Nov. 8 ballot addresses far-reaching issues

November 17, 2016

By Neisha Roberts The Alabama Baptist More than 150 state level ballot measures made their way before voters Nov. 8, including 71 measures from citizen

Kenyan Christians targeted by extremists

November 10, 2016

MANDERA, Kenya — Islamic extremists targeted Christians in the shooting deaths of 12 Kenyans at a guesthouse in Kenya’s northeastern town of Mandera on Oct.

‘No let up’ of persecution in North Korea

November 10, 2016

PYONGYANG, North Korea — The persecution of Christians in North Korea continues at horrifying levels, according to Open Doors, an organization focused on helping the

Pakistani pastor, family evicted from home

November 10, 2016

FAROOQABAD, Pakistan — Defying a court order, police in Pakistan’s Punjab Province forcibly evicted a pastor and his family from their home mid-October after Muslims

Russian missionary fights for religious freedom

November 10, 2016

ORYOL, Russia — A Baptist missionary convicted under Russia’s new anti-evangelism law and compelled to end his ministry there has lost his first court appeal

‘Burial bed’ uncovered in Jerusalem where Jesus was laid; restoration to be completed in 2017

November 10, 2016

Onlookers — consisting of tourists, Greek Orthodox priests, conservators in hard hats and others — stood in anticipation as the elaborately carved layer of marble

Americans unconcerned about politicians’ morals

November 10, 2016

WASHINGTON — More than 70 percent of white evangelicals think that when politicians commit immoral acts in their private lives it doesn’t have much effect