Five news nuggets to know this week

Welcome to The Weekly, produced by TAB Media Group, which publishes The Alabama Baptist and The Baptist Paper. Each episode features news headlines read by TAB Media Group staff and volunteers. New episodes are released weekly on Wednesday mornings. Articles featured in this episode:

Christian farmers killed in Nigeria (0:40)

Families in India forced to renounce faith in Jesus or flee (1:50)

IMB celebrates growth in missionary candidate numbers (2:51)

Alabama’s One Mission Students sends college students into mission field (4:26)

Case involving student who wore ‘only two genders’ shirt declined by U.S. Supreme Court (5:14)

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First person: How churches can encourage Christian fathers

June 15, 2025

The church has many opportunities to encourage Christian fathers. Unfortunately, some fathers today did not grow up in the church or have parents who provided a Christian home.

First person: My Dad, the know-it-all — and ‘lifelong learner’

June 14, 2025

My dad is a know-it-all — in history, especially naval and American history; in politics; in random facts spanning from

Churches targeted in Russian-occupied Ukraine

June 13, 2025

Authorities in the Russian-occupied Luhansk region of Ukraine raided an unregistered Baptist church during a Pentecost Sunday worship service, an Oslo-based news service focused on international human rights and religious freedom reported.

Christian musician’s admission shines light on ‘double life’

June 13, 2025

Days after an investigation revealed allegations of sexual assault against Christian musician Michael Tait, the former Newsboys frontman publicly admitted to abusing cocaine and alcohol and touching men “in an unwanted sensual way.”