Tension remains high between the Eastern European countries of Georgia and Russia, but Baptists in those regions refuse to break ties with each other. “We
Josie McGowan, a member of The Church at Brook Hills, Birmingham, assists children making rain sticks at the Children’s Fall Missions Festival Oct. 24–25 at
PRISTINA, Kosovo — Centuries ago, ethnic Albanians were forcibly converted to Islam when the Ottoman Empire conquered the Balkans. Many have lived as secret Christians
TIJUANA, Mexico — Kidnappers are demanding $1 million for the safe return of Manuel Jesus Tec, a Southern Baptist pastor in San Diego who was
When Shady Bishay, a sales executive for a Boston high-tech firm and a native of Egypt, tells American friends he belongs to an Arabic evangelical
SANGOTA, Pakistan — Taliban militants bombed a Catholic-run school for girls in Pakistan’s war-torn Swat Valley as part of a larger effort to subvert women’s
It’s peak season for free (or very expensive, if you’re buying TV time) political speech. Presidential candidates fill the airwaves and cyberspace with arguments for
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Muslim clerics and neighbors have ordered the father of a man who converted to Catholicism to remain confined to his house until
