Unelected Prime Minister Assumes Leadership of Haiti after Temporary Council Ends
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Christians ‘punished’ in Vietnam’s Central Highlands | Baptist Press
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (BP)--Evangelical Christians blamed for unrest in Vietnam's Central Highlands in early February have been abducted, tortured and prevented from worshiping together by security police, according to reports from the region, Compass Direct news service reported in mid-April.
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Millions of women & children mired in global sex trafficking | Baptist Press
OXFORD, England (BP)--Coerced, kidnapped or coaxed with false promises, millions of women and children are sold into prostitution and sexual slavery around the world every year. Their numbers are growing, fueled by the fall of communism in the former Soviet Union and rampant poverty throughout the developing world, the Internet…
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Team’s heart for 7 European cities focusing on immigrants & refugees | Baptist Press
RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--Amsterdam. Berlin. Brussels. Frankfurt. Paris. Madrid. Rome. Premier cities like these in Western Europe conjure up images of vacation travel. Well-heeled tourists stand in line to snap photos of the Eiffel Tower, sample haute cuisine and spend fortunes on fashion and entertainment.
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Missionaries reach out to former boy soldiers in Sudan | Baptist Press
AKOT, Sudan (BP)--Boy soldiers, once forced to fight alongside rebels of the Sudan Peoples Liberation Army, are slowly adjusting to civilian life after being released. Southern Baptist workers have joined other Great Commission Christians to meet the boys' physical and spiritual needs. …
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Baptist prisoner’s family pressured to convert to Islam in Turkmenistan | Baptist Press
OXFORD, England (BP)--The wife and children of Baptist prisoner Shageldy Atakov in Turkmenistan have been told by the local mullah, administration officials and officers of the country's political police, the KNB (former KGB), that they may not believe in Jesus Christ and must convert to Islam. According to a statement…
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Central Asian officials to hear Protestant concerns March 27-28 | Baptist Press
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (BP)--Central Asian Protestants will have an unprecedented opportunity to present their beliefs to government officials during a Protestant forum March 27-28 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
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World’s lost & Christian workers: There’s a ‘tragic gap,’ Rankin says | Baptist Press
SHREVEPORT, La. (BP)--Southern Baptists are sending their 63 newest missionaries into a world where God is at work like never before, yet there is a tragic gap between the need for workers and the number of Southern Baptists answering God's call, a standing-room only crowd was told March 10 at…
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Sudanese Christian’s passion: prayer, action to end homeland’s suffering | Baptist Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)--He was a slave. Ripped from his family, severely beaten, forced to live like an animal. Rol Deng knows about persecution. And he wants American Christians to know and to pray about their fellow believers in Sudan who are being killed or sold into slavery because of…
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Today’s ’30-year bonus’: What will you do with it? | Baptist Press
RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--Two scenes recently witnessed: -- An investment counselor asks a group of Christian workers what they want from retirement. "Not to have to work!" one quickly replies. Another looks forward to traveling. A third responds: "I just want to maintain my standard…
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Horrifying reports filed by team assessing persecution in Indonesia | Baptist Press
MANADO, Indonesia (BP)--A Christian human rights leader from the United States and a five-member delegation he was leading were detained for a day and a half by security forces in Indonesia's strife-ravaged Malukan island chain before being released Feb. 24.
