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KADUNA, Nigeria (BP) – About 50 Christians were killed, dozens kidnapped and homes destroyed since late January in several attacks spanning southern to northern Nigeria, Christian persecution watchdog groups said.

NEW ORLEANS, La. – Louisiana Baptists, other non-profit organizations, law enforcement agencies and civilians worked together to reunite 15 missing children with their families in the days leading up to last weekend’s Super Bowl LIX in the New Orleans Superdome.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A Texas judge on Thursday ordered a New York doctor to pay more than $100,000 in penalties for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, a ruling that could test "shield laws" in Democratic-controlled states where abortion is legal.

KANSAS CITY (BP) — A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of two Christian counselors could have far-reaching implications for religious freedom and parental rights, say attorneys for the plaintiffs.

AUSTIN, Texas (BP) – The Supreme Court of Texas has issued a ruling on two questions raised in a case brought against Paige Patterson and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary by a plaintiff known as Jane Roe.

Whenever I’m preaching and I need to make a point about the beauty of the Church in action, I often refer to the image of God’s people with arms outstretched running toward places of deepest pain and suffering — being first on the scene after a disaster, bringing hope and healing through physical and tangible expressions of love in times of darkness. This is the Church at her best, when we share and show the love of Jesus.

SEAGOVILLE, Texas (BP) — A Dallas metro pastor was taken into custody last October for indecency with a child-sexual contact, according to a report by the Seagoville Police Department.

CHERNIVTSI, Ukraine (BP) – The children of Mykolaiv, Ukraine, were among the first to hear missiles after Russia declared war in 2022. Many now orphaned, they can distinguish missiles just by the sound heard as they pass overhead, a pastor who ministers to them told Baptist Press.

NEW ORLEANS (BP) – Clint Pressley, president of the Southern Baptist Convention and senior pastor of Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Charlotte, N.C., explained how suffering prepares people for ministry during a chapel service Feb. 11 at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.

NASHVILLE (BP) – At its annual February meeting next week in Nashville, the SBC Executive Committee will continue to take action on numerous motions adopted by messengers at the 2024 SBC Annual Meeting in Indianapolis.