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Five news nuggets to know this week

January 22, 2025

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

Imprisoned Cuban pastor released as part of mass amnesty

January 20, 2025

According to Christian Solidarity Worldwide, an evangelical Cuban pastor who has been imprisoned since 2021 for participating in peaceful protests was released.

Mix of relief, anxiety as first hostages freed in Israel

January 20, 2025

Glued to the news, Israelis breathed a collective sigh of relief Sunday (Jan. 19), when Romi Golan, Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher set foot in Israel, the first of the remaining hostages released by Hamas as part of a ceasefire…

Persecution against Christians rising: Open Doors releases 2025 World Watch list

January 15, 2025

Persecution against Christians continues to increase around the globe. The number of believers facing high levels of persecution and discrimination for their faith rose to more than 380 million, Open Doors reported.

Faith behind bars: Historic commencement held at Mississippi Correctional Institute for Women

January 6, 2025

Twelve women graduated with degrees in Christian Service, becoming the first female field ministers in Mississippi’s prison system.

‘God’s the hero’: Parolee’s redemption story leads to baptism

January 6, 2025

Anansi Flaherty, a backup fullback on Katy High School’s 2000 State Championship team, gave his life to Christ in prison. On Dec. 19, 2024, he was baptized — “raised to walk in new life” — outside those walls.

Christmas in the Delta: BSU students ‘serve in their own backyard’

December 31, 2024

More than 350 Baptist Student Union students from 18 Mississippi colleges joined “Christmas in the Delta,” a ministry mobilizing students for gospel-centered service across nine Delta counties.