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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The Angel of Dachau: Pope Francis declares concentration camp priest a martyr
Fr. Engelmar Unzeitig, a young priest with Czech roots serving in Germany and Austria, was arrested by the Nazis on April 21, 1941.
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Former Soviet republics are Central Asia’s persecution hotspot
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ISIS’ Systematic Slaughter of Civilians Leaves Over 18K Dead, 3.2M Iraqis Displaced, UN Report Reveals
As many as 18,800 people have been killed since 2014 in the ongoing Iraq war, the United Nations has said, revealing a staggering civilian death toll, while 3,500 women and children remain captured ...
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IMB to close Richmond communications office | Baptist Press
The International Mission Board has announced the closure of its Richmond Communications Center effective April 29 and the accompanying layoff of 30 stateside staff members, according to a Jan. 14 IMB news release. Ten additional communications staff are being transitioned to other positions.
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SEBTS offers IMB retirees advanced degree waiver | Baptist Press
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary has announced it will waive tuition and fees for the first two years of any doctoral degree or the first 12 hours of a master of theology degree for returning International Mission Board missionaries who have opted to take the mission entity's voluntary retirement initiative.
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WORLDVIEW: Risk & opportunity in 2016 | Baptist Press
Missions columnist Erich Bridges reflects on global risks and Gospel opportunities in 2016 among the world's 2 billion unreached people, many in hostile, chaotic places. "This doesn't mean they can't be reached," Bridges writes. "The opportunity is there -- for those willing to take the risk."
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Morning Star News’ Top 10 Persecution Stories of 2015 – Morningstar News
(Morning Star News) – Islamic extremist violence in countries not known for religious tensions, majority-Christian Kenya and Uganda, topped Morning Star News’ stories in 2015. While the Islamic State terrorized Christians in Syria, Iraq and Libya, and Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria killed innocent civilians in the shadow of Boko Haram, in northeast Kenya Al […]
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Mother Teresa Miraculously Healed Man With Brain Tumors, Vatican Announces
Pope Francis has officially recognized a second miracle attributed to Mother Teresa, with the Vatican announcing she is to be made a saint in 2016
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It’s official! Mother Teresa is going to be canonized
After months of anticipation, the miracle allowing for the canonization of Bl. Mother Teresa of Calcutta has officially been approved by the Vatican, though as of now no specific date for the event has been given.
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Maoist Rebel Group Suspected in Killing of Pastor, Son in the Philippines – Morningstar News
MINDANAO, Philippines (Morning Star News) – Christians on the Philippine island of Mindanao believe Maoist rebels are responsible for killing a Baptist pastor and his adult son near a southern town on Nov. 27. A friend of the pastor in Mindanao told Morning Star News that area Christians believe insurgents with the New People’s Army (NPA), […]
