A pair of young Christians in Pakistan have been charged with violating that nation’s blasphemy law—an offense that carries a mandatory death penalty if the accused is found guilty.

02/18/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Spiraling Islamist terrorism that has killed more than 100 people in a two-week span in the Democratic Republic of Congo is calling renewed attention to Christian persecution there.

02/17/2021 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

Baptist World Alliance leaders are calling on the global Baptist community to pray, advocate and wear red ribbons as a sign of solidarity with the people of Myanmar.

02/10/2021 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Due to the diligence and persistence of Texas Baptist Men water ministry volunteers, a refugee camp in northwestern Uganda has a new source of pure drinking water.

02/05/2021 - By John Hall / Texas Baptist Men

Christian and Jewish human rights leaders are remembering the Holocaust by urging international advocacy on behalf of more than 3 million innocent Uyghur Muslims held in Chinese concentration camps aimed at cultural genocide.

01/27/2021 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

More than 3 million Uyghur Muslims reportedly are held forcibly in “re-education camps” in northwest China.

01/15/2021 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

The COVID-19 global pandemic has exposed religious persecution in a number of countries, Open Doors reports.

01/14/2021 - By Emily McFarlan Miller / Religion News Service

Organizations focused on religious persecution reported at least four Christians in Pakistan recently were arrested for blasphemy.

01/08/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

At least a dozen Christians were killed and several churches burned in Christmas Eve attacks on villages in northern Nigeria following death threats by Boko Haram Islamist militants.

01/05/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

A court in Pakistan acquitted a Christian who was serving a life sentence in prison under that nation’s blasphemy laws.

12/16/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

The U.S. State Department has added Nigeria to its list of countries deemed to have the most egregious violations of religious freedom.

12/10/2020 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

The Texas Baptist Hunger Offering helped provide food for Nicaraguan families reeling from twin disasters.

12/09/2020 - By Texas Baptists Communications