Parade of Flags at First Baptist Duluth shows Acts 17 in action, pastor says
DULUTH, Ga. (BP) – Afghanistan. Benin. Brazil. Bulgaria. Cameroon. China. Colombia. Cuba. Dominican Republic. Ecuador …
Global religious freedom harmed by government-fostered lies, USCIRF reports
WASHINGTON (BP) – When Russia attacked Ukraine in 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the invasion was to “denazify” Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is Jewish, is a Nazi hellbent on committing genocide against Russians and Russian-speaking Ukrainians, Putin said.
Small network of Mongolian churches draws 450 to conference
VASHON ISLAND, Wash. – “Now all Mongolians know a church exists here in Seattle.” These words by Ankbayar Jigjid, pastor of Eternal Joy Mongolian Christian Church in Seattle, as translated by his wife Badnaa Onkh for Baptist Press, describe one effect of the late June annual meeting of the North American Mongolian Pastor’s Network.
‘Nobody does it like us,’ Black church conference attendee proclaims
RIDGECREST, N.C. (BP) – Finishing an event in Louisville, Ky., Belinda Wright thought it excellent to swing by the Black Church Leadership and Family Conference (BCLFC) in Ridgecrest, N.C., to relax and spend time with her sister Joyice Jones from Suffolk, Va.
Black Church conference helps leaders ‘Thrive’
RIDGECREST, N.C. (BP) – The annual Black Church Leadership and Family Conference (BCLFC) resembles the churches it aims to serve – energetic worship and powerful sermons but still grappling with the effects of the pandemic.
‘Cataclysmic problem’ eroding Black church, Lifeway conference preacher says
RIDGECREST, N.C. (BP) -- The Black church is facing a cataclysmic problem of desertion amid an emphasis of creating a worship experience that looks like heaven, pastor Greg Perkins said July 22 on the opening night of the Black Church Leadership and Family Conference (BCLFC).
Texas church’s Hispanic ministry opening doors to reach a changing community
ODESSA, Texas (BP) – Erika Meza had been praying for her husband Luis to come to faith in Jesus for nine years. But spiritual conversations with Luis could feel tense and he would tell Erika he did not want to feel pressured to walk away from the Catholic religion he had always known.
HBCU students experience international missions, see ‘someone like me’
Chyler Hughes had never seen a Black missionary. At church, she learned to minister in her local community, but no one ever talked about international missions.
First Vietnamese congregation to affiliate with BCNE ordains first pastor
QUINCY, Mass. (BP) – Growing up during the final decade of the Vietnam War, Hồng Đức Phạm never dreamed that one day he would leave Vietnam, relocate to the United States and become a Baptist minister.
Black pastor fellowship launches global initiative to African diaspora
JAMAICA (BP) – A short-term mission trip to Jamaica was reminiscent of home for Horacio Hall, founding pastor of Faithway Baptist Church in Virginia Beach, Va.
