Stories tagged with: refugee crisis

• Refugee crisis: NOBTS students share Gospel

  by Gary D. Myers, posted Tuesday, July 16, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

  Photo by Gary D. Myers

  ATHENS (BP) -- Amid the fading beauty of central Athens, not far from the ancient ruins that draw so many tourists, a monumental refugee crisis persists. Along with suffering and uncertainty, the unfolding crisis offers an unprecedented opportunity for Gospel witness among Muslims.

  And for the past two years, members of the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary community have traveled to Europe to minister among the refugees. Read More

• Christians seek ministry along 'refugee highway'

  by Charles Braddix, posted Monday, November 09, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

  IMB photo by Jedediah Smith

  LONDON (BP) -- While the European Union grapples with the complexities of handling hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants streaming across its borders, Christians throughout the region see this as an unprecedented opportunity for outreach and ministry among those fleeing war, persecution and economic hard times.

  "This ever-expanding crisis might just be the opportunity of our ... Read More

• Religious liberty key to refugee crisis, leaders say

  by Tom Strode, posted Monday, November 09, 2015 (8 years ago)

  "The lives of these many refugees fleeing religious and ethnic oppression matter to our God." -- Russell Moore

  WASHINGTON (BP) -- Religious freedom and the protection of religious minorities are essential to resolving the escalating refugee crisis in Syria and other countries, human rights advocates said at a forum in the nation's capital.

  Antonio Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and Robert George, chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, addressed the ... Read More

• 10 refugee realities that may surprise you

  by Anderson Rosson, posted Wednesday, November 04, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

  CENTRAL ASIA (BP) -- Millions of people across Central Asia have crossed borders to escape war, persecution and violence. While Southern Baptists continue to respond, many refugees cling to a hope that wanes with each passing day.

  The following includes a list of 10 realities about refugees that many may not yet realize. Also, learn ways you can pray and how Baptist Global Response is helping meet needs. Read More

• Yazidi refugees escape ISIS, still desperate for rescue

  by Rob White , posted Wednesday, November 04, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

  NORTHERN IRAQ (BP) -- Whoever built this tennis court probably never imagined refugees would be reclining there under temporary shelters. The sprawling picnic area, once a shady respite for Sunday leisure seekers is now a tent city -- home to more than 4,000 Yazidi refugees from Northern Iraq.

  These mothers, uncles, cousins and children walked seven days through the desert to escape ISIS in August 2014. Their current ... Read More

• Refugee crisis opening door for Gospel witness

  by Nicole Lee, posted Tuesday, September 08, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  IMB photo by Patrick Royals.

  BUDAPEST, Hungary (BP) -- The discovery of an abandoned refrigeration truck full of corpses on an Austrian highway on Aug. 27 and the body of a 3-year-old toddler washed up on the shores of Turkey on Sept. 2 have epitomized the tragic circumstances faced by masses of humanity trying to escape conditions in their home countries and find refuge in Europe.

  With more than 350,000 refugees crossing into Europe in the first eight months of 2015, this human migration is believed by many to be the greatest in Europe since ... Read More

• Airstrikes may worsen refugee crisis

  by Mark Kelly, posted Monday, September 29, 2014 (9 years ago)

  

  BGR photo

  LONDON (BP) -- Airstrikes now underway in northern Syria against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) will worsen an already heart-breaking refugee crisis, a Christian worker in the Middle East says. Read More