International News

MINNEAPOLIS (BP) – Viktor Soro, a pastor of First Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Church in Minneapolis, believes it can be difficult for the global community to understand Ukraine’s pain of war.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (BP) – The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) and Samaritan’s Purse are helping Christians persecuted for their faith in the United Kingdom through a legal defense fund of more than $1.2 million.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday during talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders that a potential ceasefire and who gets Ukrainian territory seized by Russia should be hashed out during a face-to-face meeting between the warring countries' two leaders.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday (August 12) hinted that ceasefire efforts in Gaza are now focused on a comprehensive deal that would release the remaining hostages all at once, rather than in phases.

TEHRAN, Iran (BP) – Amir, an underground church leader in Iran, told Iran Alive Ministries of being stopped at a police checkpoint with dozens of Bibles in tow, a crime punishable by imprisonment and death.

KREMENETS, Ukraine (BP) – Pastor Ivan Kunderenko believes all Ukrainians are suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), born from Russia’s escalating war on Ukraine.

Violent attacks targeting religious communities continue in Nigeria, and the Nigerian government’s enforcement of blasphemy laws significantly restricts religious freedom, a new report from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom states.

TEHRAN, Iran (BP) – Iran is increasingly persecuting Christians under its ceasefire with Israel, arresting at least 21 believers, raiding house churches and promoting incendiary propaganda, according to religious freedom advocate Article 18.

LVIV, Ukraine (BP) – In the early days of Russia’s full onslaught of Ukraine in February 2022, Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary (UBTS) transitioned its classrooms into temporary shelters, halting instruction to house internally displaced persons as they fled their homes for safety.

WASHINGTON (BP) – Russia continued to persecute pastors and shutter churches within its borders and in territories it occupies in Ukraine in 2025, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) said June 30 in an updated report on Russia.