Sight-Seeing: When justice becomes personal
Rev STEVE WOODS, a church relationship manager with Baptist World Aid Australia, reflects on how, once he saw this broken world through the lens of God’s call to justice, he can longer be a spectator…
Brazilian startup offers technological solutions for churches
Sao Paulo, Brazil While a lack of access of digital technologies – and hence an inability to virtually connect with comgregants – has long been a problem for many Brazilian churches, the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 futher exposed the gap as in-person religious services were suspended. In response to the issue, the […]
Southern Baptist Convention president won’t seek a second term
RNS Ed Litton, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the United States, announced Tuesday he will break with tradition and not seek a second term in the top convention role. Litton, who narrowly fended off an ultraconservative candidate with his 2021 victory, said he plans to spend the next decade promoting racial […]
Pope gives fathers working at Vatican three-day paternity leave
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis has urged couples to have more children, rather than pets, and called for family-friendly government policies. So he raised eyebrows Tuesday when he revamped the Vatican’s family leave policy with a new benefit giving new dads a mere three days of paid paternity leave. The Vatican’s policy sets out the benefits […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy tells Russia “just stop the bombing” before more ceasefire talks
KyivReuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday Russia must stop bombing Ukrainian cities before meaningful talks on a ceasefire could start, as a first round of negotiations this week had yielded scant progress. Speaking in an interview in a heavily guarded government compound, Zelenskiy urged NATO members to impose a no fly zone to […]
“Useless for us”: New Indonesian capital excludes Indigenous, poor
RINA CHANDRAN and LEO GALUH, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that the new capital city will uproot thousands of indigenous people, and offers little incentive for poorer residents in Jakarta to move…
Ukraine war threatens to make bread a luxury in the Middle East
Aden, Yemen/Cairo, EgyptThomson Reuters Foundation The war in Ukraine may be unfolding several thousand miles away, but 32-year-old Ilham fears her family will feel its consequences on their dinner table in Yemen. Conflict between Ukraine and Russia, which provide more than a quarter of the world’s wheat exports, has sent global prices to a 13-year high – causing […]
Essay: Ukraine – ICC launches war crimes investigation – here’s how it will work
In an article published on The Conversation, CALEB WHEELER, a lecturer in law at Cardiff University, explains…
Polish Baptists, Southern Baptist mission board rally to aid Ukraine
RNS In Chelm, Poland, a dozen miles from the Ukrainian border, a Baptist church has opened its doors to refugees since the Russian invasion began, offering a hot meal, clothing and place to stay. “As we watched news about the expected invasion,” Pastor Henryk Skizypkowski told Religion News Service in an email, “we stepped out […]