‘Very chaotic’ for perhaps 180,000 ‘traumatized’ orphans in Ukraine
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) – The nearly 200,000 orphans in Ukraine are especially traumatized by Russia’s invasion that has displaced millions of civilians, according to a Southern Baptist adoption and orphan care minister who has adopted three children from Ukraine.
Ukraine would face ‘significant religious oppression’ under Russia, USCIRF warns
WASHINGTON (BP) – Religious communities including Christians in Ukraine would “likely be targeted with violence and oppression under any Russian influence,” the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) said March 16.
Guidepost comienza a redactar el informe final del estudio sobre abuso sexual
NASHVILLE (BP) – Guidepost Solutions está redactando su informe final basado en una investigación del manejo de las denuncias de abuso sexual por parte del Comité Ejecutivo de la Convención Bautista del Sur, dijo el Grupo de Trabajo sobre Abuso Sexual en su última actualización.
Extreme poverty grows by 97 million globally in COVID-19, new report says
BALTIMORE, Md. (BP) – At least 97 million more people have fallen into extreme poverty globally since the COVID-19 pandemic began two years ago, World Relief said in a study released March 15 on the second anniversary of the declaration of the pandemic.
Guidepost begins drafting final sex abuse study report
NASHVILLE (BP) – Guidepost Solutions is drafting its final report based on an investigation of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee’s handling of sexual abuse complaints, the Sexual Abuse Task Force said in its latest update.
SBC Executive Committee CEO McLaurin greets key California Baptist leaders
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (BP) – Key California Baptist leaders discussed Kingdom initiatives with Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee Interim President and CEO Willie McLaurin March 14 in Riverside, Calif., in advance of the 2022 SBC Annual Meeting.
At Baptist Ukraine seminary: ‘State of emergency is our new normal’
LVIV, Ukraine (BP) – With Russian air raids now just 100 miles northeast of Ukraine Baptist Theological Seminary in Lviv, president Yaroslav “Slavik” Pyzh is challenged to live in a state of emergency as the new normal.
California Southern Baptists begin search for new executive director
FRESNO, Calif. (BP) – The California Southern Baptist Convention (CSBC) has launched a search for a new executive director to replace Bill Agee, who is retiring.
Los bautistas del sur rusos y ucranianos de California oran, lloran y envían ayuda
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (BP) – En California, conmocionados por el ataque no provocado de Vladimir Putin contra Ucrania, las iglesias eslavas bautistas del sur confiesan un amor mutuo entre los rusos, ucranianos y otros pueblos eslavos cimentado en un idioma, una cultura y una convicción del Evangelio compartidos.
LGBTQ instruction banned in Florida primary schools
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (BP) – Sexual orientation and gender identity will be prohibited education topics for kindergarteners through third-graders in Florida public schools, the result of a bill legislators passed March 8.
