South African elected president of Baptist World Alliance
South African Ngwedla Paul Msiza has been elected president of the Baptist World Alliance it was announced earlier this month. Msiza, who was elected along with 12 vice-presidents at an annual gathering in Turkey, will take office at the 21st Baptist World Congress in Durban, South Africa, in July next year. He succeeds John Upton […]
Summit calls for greater effort to tackle female genital mutilation and child marriage
UN child agency UNICEF and the UK government have joined in calling for an increased commitment to tackling female genital mutilation and child marriage. Data shows that while the prevalence of both has decreased over the past 30 years, population growth means efforts to end the practices need to be “scaled up dramatically”. BANGLADESH: Kalpana, […]
International social media campaign expresses support for persecuted Christians in Iraq and Syria
An international social media campaign in which Christians are expressing support for their persecuted brethren in Iraq is gathering pace. The Arabic letter ‘N’ which is being daubed on property owned by Christians in northern Iraq is now part of a social media campaign. The campaign is seeing many Christians replace their Facebook profile picture […]
NIGERIA: CHRISTIANS MOURN 150 KILLED BY MILITANTS-INCLUDING PASTOR
BosNewsLife – with PAUL JONGAS and STEFAN J BOS – reports on the deteriorating situation for Christians in northern Nigeria…