21Wilberforce names Wissam al-Saliby new president
May 9, 2024
Wissam al-Saliby, a Lebanese Baptist with experience advocating for human rights and international religious freedom, is the new president of 21Wilberforce.
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Human rights group says attacks on Egyptian Christians were preventable
May 5, 2024
Attacks on two predominantly Christian villages in Egypt last week came after days of rising tensions, which the state’s security services did nothing to quell despite being notified of impending danger to Christians …
Christian couple’s plight in Nigeria reveals injustices, church leaders say
May 5, 2024
The ordeal of a pastoral couple jailed without trial for three years for taking in a runaway Muslim girl shows the injustices that Christians suffer in northern Nigeria, church leaders said.
Bill in Pakistan to outlaw child marriages raises hope for girls’ protection
May 3, 2024
The Punjab Province government on Thursday (April 25) submitted the draft of the Punjab Child Marriage Restraint Act, 2024 with the Punjab Home Department, which would raise the legal age for marriage for both boys and girls to 18 years; pr
Three Christians detained, tortured in Sudan
May 2, 2024
Three Christians were detained and tortured for weeks in southern Sudan after soldiers at a Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) checkpoint found one of them carrying a Bible, one of the victims said.
Religious freedom commission names ‘worst of the worst’ violators across globe
May 1, 2024
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom added Azerbaijan to its list of 17 “worst of the worst” violators of freedom of religion or belief in 2023.
National Day of Prayer set for Thursday
May 1, 2024
National and state Southern Baptist leaders are calling for believers to pray, individually or corporately, on that day.
Kachin Baptist leader taken back into custody after brief release
April 25, 2024
A Kachin Baptist leader in Myanmar who briefly was released from prison last week after 16 months behind bars was taken into custody again by authorities and continued to be detained a week later.
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