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:

70 Christians killed in Democratic Republic of Congo (0:41)

Anti-Christian violence in India rising (1:46)

ERLC calls for bill to defund Planned Parenthood (2:37)

Southwestern Seminary professor sentencing set (3:16)

Louisiana Christian University names 10th president (3:55)

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South Asia, Texas pastors partner for training, resources

March 22, 2025

Abbott said he wants the Pastor Strong South Asia cohort to be an encouragement to Texas Baptists pastors that the work being done in Jesus’ name around the world “[is] not dead.”

Your Voice: Astronomical faith

March 21, 2025

By Wayne Atcheson Senior ambassador and historian Billy Graham Library and Archive Center After being stranded in space for nine

Riding bikes for missions: Church kids raise $6,000

March 21, 2025

Thirty-five kids, ages one and a half to 11, rode 356 laps around the church property on a 1/4 mile track to raise money for the church mission support offering, which goes to global mission organizations.

Opinion: Jeff Iorg and restoring the EC’s credibility

March 20, 2025

The EC and Southern Baptists desperately needed stability. The EC’s credibility was in shambles after six years of making news for all the wrong reasons.