A pastor convicted for handing out gospel tracts fears that the precedent of his case will result in other Christians being wrongfully imprisoned.
“If you’ve ever wondered what it looks like for 150-plus Christ-followers to get together and do something meaningful and impactful, you’re looking at it,” said Tony Wolfe, South Carolina Baptist Convention executive director-treasurer.
“I think the direction we are going to see global missions moving is to partner more with the global church to mobilize workers and increase momentum,” missionary says. The Week of Prayer for International Missions is Dec. 3–10.
Sharing the gospel recently at two Mississippi prisons, Missouri Baptists also provided vision clinics and eyeglasses.
In addition to countries persecuting Christians, International Christian Concern named six entities it identified as the world’s worst in terms of oppressing religious freedom and religious minorities.
Vandals have defaced a church’s sign in Gainesville, Georgia, that declares: “We stand with Israel.” North Hall Church pastor Bucky Kennedy is using the incident to proclaim the gospel.
Less than five hours before he was scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection on Oct. 26, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay of execution for Death Row inmate William Keith Speers …
“We need to learn to look beyond the headlines. We need to look for who is missing from the reports and what’s not being said. Many times, our own brothers and sisters in Christ will be found in that void.”
