News Articles by Brittany Jarvis

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (BP)--God used the joy of seven new Christians to draw a lost bus driver to Himself and start yet another new house church in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--Members of the Southern Baptist missionary family gathered May 20 to honor career missionaries retiring from service with the International Mission Board.

AMBON, Indonesia (BP)--Many Muslims in Indonesia do not support nor condone the forced conversions that jihad warriors are enacting on Christians in the Malukus, a young Muslim woman wrote to her Christian friend.

      AMBON, Indonesia (BP)--"My scar healed quite fast, but the sad, humiliated feeling stayed. I feel like I'm no longer complete, both as a person and a woman."
      That is the testimony of Christina Sagat, a 32-year-old Christian from Kasiui, Indonesia, who was forcibly circumcised by her Muslim neighbors. Unfortunately, as traumatic as her story sounds, hundreds of women have endured similar oppression.

      AKOT, Sudan (BP)--Boy soldiers, once forced to fight alongside rebels of the Sudan Peoples Liberation Army, are slowly adjusting to civilian life after being released.
      Southern Baptist workers have joined other Great Commission Christians to meet the boys' physical and spiritual needs.
      More than 1,600 of 2,500 boys released by the SPLA in March have made their way to a refugee camp in Akot, Sudan. The boys, some as young as 8 years old, live in dilapidated buildings and makeshift tents in the camp. UNICEF has pitched in to supply some food, sanitation, a T-shirt, hat and backpack for each boy.

MEINUNG, Taiwan (BP)--Parades for the Hakka people in Taiwan are not always joyful occasions of colorful costumes and celebration, as International Mission Board missionaries recently saw firsthand.

God continued to astonish Southern Baptist workers with phenomenal growth in overseas baptisms and church starts last year. "God is at work and He is giving us the privilege of joining Him in astounding ways," said International Mission Board President Jerry Rankin in reporting missions gains during 2000. Last year 6,520 new churches were established, […]

RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--Southern Baptist workers with a heart for Vietnam are asking Christians worldwide to join in an International Day of Prayer for Vietnam May 6.

HOUSTON (BP)--Prisoners of InnerChange Freedom Initiative, the first Christian prison in America, are asking God to give spiritual freedom to people in West Africa who have never heard of salvation in Jesus Christ.

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (BP)--More than 600 businessmen in Guayaquil, Ecuador, made first-time decisions for Christ following a recent conference for professionals.