21Wilberforce names Wissam al-Saliby new president
May 9, 2024
Wissam al-Saliby, a Lebanese Baptist with experience advocating for human rights and international religious freedom, is the new president of 21Wilberforce.
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Religious freedom commission names ‘worst of the worst’ violators across globe
May 1, 2024
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom added Azerbaijan to its list of 17 “worst of the worst” violators of freedom of religion or belief in 2023.
Survey reveals Gen Z sentiment toward Israel, Hamas compared to other voters
April 26, 2024
Protests on U.S. college campuses opposing Israel’s continuing military campaign against Gaza reflect the views of a significant minority of Gen Z voters, a recent online survey revealed.
Kachin Baptist leader taken back into custody after brief release
April 25, 2024
A Kachin Baptist leader in Myanmar who briefly was released from prison last week after 16 months behind bars was taken into custody again by authorities and continued to be detained a week later.
Baptist partners respond to Haiti’s crisis, express ‘unwavering solidarity with the people’
April 18, 2024
Lott Carey, a historically Black Baptist missional organization, expressed “unwavering solidarity with the people of Haiti during this time of unprecedented crisis.”
Christian leaders continue urging House Speaker to support Ukraine
April 17, 2024
More than a dozen Christian leaders — including the executive director of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention — sent a letter to U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson April 17 urging Congress to protect religious liberty in Eastern Europe …
Prayers urged for Israel after Iran launches attack
April 15, 2024
More prayers for Israel are being urged following Iran’s attack on the country Saturday (April 13).
Ukrainian Baptist seminary president: Amid ‘darkness … we see a glimmer of light’
April 10, 2024
Yaroslav “Slavik” Pyzh, president of Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary in Lviv, Ukraine, recently shared a sobering, yet still hopeful, update with Fellowship of Wildwood in Wildwood, Missouri.
Louisiana Reach Haiti celebrates safe return of staff members
March 27, 2024
Four weeks after they became trapped in Port-au-Prince, two staff members of Louisiana Reach Haiti have made it safely to the ministry’s Children’s Village in Cap Haitien.
‘Gospel Carnival’: Brazilian evangelicals disrupt pre-Lenten partying
March 21, 2024
In the past few years, evangelicals, who make up about 30% of Brazil’s population, have taken a new approach, working to short-circuit the festival with displays of Christian faith.
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