Antakya, Turkey. This once bustling city of 400,000 now looks post-apocalyptic. What structures weren’t reduced to rubble by a massive February earthquake are leaning, cracked
Police raided an unregistered Baptist church in southern Uzbekistan during a worship service and detained 10 worshippers after beating and using electric shock prods on
Thanks to Baptist friends in Texas, 39 pastors in South Sudan now have bicycles to make regular visits to their multiple congregations. Pastors in South
On Good Friday, the international community learned a Burmese court sentenced the former president of the Kachin Baptist Convention to six years in prison. A
A former Russian Baptist union leader, speaking from Moscow, voiced an apology for his countrymen who are “participants in this crime against Ukraine.” “Ukrainians, we’re
In 2021 and early 2022, International Mission Board missionaries serving in Ukraine heard rumors of war, which led to evacuation. Looking today in the rearview
Documented violations of religious freedom in Cuba more than doubled from 2021 to 2022, a new report has revealed. Christian Solidarity Worldwide — a human
Editor’s Note: Since this story was first published, the death toll has risen to more than 21,000 people as rescuers continue to search for survivors,
Five Christians were killed on Jan. 17 in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna State, while a church leader in the southeastern state of Enugu said Christians there
A church in Indonesia on Jan. 8 was prohibited from holding a Sunday service in front of a city hall building, where it had gone
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