If and when archaeologist unearth additional Dead Sea Scrolls or other artifacts from the West Bank, both Palestinians and Israelis will be sure to claim ownership.

Baptist World Alliance officials joined the National Baptist Convention of Venezuela in calling for the release of a Venezuelan Baptist youth leader who has been jailed since Jan. 23.

A Waco layman and national Woman’s Missionary Union—along with Texas Baptist Men—are seeking to help Cuban Baptists meet needs in the aftermath of a deadly tornado that swept through Havana.

Children in Somaliland suffer congenital deformities and wound-related conditions that could be improved by surgery, but most needs are going unmet, according to a study co-led by Baylor University and Duke University researchers.

Pakistan’s Supreme Court has dismissed a petition by Islamists to overturn the acquittal of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman previously convicted of blasphemy, freeing her to leave the country and join her daughters in Canada.

The number of Christians suffering high to extremely high persecution is 14 percent more in 2019, Open Doors reported, counting 245 million individuals globally.

Targeted Christian persecution tailored to hurt women is trending globally, Open Doors reported in its 2019 World Watch List of 50 countries most dangerous for Christians to practice their faith.

More than 1,100 Christian teachers who have fled since al-Shabab began coming across the border into northern Kenya from Somalia in 2017, mostly targeting non-Muslim teachers.

In a small single-room house in the Banaadir district of Somalia, dozens of Christians worship in secret out of fear of persecution in a country where no official churches exist.

Baptists and other adherents of minority religions in Bulgaria received a Christmas blessing a few days early when the nation’s Parliament removed the most prohibitive provisions of its Religious Denominations Act before a final vote Dec. 21.

Members of Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, China, tried to meet together for Sunday worship on Dec. 16, only to have police reportedly detain about 60 people and shut down outdoor services. Several small groups found spaces to meet and worship without incident.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to declare Myanmar’s military campaign against its Rohingya Muslim minority as “genocide,” but some insist the plight of Christians in the Southeast Asian nation has remained largely unnoticed.