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LONDON (BP)--Turkmenistan's most prominent religious prisoner, Baptist leader Shageldy Atakov, has been freed before the end of his four-year sentence, Keston News Service reported Jan. 10.
ALMA, Mo. (BP)--Like most children across the nation, the Castillo brothers heard about President Bush's call for every child to contribute $1 to the America's Fund for Afghan Children. The Castillos heeded that call in October through their school, but took it one step further.
WACO, Texas (BP)--About 4,000 people in Waco, Texas, celebrated homecoming Dec. 8 for two American aid workers jailed 104 days by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--A crowd of more than 1,000 people rose to their feet and gave former Afghanistan hostage and missionary Dayna Curry a standing ovation as she delivered her testimony at the 2001 World Missions Conference held Dec. 2-5 at Two Rivers Baptist Church. …
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--This time last year, Midway Baptist Church was struggling to reach a $2,000 goal for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions. As of Nov. 18, the church's 145 regular attenders have given more than $10,600 to this year's offering.
IN WESTERN EUROPE (BP)--Every family has a story. For Afghan families crowding the refugee centers served by Southern Baptist mission workers in Europe, it's usually a sad one.
LONDON (BP)--Boris Shikhmuradov, the senior-most official to abandon Turkmenistan's authoritarian regime, has launched an attack on the repression of religious believers in the Central Asian country.
NEW DELHI (BP)--An Indian bureaucrat-turned-activist has launched a movement to encourage hundreds of thousands of low-caste Hindus to embrace Buddhism, a religion that would give them equal status in society.
LONDON (BP)--Almost overshadowed by some Christians exaggerating the spiritual significance of the event, between 50,000 and 100,000 outcast Hindus descended on New Delhi Nov. 4 to participate in a historic anti-caste political rally.
WACO, Texas (BP)--Dayna Curry turns 30 on Sunday, Nov. 4, in a prison in Afghanistan, yet according to letters released by their home church, she and Heather Mercer remain in good spirits. "It is so good to hear that so many people are praying,"…
