Persecuted Chinese now worship at TX church
February 6, 2024
A persecuted church from China now worships in the facilities of First Baptist Church Midland, Texas.
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Baptist volunteers become ‘a hundred fathers’ for flood victim
February 6, 2024
On her knees in the midst of the dirt and debris left behind in her flooded home, Saphina Khalfan cried out to God for help.
Within a minute, she heard voices outside. They were Texas Baptist Men volunteers coming to help.
Texas-based ministry seeks to transform remote African villages
February 3, 2024
An international ministry with Texas Baptist roots is seeking to transform remote villages in Uganda and Tanzania by providing access to education, clean drinking water and the gospel.
Water crisis in Arkansas town draws Baptist response
January 31, 2024
Texas Baptist Men is responding to a water crisis in an Arkansas town of about 9,500 people on the banks of the Mississippi River.
International religious freedom advocates write to Congress, call for hearings
January 19, 2024
“Nigeria and India have been rocked by alarming instances of religious violence and persecution,” the Jan. 17 letter to the chairs and ranking members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee states.
Steven Curtis Chapman to share heart for evangelism, adoption
January 16, 2024
Recording artist Steven Curtis Chapman is among the featured speakers at the Baptist General Convention of Texas’ 2024 Statewide Evangelism Conference, Jan. 21–22 in San Antonio.
Guilty of ‘extremism’?: Baptists in Belarus voice concern about new law
January 13, 2024
President Aleksandr Lukashenko authorized a law that solidifies the government’s power to inspect and monitor religious communities, according to those close to the situation in Belarus.
East Texas baseball team serves communities in Dominican Republic
January 12, 2024
The East Texas Baptist University baseball team showed God’s love by serving communities in the Dominican Republic last month.
Latest list of countries severely violating religious freedom raises concerns
January 5, 2024
“There is no justification as to why the State Department did not designate Nigeria or India as a Country of Particular Concern, despite its own reporting and statements.” —U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
‘Wails of mourning’: Baptists among Nigerians killed in Christmas Eve attacks
January 2, 2024
A Baptist pastor and his wife were among nearly 200 Nigerians killed in a series of coordinated attacks that began Christmas Eve.
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