Four 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:

December a difficult month for Christians internationally (0:45)

Proposed laws in Kyrgyzstan tighten restrictions on faith groups (1:39)

Report ranks countries where religion faces highest persecution (2:22)

Voice of the Martyrs Releases 2025 Global Prayer Guide (3:36)

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Church leaders receive practical training with the ‘Timothy Project’

January 18, 2025

Even at 42 years old, Chad Hunsberger is still on the younger side when it comes to the average age of a pastor. He has enough experience to know, however, the importance of constant training and instruction …

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Your Voice: Consider the benefits of daily Bible reading

January 18, 2025

First-person articles, comments, letters to the editor, blog excerpts, social media posts and more.

2024 MOVE conference sees more than 130 Georgia students make decisions

January 17, 2025

Nearly 2,700 people, including staff and volunteers, attended the 2024 MOVE conference in Valdosta. The event, held Dec. 29–30, saw 23 salvation decisions, 43 calls to ministry, and more…

First person: Blessed are those who mourn

January 17, 2025

Though making an annual trip to St. Jude Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee admittedly causes a certain amount of anxiety, there is no greater feeling than hearing that my son remains cancer free after a decade since being treated for leukemia.