BWA receives thanks, more requests for quake relief

April 1, 2010

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Chilean Baptists’ top leader tearfully thanked Baptist World Alliance (BWA) officials March 10 for the aid and support shown to her

Americans don’t see poverty relief as duty of faith groups

April 1, 2010

RICHMOND, Va. — Americans believe childhood poverty is a problem that demands urgent attention, but rank faith-based groups last when asked who should be responsible

1,000 attacks in 500 days in Karnataka: Indian Christians face major persecution

April 1, 2010

Minority Christians in India’s southern state of Karnataka are under an unprecedented wave of persecution, having faced more than 1,000 attacks in 500 days, according

Salvation Army reports record Christmas donations

April 1, 2010

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Nickels, dimes and quarters added up quickly last Christmas despite the economic slump as Americans donated a record $139 million to the

Morocco begins expulsion of foreign Christians

April 1, 2010

RABAT, Morocco — Moroccan authorities deported more than 40 foreign Christian aid workers during one week in an ongoing nationwide crackdown that included the expulsion

Christian who fled Iran wins asylum in Kenya

April 1, 2010

NAIROBI, Kenya — Mohammad Azbari, a Christian convert from Islam who has fled to Kenya, knows what it’s like to be deported back to his

Islamic extremists kill Somalian church leader, torch house

April 1, 2010

Islamic militants in Somalia tracked down an underground church leader who had previously escaped a kidnapping attempt and killed him, Christian sources said. Islamic extremist