Police arrest man following exchange of gunfire near SC Baptist building
Police responded to an “active shooter” incident Tuesday (July 18) near the South Carolina Baptist Convention (SCBC) building in Columbia.
Pakistani authorities charge Christians with blasphemy, believers flee homes
Three times in three weeks this summer, Christians were accused of blaspheming Islam, leading other Christians to flee their homes in Pakistan for fear of retribution.
New Vietnamese decree offers ominous sign for churches
Vietnam’s new religion decree, promulgated on Dec. 29 and effective on March 30, appears to considerably add to the crush of demands on religion, reported Morning Star News.
Bombing during Catholic mass kills 4 in Philippines
A bomb created from a mortar round exploded Sunday (Dec. 3) during a Catholic mass in the
Philippines killing four. The mass was being held in a gym at Mindanao State University.
‘Opportunity to grow’: AZ students share impact of discipleship retreat
A total of 198 students recently gathered from 16 college campuses across Arizona for Surge, Christian Challenge’s annual discipleship retreat, at Granite Hills Retreat and Conference Center in Prescott.
Finding common ground: Christian views on AL embryo ruling vary
Southern Baptists such as Andrew T. Walker, a professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, have called on the SBC to adopt an official resolution addressing IVF at its next convention later this year.
‘Juniors for Jesus’: Louisiana high school students revived through Bible study
At the beginning of the school year, Bible teacher Geran Maples challenged his eleventh-grade students at Highland Baptist Christian School in New Iberia, Louisiana, to prayerfully consider if following Christ was worth everything.
No ‘gooder place to be’: MS church dedicates 150-foot cross
While some of them may have considered it the best way to spend their Good Friday, members of Easthaven Baptist Church in Brookhaven, Mississippi, dedicated a 150-foot-tall cross on March 29.