Challenges great for IMB missionaries

January 27, 2000

Southern Baptist missionaries risked mounting persecution abroad – for daring to tell the world Jesus is the only way to peace with God. But people

Baptist World Congress meets in Australia, seeks unification

January 20, 2000

World Baptist delegates from all continents looked at a multitude of problems facing them in a new millennium — and nevertheless said, “Yes.” “Yes” was

IMB votes $23 million expansion project

January 20, 2000

International Mission Board (IMB) trustees have approved an immediate $23 million expansion of its crowded Missionary Learning Center (MLC) in Rockville, Va., to handle the

Kim: Prayer most important

January 20, 2000

The newly elected president of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) offered three words of advice to Baptists around the world. “Prayer is my first advice,”

Leaders oppose ‘sex exploitation’ definition

January 20, 2000

Several conservative leaders, including Southern Baptist official Richard Land and Campus Crusade for Christ President Bill Bright, are opposing U.S. support of a new definition

Turk pastors arrested, churches raided

January 13, 2000

TURKMENISTAN – Less than a month after Baptist pastor Rahim Tashov was released from prison in Turkmenistan, authorities arrested two pastors and raided four of

Sentencing worsens condition in China

January 13, 2000

CHINA – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom says religious repression in China has worsened over the past weeks with the sentencing of several

Muslims demand holy war against Christians

January 13, 2000

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Thousands of Muslims poured into Jakarta Jan. 7, demanding a holy war against Christians living in riot-torn provinces of Indonesia. Maluku and