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  Questions surround the future of religious freedom in Syria

  Many human rights advocates greeted the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with relief and optimism, but some groups focused on international religious freedom view Syria’s future with more questions than answers.

  12/18/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  UMHB students serve NC disaster survivors

  A life on mission must begin somewhere. For several University of Mary Hardin-Baylor students, it began this December with Texans on Mission in North Carolina.

  12/18/2024 - By John Hall / Texans on Mission

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  Nigerian Christians fear violence as Christmas approaches

  Christians in Nigeria plan to celebrate Christmas amid fear of a repeat of violence that claimed at least 160 lives in Nigeria’s Middle Belt at Christmastime in 2023 and dozens in northern Nigeria during the holidays in 2022, international religious liberty advocates reported.

  12/18/2024 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  A proposal, a loss and an answered prayer at camp

  Abel Kent had one thing on his mind: Asking his girlfriend Katelin “Kat” Weikel to marry him. The pair were both sponsors of youth attending Royal Ambassadors Campout and Missions Mania at Latham Springs Camp and Retreat Center in Aquilla.

  12/17/2024 - By Russ Dilday / Texans on Mission

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  Children still at heart of Texas Baptist Children’s Home

  Almost 75 years after a couple donated 112 acres of Round Rock farmland to enable Texas Baptists to build a home for abused and neglected children, Texas Baptist Children’s Home has changed a lot, but one thing has stayed constant.

  12/16/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Texans on Mission: Christmas looks different in Uganda

  Mission trips often reveal contrasts—differences between things at home and those far away. Mikey Osborne and his family saw Christmas differently on a recent trip to Uganda.

  12/16/2024 - By Ferrell Foster / Texans on Mission

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  Report links Bible engagement, generosity and happiness

  Bible-engaged Christians are the most charitable people in the United States, and giving increases happiness among the generous, the American Bible Society said in releasing the last chapter of the 2024 State of the Bible.

  12/13/2024 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Faith leaders urge Biden to empty federal death row

  A group of faith leaders, activists, law enforcement officials and families of murder victims called on President Joe Biden to spare the lives of about 40 inmates currently on death row in federal prisons.

  12/12/2024 - By Bob Smietana & Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

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  Ten Catholic priests killed in Mexico in six years, report says

  Ten Catholic priests and a seminarian were murdered during the six-year term of former Mexican President López Obrador that ended Sept. 30, the Catholic Multimedia Center said in its 2024 annual report.

  12/12/2024 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

• Connect360: When Jesus Is in Your Boat

  Lesson 4 in the Connect360 unit “The reMARKable Journey Continues: The Gospel of Urgency” focuses on Mark 4:35-41.

  12/12/2024 - By GC2 Press Staff

• Connect360: God with Us

  The Connect360 Christmas lesson focuses on Luke 2:1-20.

  12/12/2024 - By GC2 Press Staff

• Connect360: The Mysterious and Mighty Little Mustard Seed

  Lesson 3 in the Connect360 unit “The reMARKable Journey Continues: The Gospel of Urgency” focuses on Mark 4:26-32.

  12/12/2024 - By GC2 Press Staff