1+ hour, 38+ min ago  (226+ words) An independent watchdog group has urged the United States government to redesignate Pakistan a "country of particular concern" because of unabated religious persecution. USCIRF recommended the U. S. pressure Pakistan to release individuals imprisoned for blasphemy and to prosecute perpetrators of vigilante…...

16+ hour, 20+ min ago  (308+ words) A Christian father whose 14-year-old daughter was kidnapped and forced to marry one of the captors claims police are making no effort to return her to her family. Sataish Maryam was abducted during the night of Jan. 1011 from her home…...

20+ hour ago  (294+ words) But moments before the crew would enter into roughly 40 minutes of radio silence as they passed behind the moon, the voice of astronaut Victor Glover " who has been open about his Christian faith and'worships at Churches of Christ congregations in…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (188+ words) Glenn Bynum, who served as pastor of Alabama Baptist churches for more than 60 years, died April 5. He was 83. Bynum served congregations across Marshall, De Kalb, Blount and Jefferson counties, including Pleasant Mount Baptist Church and Village Springs Baptist Church, both…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (279+ words) A family is facing persecution and financial hardship because authorities are defying a court order to change their religious designation to "Christian" in Pakistan's national identity database. Naseem Bibi, formerly of Haveli Lakha in Pakistan's Punjab Province, discovered in 2016 that…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (183+ words) The Finnish Supreme Court recently ruled 32" to convict P'ivi R's'nen of "hate speech" for a 2004 church pamphlet outlining biblical views on marriage, while also unanimously acquitting her over a 2019 Bible verse tweet. Meanwhile, religious freedom advocates are sounding alarm bells…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (162+ words) To read a quick recap of some of the latest news reports and other articles from The Baptist Paper this week, see below. Easter Sunday attacks in Nigeria "heinous," Benue State"s governor says 2. Find out how this shed that…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (609+ words) During the last chapel service for the spring semester at the University of Mobile on April 1, students heard from one of their own " Tim Adams, who serves as the vice president of student development and collegiate athletics. In a message…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (309+ words) After delaying a vote before spring break, the Alabama Senate has awarded final passage to a bill renaming, for state purposes, the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. House Bill 2, sponsored by Rep. David Standridge, R-Hayden, would require state…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (287+ words) To read a quick recap of some of the latest news reports and other articles from The Baptist Paper this week, see below. 1. "For Christians, this comes back to looking at the entire cosmos and recognizing God made this for…...