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‘No religious freedom’ in Russian-occupied areas, Ukrainian reporter says

July 31, 2024

Religious freedom no longer exists in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine, where religious leaders have been abducted and sometimes tortured, several Ukrainian journalists said during a recent visit to the United States.

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Human rights advocate, Baptist pastor released from Myanmar prison

July 25, 2024

International advocacy organization Christian Solidarity Worldwide’s sources have confirmed the former president of the Kachin Baptist Convention, Rev. Dr. Hkalam Samson, was released July 23 from prison in Myanmar …

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Report documents ‘egregious’ religious freedom violations in Nigeria

July 22, 2024

More than 50,000 Christians have been killed in Nigeria over the past two decades, and “the silence from Western nations on this genocide is appalling,” a new report from International Christian Concern asserts.

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Pakistan among worst violators of religious freedom, USCIRF says

July 15, 2024

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom  again has recommended that the State Department designate Pakistan as a “Country of Particular Concern,” citing the country’s blasphemy laws as a prime reason.

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Bill punishing abortion sparks protests in Brazil

July 3, 2024

A bill aiming to punish abortion after 22 weeks at a similar penalty to homicide has spurred controversy in Brazil, with numerous constituencies demonstrating against it — including Christians.

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Church’s surplus enables shipment of Bibles to the Congo

June 17, 2024

An East Texas church’s year-end surplus enabled Baptist World Alliance partners to deliver thousands of Bibles to people in a rural area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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‘We want to see people saved’: School for refugee children impacting lives in Uganda

May 28, 2024

After civil war forced a school for refugee children in Sudan to close, the Eritrean Baptist church in Texas that founded it has launched another similar school in Uganda.

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Missionary couple, Haitian mission director killed by gangs in Haiti

May 25, 2024

Three people, a Haitian man and an American couple who all worked for a Christian mission organization, were killed by gang members near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Thursday night (May 23).

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India church pulls off ‘impossible’ challenge of VBS for 700 despite local challenges

May 24, 2024

Pulling off Vacation Bible School for 700 children is a daunting challenge for most churches. Pulling off VBS for 700 children during community upheaval is not just challenging, it is practically impossible.

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Ukrainian Baptist seminary president shares how Christians truly prevail amid war

May 22, 2024

Yaroslav Pyzh, president of the Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary, recently discussed how his seminary was holding up during Russia’s war with Ukraine — and how the local church was a key part of its future.

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