The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) has asked Kazakhstan President Nursultan Abishevich Nazarbayev to ensure religious freedom for all people in that country, following a proposed
DAMASCUS, Syria — More than 500 Southern Sudanese refugees living in Syria were arrested Dec. 9–12, according to a report by Sudanese church officials sent
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s abolition of an electoral system that discriminated against religious minorities has received recognition from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Three years into a four-year jail term, Turkmen Christian Shageldy Atakov was released the week of Jan. 11 and reunited with his
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — In what was described as “a remarkable answer to prayer,” the Bible Society of Egypt was granted permission Jan. 21 to sell
NIAMEY, Niger — Harold McMichael, 66, a short-term Southern Baptist missionary to Niger, West Africa, died Jan. 20 after a short illness. McMichael began suffering
Pastors attending a track on traditional worship during the State Evangelism Conference Jan. 27–28 were told they have to be articulate in sharing their message,
LONDON — An agreement to repatriate to Vietnam nearly one thousand tribal Christians who fled persecution in 2001 is causing concern among international Vietnam watchers.
