Missions team helps churches provide clean water in Cuba
A group from Crosspoint Church in McKinney, Texas, recently supplied rural Cuban churches with water filters, an act that was met with much gratitude from the recipients.
Pakistan among worst violators of religious freedom, USCIRF says
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom again has recommended that the State Department designate Pakistan as a “Country of Particular Concern,” citing the country’s blasphemy laws as a prime reason.
Financial sustainability of SBC Exec Comm being monitored
Trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee deliberated heavy business items during its Feb. 20–21 meeting in Nashville. They
Indonesian authorities foil plan to bomb churches
Authorities in Indonesia last week arrested a 19-year-old member of an Islamic extremist group and his parents, foiling a plan to suicide bomb two church sites, officials said.
4 reasons to praise God on Father’s Day despite mixed emotions
Churches have begun to recognize that Mother’s Day can be a day of mixed emotions for women. It may be
WMU leaders building craft stick houseboat this week
Described by people across the nation as “the neatest project ever” and “amazing,” missions advocates are watching and waiting intently this week — and also relieved it is only a model (no one is going to live in the craft stick houseboat).
CWJC, literacy missions leaders of Mississippi gather to train together, meet needs
Leaders and volunteers from across Mississippi recently gathered for a training conference held by Literacy Missions Ministry and Christian Women’s/Christian Men’s Job Corps at Garaywa Camp and Conference Center.
Midwestern president says God has ‘blessed’ seminary over past decade
Jason K. Allen, president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, told Southern Baptists he wished he could take them to Kansas