Bhatti, an ardent advocate for a diverse, multicultural and multireligious society, was assassinated on March 2, 2011, by Taliban militants outside his mother’s home in the federal capital, Islamabad.
“In this time of chaos and uncertainty, we pray that the Lord will strengthen you and work through you on behalf of peace and care for those who are suffering.”
Conditions continue to worsen dramatically in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where 25.5 million people face the danger of hunger, a Baptist leader there said.
An honest assessment reveals that Christians remain the single most persecuted group of people in the world.
Church leaders and others in Pakistan lauded the producers and cast of a TV drama for risking their lives to broadcast an unprecedented, national media portrayal of the violent injustice resulting from blasphemy laws.
Seventy Christians were brutally murdered in a church in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in a violent attack attributed to the Allied Democratic Forces, an extremist group linked to Islamic State.
Here’s the Explore the Bible Sunday School lesson commentary for March 2, written by Mark Rathel, pastor of Friendship Baptist Church in DeFuniak Springs, Florida.
A mob attacked about 50 Christian worshippers gathered for a Sunday church service Feb. 16 in India’s Rajasthan State, an international religious freedom watchdog organization
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