Indian Baptists Fear Fresh Wave of Violence

An attack on Christians “on the scale of Orissa” is brewing in Karnataka, a state in the southern part of India, according to local Baptists. A huge increase in anti-Christian violence together with low-level persecution is causing Christians to fear the...

Weekend Prayer Unites British Baptists

As part of a joint initiative, the Baptist Union of Great Britain and BMS World Mission teamed up to issue a call to prayer to British Baptists that began on Feb. 26. The Wave of Prayer began that Friday. Baptist Union churches responded on Saturday and Sunday to the...

Grants Fund British Baptists’ Mission Projects

Baptist churches in Britain are using mission-project grants to connect with people who don’t attend church and to serve their communities, according to a report about the latest round of grants provided by the Baptist Union of Great Britain. Churches used the...

500 Dead After Religious Violence in Nigeria

Nigerian Baptists have asked for prayer following the latest interreligious violence that has left an estimated 500 people dead. The president of the Baptist Women’s Union of Africa, Motunrayo Adegbilero, has written to the Baptist World Alliance in the wake of...