Burkina Faso’s military government appears to have strengthened its commitment to religious freedom and the country's secular identity following the adoption of a new law regulating religious practice.
ORLANDO (BP)- Following a time of heartfelt a cappella singing of hymns, a capacity crowd filled a nearly 2,650-seat Chapin Theater in the Orange County Convention Center to hear a “State of the SBC” panel discussion presented by 9 Marks at the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Orlando on…
ORLANDO (BP) – A range of panelists at the Baptist 21 luncheon on June 8 expressed both differences and unity on topics within the Southern Baptist Convention, while agreeing that the SBC, as a whole, is going in the right direction.
ORLANDO – God sees the faithfulness of small church pastors and uses their ministry for His kingdom purposes, and during the SBC Annual Meeting, Tuesday, June 9, Southern Baptists sought to recognize their value as well.
Liao Qiang, a member of Early Rain Covenant Church who fled China, July 7, 2019, in Taipei, Taiwan. Associated Press / Photo by Chiang Ying-ying Loading ...
A documentary about indigenous land dispossession and military violence in West Papua has been watched more than 13.6 million times on YouTube within days, after Indonesian authorities failed to suppress organized screenings in cities throughout the country. More than 107,000 people in April 2026 have been displaced and most of them Christian.
Christians have been the target of more than 88 incidents of harassment and assault in Israel so far this year, with 2026 on track to surpass last year’s record of 181 incidents, according to the Religious Freedom Data Center.
As the Asia Conference on Church & Mission (ACCM) 2026 concluded Thursday evening in Alabang, Metro Manila, Dr. Bambang Budijanto, General Secretary of the Asia Evangelical Alliance, described what he sees as a decisive turn in a movement that has been building across the region for two years — and laid out a concrete, time-bound plan to sustain it.
The Asia Conference on Church & Mission concluded Thursday evening in Alabang, Metro Manila, with delegates from 25 nations pressed to leave not with good intentions but with a named commitment — a specific congregation or community they would personally shepherd toward disciple-making in the year ahead.
Two of Kenya's leading Christian organizations have called on lawmakers to review and amend the Finance Bill 2026, warning that some of the proposed measures could deepen economic hardships for households and businesses and undermine efforts to stimulate economic growth.
Closing out the Asia Conference on Church & Mission on Thursday, a panel of evangelical leaders warned that one of the most serious failures in the global church is hiding in plain sight: the systematic displacement of parents as the primary disciplers of their own children.
