Ethiopian evangelist beaten to death by Muslims

April 26, 2007

JIMMA, Ethiopia — An evangelist was beaten to death March 26 by militant Muslims as he and two female assistants were witnessing on a street

Christian teacher killed by Muslim students

April 12, 2007

GANDU, Nigeria — Christianah Oluwatoyin Oluwasesin, a teacher at Government Secondary School of Gandu in Gombe state, Nigeria, was murdered while on her way home

Lutheran membership grows in Third World

April 5, 2007

GENEVA — Lutheran church membership soared in Africa and Asia between 2005 and 2006 but continued its steady decline in the modern West, according to

Nigerian church faces Muslim takeover of land

April 5, 2007

SOKOTO, Nigeria — The Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest Pentecostal churches in Nigeria, is also one of the fastest growing churches

African couple gets BWA’s Lotz Award

March 29, 2007

Joao and Nora Matwawana, a couple from Angola, are this year’s recipients of the Denton Lotz Human Rights Award, given annually by the Baptist World

Islamic students burn school chapel in Nigeria

March 29, 2007

KUFENA, Nigeria — Islamic students twice have set fire to a high school chapel in Kufena, Nigeria, since it was rebuilt last August after Muslims

Thanks voiced for 20 days of prayer for Guinea

March 29, 2007

CONAKRY, Guinea — After calling for 20 days of prayer for Guinea, Southern Baptist missionaries there are expressing thanks for the intercession of fellow Christians.