Southern Baptist leader Paige Patterson apologises to women ‘wounded’ by remarks
RNS Longtime Southern Baptist leader Paige Patterson, embroiled in controversy over past remarks about domestic violence and his descriptions of women, has issued an apology. “I wish to apologise to every woman who has been wounded by anything I have said that was inappropriate or that lacked clarity,” said Rev Patterson, president of Southwestern Baptist […]
KAZAKHSTAN: PRESSURE ON PROTESTANT CHRISTIANS CONTINUES TO BUILD AMID RESTRICTIONS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
World Watch Monitor reports on ongoing restrictions facing Protestant Christians in Kazakhstan amid concerns over religious freedom…
US missionary appeals to European Court of Human Rights over Russian law
World Watch Monitor US Baptist preacher Donald Ossewaarde has filed an application to the European Court of Human Rights, arguing that his right to religious freedom has been violated. Mr Ossewaarde had held weekly Bible meetings at his home in the Russian city of Oryol, 300 kilometres south of Moscow, for many years before being […]
Baptist pensioners fined in Kazakhstan for worshipping in house meeting
Seven Baptists – including two aged in their late 70s – were fined for meeting for worship in a home without state registration in Kazakhstan this week. Forum 18 reports that the congregation is a member of the Baptist Council of Churches and has adopted a policy of civil disobedience by refusing to pay the many […]