Ethnic violence among Kyrgyz and Uzbek people in Central Asia has killed as many as 2,000 people and driven an estimated 400,000 from their homes.
Baptist Global Response (BGR) is assessing relief needs stemming from the outbreak of ethnic violence in the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan. On June 10,
The Southern Baptist Pastors Conference took up the cause of orphans June 14 with the creation of a fund to defray the cost of adoptions,
MALLASI, India — A pastor in Assam state was murdered and cremated before family members learned of his death through a photo of his body
TADIPATRI, India — Hindu extremists from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh organization damaged a church building and installed an idol of the Hindu god Hanuman inside
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — Uzbekistan has continued short-term jailing of religious minorities, with three Protestant Christians from a registered church receiving 15-day jail terms May 18.
ALIABAD, Azerbaijan — Zaur Balaev, pastor of a Baptist house church in the town of Aliabad in the northwestern region of Zakatala in Azerbaijan, was
BAMHNI BANJAR, India — Hindu nationalist organizations in Madhya Pradesh state have declared their intentions to rid Mandla district of all Christian influence by starting
