Pastor, Daughter and Son-in-Law Slain in Plateau State, Nigeria – Morningstar News
Fulani herdsmen last month killed a pastor, his daughter and her husband, leaving the couple’s 3-month-old baby with a machete wound, in Plateau state, Nigeria.
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Platt underscores Lottie Moon’s urgency for the Gospel | Baptist Press
This year's SBC annual meeting marked the 100th anniversary of the naming of the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, with IMB President David Platt highlighting her missions urgency: "The needs of these people press upon my soul."
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TRUSTEES: IMB adds 47 new missionaries | Baptist Press
International Mission Board trustees approved the appointment of 47 new missionaries sent by Southern Baptist churches to take the Gospel to the nations during their June 10-11 meeting in Dallas.
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‘Praying for Peace’: Heidi & Rolland Baker Staying in Mozambique Despite Nearby Violence
CBN News has learned Heidi Baker's ministry Iris Global is taking precautions as terrorists attack nearby regions in Mozambique.
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Bible Society Fined Over $130K for Cyber Hack of Over 400,000 Christian Donors
Authorities in the U K have fined the Bible Society 130,000 for failing to protect the personal details of its more than 400,000 supporters Officials say the data breach will likely disclose the ...
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Lottie Moon gifts $5M ahead of last year | Baptist Press
Southern Baptists' contributions to support international missions through the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering are 3.75 percent ahead of the May 2017 offering totals.
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Mission Team ‘Safe’ 10 Miles from Fuego’s Eruption
ESCUINTLA CITY, Guatemala (BP) -- A Baptist youth mission team already in Guatemala when a volcano erupted there June 3 is safe and helping churches house and feed survivors.
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Israel Opening Nature Museum, with Evolution Exhibit
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — After decades of planning and delays, Israel is opening the doors of a new national natural history museum in the city of Tel Aviv, a facility that aims to increase scientific education despite religious opposition to the theory of evolution.
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Catholic Priest Attacked in Bethlehem after Giving Refuge to Tourists – Morningstar News
(Morning Star News) – An unidentified man in Bethlehem lunged at a Catholic priest with what appears to be a knife on Friday (June 1) in a rare attack on a clergyman in the Palestinian Territories. At Bethlehem’s Milk Grotto, the Rev. Fadi Shallufi on Friday afternoon opened the chapel gates to foreign tourists, including women […]
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Portuguese Parliament votes against legalizing euthanasia
After heated debate, the Portuguese Parliament voted on Tuesday to reject multiple proposed laws that would legalize euthanasia in the country. The vote drew praise from local bishops.
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CDF prefect: That only men can be priests is ‘definitive’
The teaching of the Catholic Church on the impossibility of ordaining women to the priesthood, now or in the future, is clear – and to sow confusion by suggesting otherwise is a serious matter, wrote the Vatican’s top authority on doctrine.
