MALAKAL, South Sudan (BP) — When minister Zach Potts was in Juba, South Sudan, in February, he was advised to cut his trip short amid escalating political violence that threatens a new civil war. He had planned to attend the opening of Salvation Baptist Church in Malakal, the latest church plant of Empower One, a regional evangelistic and humanitarian outreach aided by Southern Baptist Send Relief to help those fleeing the war in neighboring Sudan... read more

Short-term volunteer mission projects can make a long-term impact. The key, according to International Mission Board (IMB) missionaries Cade and Ginny Wheeler, is for the local church to be fully invested and use volunteers within an already existing strategy... read more

PLATEAU STATE, Nigeria (BP) — More than 240 Christians were massacred in attacks on villages in Plateau and Benue states during Lent and Easter, some as they worshiped, news agencies and religious liberty advocates reported... read more

People aren’t lining up to be missionaries in Ukraine right now, as Lamar Schubert has discovered. He and his wife Aubrey work with Slavic people and Eastern European churches, but they had to evacuate Ukraine when war began in February 2022... read more