Brownback Opens Religious Freedom Summit with Plea to Fight Persecution
WASHINGTON (RNS) — U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback opened a summit at the State Department this week by urging leaders from a
Eritrean Christians Released from Shipping Container Prisons
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) – Eritrean Christians and human rights advocates are cheering the release of 35 Christian prisoners as a new peace pact between Eritrea
Innovative World Cup Outreach Scores Big Despite Russian Opposition
WHEATON, Ill. — Hundreds of churches in Russia are preparing to end an innovative World Cup 2018 outreach on a high note this week,
Nationalism Cited for Uptick in Religious Freedom Restrictions
Nationalistic tendencies contributed to a noticeable increase in government restriction on religious freedom in 2016, according to a Pew Research Center report released on June 21.
Many Egyptian Christians Feel Left Out of World Cup
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Egypt's first World Cup in 28 years has captivated the soccer-crazy nation, with intense focus on the squad and
Baptists Fined, Jailed for Unapproved Worship in Uzbekistan
A court in the southern city of Karshi, Uzbekistan, has punished four members of a Baptist congregation for meeting for worship without state permission.
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Evangelicals Visit West Bank to See Life — and Christian Faith — on the Other Side
NABI SALEH, West Bank (RNS) — Nabi Saleh is the last place one might expect to find a group of evangelical Christians, a demographic known
A Year Later, Britain Remembers 72 Killed in Fire and Faith Groups’ Response
LONDON (RNS) — The Rev. Alan Everett vividly remembers the early morning hours of June 14, 2017. Flames were engulfing the 24-story apartment building
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
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