
MBTS receives $1.25M grant to establish institute for preaching, preachers
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has received a grant of $1.25 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish the Midwestern Institute for Preaching and Preachers.

Christians victims to sword attack in northern India
A group belonging to a Sikh warrior order last week attacked a pastor and another Christian with swords and knives in northern India’s Punjab state for leading church worship in their village.

Religious freedom commission names ‘worst of the worst’ violators across globe
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.

First person: Kindness, courage and redemption on the basketball court
“This moment changed my life. … I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

Attack on pro-Israel group in Boulder leaves 8 injured
Eight people were injured Sunday (May 1) in Boulder, Colorado, in what federal investigators have described as a “targeted terrorist attack” on participants of a peaceful walk supporting Israeli hostages.

Update: Effort to defund Planned Parenthood partially blocked
Amid the ongoing battle to defund Planned Parenthood, a federal judge has partially blocked a provision in a recently passed federal budget bill focused on stripping Planned Parenthood of Medicaid funding for one year.

Gaines shares Jesus’ 7 messages from the cross, said he wants to live, die like Christ
Steve Gaines, senior pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, Tennessee, offers the last message at the 2024 SBC Pastors Conference in Indianapolis.

What about here? Australia bans children under 16 from social media platforms.
Australia is now the world’s first country to ban children under 16 from major social media platforms. As of Wednesday (Dec. 10), these targeted platforms include TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit and Snapchat.