Brazil’s Nilson Fanini, former BWA president, dies at 77

October 1, 2009

Nilson do Amaral Fanini, president of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) from 1995 until 2000, died Sept. 19 in Dallas. He was 77 years old.

Moved by hungry Nicaraguan kids, Trussville Xerox serviceman decides to do something

July 30, 2009

Was it the starving children in Nicaragua who first got to Mike Jones, who gave him a heart for missions? No — oh, no. They’ve

Beulah Church member sheds locks for missions gain

July 30, 2009

It was hot, wet, muddy and full of tarantulas and mosquitoes, but Michael Martin wants to go back as soon as possible. Martin was one

Strike in Peru cuts missions trip short

June 18, 2009

Rusty Arnett said he and his missions team weren’t scared when they heard that a strike was going to shut down the roads into and

Alabama native goes ‘Xtreme’ for gospel

April 9, 2009

Graham Michael, an Alabama native and self-professed inexperienced outdoorsman, knows what it means to commit to the ministry to which God calls you. For him,

Alabama natives help spread gospel in South America

April 2, 2009

After six months on stateside assignment in Alabama, Jim and Evelyn Sexton returned in February to Santiago, Chile, where they serve as Southern Baptist representatives.

U.S. commission asks U.N. to protect Venezuelan Jews

April 2, 2009

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has appealed to the U.S. State Department and the United Nations to protect Venezuela’s 15,000-member