Christians and Yazidis in Iraq Stand on the Brink of Extinction
(RNS) — Astonishingly, for three years U.S. government bureaucrats have refused to help endangered religious minority communities like Christians and Yazidis survive the genocide ISIS
China Tightens Worship, Sunday School Restrictions
CHINA (BP) -- China startled Christians by tightening its "choke-hold" on churches there in September, banning Christian education for children and unregistered church
Russia Expands Anti-Missionary Crackdown Against Baptists, Others
Russian officials continue to expand the implementation of last year’s new law targeting missionary and evangelistic activities, including into the region of Crimea that Russia snatched from Ukraine
Christian Groups Respond to Growing Sudanese Refugee Crisis
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Christian agencies and churches are stepping up and coordinating their efforts to respond to the South Sudanese refugee crisis, as the
Clergy Preach Peace During Kenyan National Elections
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Peaceful voting and an impressive turnout are buoying this East African country’s clergy, who made a energetic effort to quell the
Internally Displaced Persons ‘Left Behind’ by Aid Efforts
<img class=" alignleft size-full wp-image-53281" src="https://wordandway.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/iraq-camp.jpg" width="127" height="78" alt="Roughly 40 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) are currently in 50 nations, according to a United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) report. Displaced by conflict, impacts of climate change and natural disasters,
Is This Unearthed Fishing Village the Birthplace of Three of Jesus’ Apostles?
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Archaeologists excavating in northern Israel believe they may have discovered the biblical city of Bethsaida, the hometown of
UN: Billions Lack Access to Clean Water, Proper Sanitation
More than 2 billion people do not have easy access to clean water and more than 4 billion lack proper sanitation, according to a joint World Health
Faith Communities Offer a Pathway to Ending AIDS in Africa
(RNS) — Since the earliest days of the AIDS epidemic, many communities of faith have supported millions of people living with
Judge Blocks Deportation of Chaldeans and Other Iraqis
DETROIT (Detroit Free Press) A federal judge has ruled that 114 Iraqi immigrants facing deportation can stay in the U.S. for at least two more