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NEW ORLEANS (BP)--More than 1,000 people were won to the Lord as hundreds of Southern Baptists answered the call of Jesus Christ to share their faith during the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention June 12-13 in New Orleans.
RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--Imagine standing before God and hearing him say something like this:
RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--"I've heard the beautiful sound of angels singing," said missionary candidate Marie Zimmerman.* She said angels sang after her own salvation experience, after she led a girl to Christ at camp and many times when she served as a journeyman missionary in…
WASHINGTON (BP)--The independent panel established by the Congress two years ago to monitor religious freedom has encountered delays in the appointment of its nine voting members, Newsroom-online.com reported May 23.
RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--Members of the Southern Baptist missionary family gathered May 20 to honor career missionaries retiring from service with the International Mission Board.
BEIJING (BP)--Lay evangelists from numerous house churches in China are not alone as they direct their efforts toward unreached people groups and cities with the gospel. As these church planters systematically begin their outreach, they do so with the support of the churches that have…
RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--Shangri-La: a hidden utopian paradise, tucked away in harsh Asian mountains. Shangri-La, dreamed up by author James Hilton in his 1935 novel, "The Lost Horizon," has captured the imagination of readers and explorers for years. And Bhutan, a peaceful country bejeweled with…
WASHINGTON (BP)--Sudan's 18-year civil war not only has resulted in a death toll of more than 2 million, persecution and the kidnapping and rape of countless youth, but also the spread of HIV-AIDS, Clement Janda, past president of the Sudan Council of Churches and current head of the All African…
AMBON, Indonesia (BP)--Many Muslims in Indonesia do not support nor condone the forced conversions that jihad warriors are enacting on Christians in the Malukus, a young Muslim woman wrote to her Christian friend.
AMBON, Indonesia (BP)--"My scar healed quite fast, but the sad, humiliated feeling stayed. I feel like I'm no longer complete, both as a person and a woman." That is the testimony of Christina Sagat, a 32-year-old Christian from Kasiui, Indonesia, who was forcibly circumcised…
