering

July 20, 2021

More than 4,000 Baptists from over 140 countries gathered virtually July 7–10 for the Baptist World Alliance’s 22nd Baptist World Congress. In the opening celebration,

Algerian Christians receive lighter sentences on media-related charges

July 19, 2021

TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria — A pastor and employee sentenced in absentia for offering Christian materials in a church bookstore saw their punishment reduced June 6 on

China to allow more children per family

July 19, 2021

A shift in China’s controversial two-child birth policy allows couples to have up to three children in a measure intended to improve the nation’s demographic

Damian Cirincione called as new executive director/treasurer for Nevada Baptist Convention

July 18, 2021

The Nevada Baptist Convention has called Damian Cirincione as its new executive director/treasurer. Cirincione has served Shadow Hills Church in Las Vegas, Nevada, in various

Ohio Baptist church collects coins for pregnancy center, encounter missionaries

July 18, 2021

Pastor Wally Contreras of First Baptist Church, Gahanna, Ohio, who has a passion for international missions, led his church to participate in a coin collection

Kentucky’s Sunrise Children’s Services reaches deal with state, receives support from local churches

July 18, 2021

Children attending Vacation Bible School at Hazel Baptist Church, a small southwestern Kentucky church, received an offering of $6,300 for Sunrise Children’s Services, Kentucky Today

Nigerian pastor receives death threat amid ongoing violence in area

July 17, 2021

Nigerian pastor and humanitarian Gideon Agwom Mutum received a handwritten death threat July 12 amid ongoing violence in the country’s southern Kaduna State. Daily armed

Texas church sees growth spurt as thousands relocate to the state

July 17, 2021

As thousands of people relocate to Texas, some are finding a new church home at Currey Creek Church, Boerne, a growing Southern Baptist congregation about