Top headlines to know this week

Welcome to The Weekly, produced by TAB Media Group, which publishes The Alabama Baptist and The Baptist Paper. Each episode features news headlines read by TAB Media Group staff and volunteers. New episodes are released weekly on Wednesday mornings. Articles featured in this episode:

God at work even before Venezuela earthquakes

Writers discover tribe: ‘What surprised me was finding community’

Lass Words: Running your race

White Pond Baptist Church dedicates new multipurpose building

Alabama’s FBC Jacksonville ready to break ground on new building

‘More to say’: Former UM dean Cecil Taylor diligent in retirement

Wetumpka’s Village Church celebrates ‘another opportunity for growth’

Violence against Nigerian Christians claims 29 more lives

Coptic Christian appealing blasphemy conviction in Egypt

Relatives attack Somali Christian for putting faith in Jesus

Man beaten unconscious for putting faith in Jesus

Family fears kidnapped daughter, 13, may be trafficked

Court case filed in deliberate destruction of churches

Pastor ordered to leave Russian territory or be deported

Court’s ruling for Christian woman may set precedent

‘Radically restored’: McWhirter’s new release speaks to God’s grace, forgiveness

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Alaska’s Prince of Wales Island residents rally around Liberty Church pastor, family after tragic accident

July 25, 2026

Alaska Baptist pastor Cody Schwegel’s 18-year-old son, Greyer, was involved in a head-on dirt bike collision with a friend July 14; both succumbed to injuries. Alabama Baptists are closely connected to the family, church and community.

Weekend review: Congo’s Ebola outbreak fastest-growing on record; lessons from family road trip; study on how Americans see religion today

July 25, 2026

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WMU Foundation supports and strengthens Christian Job Corps, awards graduates

July 24, 2026

Martresse Ezell felt lost, unfulfilled and uncertain of her worth. As a mother and grandmother, Ezell had spent her life nurturing and advocating for others but had neglected her own growth. Past mistakes, poor decisions …

Most blasphemy cases fabricated, says panel in Pakistan

July 24, 2026

A senate committee probing 333 blasphemy cases in four Pakistani provinces found recently that most of the accusations during the last five years were false.