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SEBTS cohorts share unlikely ministry 20 years later

By Mary Asta Mountain, SEBTS

July 03 2025

ANTARCTICA — For the small number of believers at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, the transition from one military chaplain to another can bring with it a degree of trepidation and uncertainty. However, when the transition included two Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (SEBTS) alumni, things looked different... read more

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Ukraine Baptist seminary graduates largest class in history amid lingering war

By Diana Chandler, Baptist Press

July 02 2025

LVIV, Ukraine (BP) — In the early days of Russia’s full onslaught of Ukraine in February 2022, Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary (UBTS) transitioned its classrooms into temporary shelters, halting instruction to house internally displaced persons as they fled their homes for safety... read more

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Grief leads widow to international missions

By Kristen Sosebee, IMB

July 02 2025

NAIROBI, Kenya — “Life doesn’t end because of sorrow or because of tragedy or because of loss,” said International Mission Board (IMB) missionary Sue Foster, reflecting on her call to international missions after becoming a widow... read more

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USCIRF cites Russia’s ‘blatant’ religious freedom violations as Ukraine peace talks stall

By Diana Chandler, Baptist Press

July 01 2025

WASHINGTON (BP) — Russia continued to persecute pastors and shutter churches within its borders and in territories it occupies in Ukraine in 2025, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) said on June 30 in an updated report on Russia... read more

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Israeli Jews asking for New Testaments as wars usher in gospel, Israeli pastor says

By Diana Chandler, Baptist Press

June 30 2025

TEL AVIV, Israel (BP) — D’vora was rushing her two children to the home of her father Avi Mizrachi, founding pastor of Adonai Roi Congregation in Tel Aviv, when overhead missiles from Iran forced her to seek cover... read more

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