A small single-propeller airplane belonging to Samaritan’s Purse was hijacked by an armed man Tuesday (Dec. 2) in South Sudan. The Cessna Grand Caravan was
African Christian leaders attending a conference with faith-based health organizations in late November called for countries on the continent to do more to replace U.S. Agency for International Development funds cut by the Trump administration.
The wife of 44-year-old SIM USA missionary Beau Shroyer, who was fatally stabbed in 2024, in Lubango, Angola — near where the couple and their five children lived — has reportedly been convicted and sentenced to 24 years in an Angolan prison.
Nigeria’s president responded to a surge in violence and abductions by declaring a nationwide security emergency, ordering the massive recruitment and deployment of law enforcement officers and armed forces personnel.
Leaders from the Baptist General Convention of Texas and the Ukrainian Baptist Union signed an agreement Nov. 18 establishing church-to-church partnerships between Texas and Ukrainian Baptist churches.
Russian courts have banned at least 10 unregistered Baptist congregations from meeting without state permission, a Norway-based human rights organization reported.
The White House and the president announced on social media the United States is designating Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern due to the “mass slaughter” of Christians at the hands of “Radical Islamists.”
China, Russia, Iran and North Korea form an “Axis of Upheaval” whose members collude to repress religious freedom both within—and often outside—their borders, a new study says.
Celebrations are underway today (Oct. 13) as all 20 remaining living hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have been freed and returned to Israel.
A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect Friday (Oct. 10) at noon local time. The news signaled the end of a two-year war that left tens of thousands dead.
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