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By Diana Chandler HOLT, Mo. (BP) – The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe July 7 is likely on par with that of late U.S. President John F. Kennedy in 1963, Japanese-American Southern Baptist pastor Jonathan Hayashi told Baptist Press. “First and foremost what a tragic, tragic thing that I cannot remember in my lifetime ever seeing something as … [Read more...] about ‘Equivalent to JFK’: Japanese Baptists Lament Abe Assassination

(International Christian Concern) Burkina Faso- A jihadist attack on Sunday night in northwest Burkina Faso left 22 people dead and many others injured, according to a report published by Burkina Faso’s government. The attack took place in the village of Bouraso in Burkina Faso’s Boucle de Mouhoun region.  The governor of the region, Babo Pierre Bassinga, called … [Read more...] about 22 Killed by Jihadists in Burkina Faso

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has dismissed rumors he plans to resign anytime soon, and says that he hopes to visit Moscow and Kyiv after traveling to Canada later this month. Francis also told Reuters in an interview published Monday that the idea “never entered my mind” to announce a planned retirement at the end of the summer, though he repeated he might step down some day as … [Read more...] about Pope Denies Resignation Rumors, Hopes to Visit Kyiv, Moscow

By Diana Chandler LUSAKA, Zambia (BP) – When Ricky Wilson began taking African American pastors on mission trips to Zambia in 2008, he had to dispel a myth. “A number of the Africans have shared with us, what they were told (in the past) by the white missionaries, is that African Americans don’t care about the spiritual state of Africans in Africa. And we shared with … [Read more...] about ‘Somebody Must Care.’ George Liele Award Supports Mission Trip to Zambia

Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Last week, the American Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East (American FRRME) published a new report highlighting the desperate circumstances facing Iraqi Christians. The 2020/21 Impact Report focuses mostly on Christian Iraqis who fled their communities from ISIS in 2014. Those who choose to return to Iraq … [Read more...] about New Report Shows Iraqi Christians Are Suffering