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Review: Blood and Water: The Life and Martyrdom of Shahbaz Bhatti
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (261+ words) Baptist Standard Review: Blood and Water: The Life and Martyrdom of Shahbaz Bhatti By Matt Yocum and Jordan Holt (Magnificat-Ignatius Press) Blood and Water tells the compelling life story of human rights champion Shahbaz Bhatti in a graphic novel format....
Violence reaches Christian refuge in Sudan
1+ week, 4+ day ago (992+ words) | Source: RELIGION NEWS SERVICE Fredrick Nzwili / Religion News Service NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS)—A region in Sudan once a safe haven for refugees and where nearly half the population is Christian has become another scene of deadly violence, as the country’s…...
Growing persecution: religious nationalism, transnational repression
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (695+ words) Diana Chandler / Baptist Press WASHINGTON (BP)—Religious nationalism, transnational repression, and state control of religious groups are among growing trends in the persecution of Christians globally, International Christian Concern said in its newly released 2026 Global Persecution Index. Terrorism, authoritarianism, restrictions…...
BWA presenters address religious freedom, justice
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (803+ words) Kendall Lyons / Baptist Standard Baptist World Alliance annual meetings include many breakout sessions based on the 14 BWA Commissions. General topics range from theological reflection to healthy churches, human rights, humanitarian aid, evangelism and discipleship, worship and prayer, Baptist doctrine, religious…...
Christians attacked in India’s Chhattisgarh State
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (525+ words) Faith Pratt / Baptist Standard Over 60 Christians were attacked during a Sunday service in Sadrapal Village, Sukma district, Chhattisgarh State, India, on May 31. According to eyewitness testimony and victims, approximately 69 to 70 believers had gathered for their regular Sunday worship and prayer…...
Ukraine religious freedom 30th anniversary marked
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (246+ words) Dallas Baptist University webinar on Ukraine included discussions on religious buildings and sacred places damaged during the war with Russia. (Screengrab) Kendall Lyons / Baptist Standard Dallas Baptist University’s K. Randel Everett Center for Global Religious Freedom marked two significant anniversaries…...
Editorial: Don’t forget what Holy Week is
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (751+ words) Eric Black / Editor We need to pause our usual consumption and remember what time it is. This is Holy Week, and we’re more like the Jerusalem crowd 2,000 years ago than we realize. But we don’t have to be. It’s the…...
The Baptist Network forms as a new national connection
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (584+ words) Kendall Lyons / Baptist Standard The Baptist Network, a new network designed to connect a diverse group of Baptist leaders across the nation, recently formed to encourage one another amid shifting social and political tensions across affiliations and organizations. The group…...
AI, data sharing, biometric technology increase missionary risks
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1082+ words) | Source: BAPTIST PRESS NASHVILLE (BP)—An era of heightened missionary security is upon us. This year’s Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Orlando made that evident. A missionary commissioning service, as usual, did not show the faces of missionaries headed…...
Voices: Some truth and unity for Texas Baptists
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1672+ words) The SBC has spoken. Now Texas Baptists must decide who we will be. Pentecost. It is 9 in the morning in Jerusalem, and the Spirit falls. Wind. Fire. Ordinary men and women spill into the street, speaking the wonders of God…...