International News Archives - Page 15 of 40

First person: Caught in Hamas-Israel crossfire

October 12, 2023

About 900 Christians live in Gaza, yet they are missing from headlines and news reports about the war between Hamas and Israel.

SBC leaders, ministry partners release ‘Evangelical Statement in Support of Israel’

October 11, 2023

“In the face of such wickedness, this is not the time for false equivalency or excuses by national leaders and policymakers, but clear-eyed moral leadership,” said ERLC President Brent Leatherwood on crisis in Israel.

‘We didn’t know what to do’: Former SBTS student saw rockets flying in Jerusalem

October 11, 2023

Omar Yanez was practically shaken out of bed on the morning of Oct. 7 by the siren alarms that were blaring outside his apartment in Jerusalem.

‘Called to serve’: Trained Texas volunteers deployed to meet needs in Israel

October 11, 2023

Trained Texas Baptist Men volunteers headed to Israel Oct. 8 after the nation erupted into warfare the day before, preparing to provide meals both for Israelis and Palestinians.

GA, KY Baptists share updates from Israel, working to travel home

October 10, 2023

Members of a tour group from Georgia and a Kentucky Baptist are among other Southern Baptists in the Holy Land but are safe, four days after Hamas militants bombarded Israel with rockets in a surprise attack.

Attack on Israel: Prayer urged as war rages, church groups seek to return home

October 9, 2023

As the nation of Israel was under attack on the morning of Oct. 7 by Hamas militants, two words began to echo on nearly every news report were “unprecedented” and “surprise.”

UN official condemns atrocities committed by Burmese military regime

October 1, 2023

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights condemned atrocities committed by the ruling military regime in Myanmar as “inhumanity in its vilest form.”

Fewer Christian refugees find safe haven in US, new report says

September 28, 2023

A new report from Open Doors and World Relief found the number of Christians finding refuge in the U.S. after fleeing persecution in their native countries dropped from 32,248 in 2016 to 9,528 in 2022 — a decline of 70%.