“It’s never been better,” said Daniel Tesfasselase, pastor of Emmanuel Eritrean Baptist Church, Arlington, Virginia.
The church planter moved to the Washington area several years ago due to religious persecution in his home country of Eritrea in northeast Africa.
Many Eritrean refugees have now resettled in Virginia.
The pastor believes he is able to reach and baptize more of his own people in the states than he could in Eritrea, the Proclaimer reported.
Gateway Seminary trustees approved the creation of the Jeff P. Iorg School of Christian Leadership during their fall board meeting Oct. 7-8.
English Club started out as a way to train translators to help American church mission teams. It turned into an evangelism tool and is now the first step in planting a church in Argentina.
Hurricane Milton hit Florida’s Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm Wednesday evening (Oct.9), knocking out power to reportedly 3 million people before rolling on into the Atlantic. Baptist response teams are ready to hit the ground running.
Church leaders and rights activists in Pakistan condemned the killing on Sept. 12 of a Muslim in custody on charges of blasphemy.
