Diana Chandler

KYIV, Ukraine (BP) – Evangelical benevolent and Gospel work continues in Ukraine in the regions on the frontlines of the war with Russia, with special outreaches underway this Christmastime, a church leader there told Baptist Press.

KIBERA, Kenya (BP) – Matt Beasley, lead pastor of Severns Valley Baptist Church in Elizabethtown, Ky., conducted global missions the two years he and his wife Valerie were International Mission Board church planters in Prague.

WASHINGTON (BP) – Christmas has held precious lessons for multifaceted music minister Anthony Evans, a headliner of the Museum of the Bible’s (MOTB) Everlasting Light candlelight Christmas celebration Dec. 19-21.

FRESNO, Calif. (BP) – California Christian baker Cathy Miller, who won two lower court battles in her refusal to custom design a wedding cake for a lesbian couple, continued to plead her case for individual religious freedom Dec. 17 in a California appeals court.

PLATEAU, Nigeria (BP) – Christians in Nigeria plan to celebrate Christmas amid fear of a repeat of violence that claimed at least 160 lives in Nigeria’s Middle Belt at Christmastime in 2023 and dozens in northern Nigeria during the holidays in 2022, international religious liberty advocates reported.

NASHVILLE (BP) – Southern Baptists are passionate, committed and invested in the Convention’s Gospel mission, Jeff Iorg has witnessed in his first six months as president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, reinforcing his commitment to the task.

PHILADELPHIA (BP) – Bible-engaged Christians are the most charitable people in the nation, and giving increases happiness among the generous, the American Bible Society (ABS) said in releasing the last chapter of the 2024 State of the Bible

MEXICO CITY (BP) – Ten Catholic priests and a seminarian were murdered during the six-year term of former Mexican President López Obrador that ended Sept. 30, the Catholic Multimedia Center said in its 2024 annual report.

MINNEAPOLIS (BP) – Minnesota Christian parents are challenging a state law that blocks certain Christian colleges from a program that allows colleges to enroll high schoolers in tuition-free college credit courses.

KYIV, Ukraine (BP) – Ukrainian Christians are resilient in the lingering war with Russia and yet optimistic of “a just peace,” Southern Baptist leader Dan Darling said on the heels of a weeklong tour of Ukraine and Poland.