A mob of extremists and residents halted a Sunday worship service in Indonesia, protesting the congregation’s new location and alleging the church lacked government permission to meet there.
Authorities in China’s Yunnan province have ordered a house church preacher to cease engaging in “illegal religious activities” online by teaching and holding prayer meetings.
The Baptist Church at McAdory in McCalla will host the student choir from Providence Baptist Church in Opelika, in a worship concert June 12 at 7 p.m.
A court case seeks compensation to rebuild churches and other religious sites ruined in targeted attacks upon Christian communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Three Christians were killed and 15 others kidnapped when gunmen invaded a nighttime prayer vigil in Nigeria.
Alabama’s Craig Carlisle was elected first vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention in a run-off vote Wednesday morning (June 10).
“The Fortify Initiative is a turnkey, ‘ready-to-assemble’ abuse prevention and response training model designed to equip local SBC associations and state conventions to better protect their congregations,” says Jeff Dalrymple.
Hoboken Baptist Church, Sweet Water, celebrated its 150th anniversary May 17.
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