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Bárbaro Castellanos, dean of the Baptist Seminary in Havana and president of the Baptist Convention of Western Cuba, was invited to participate in a panel discussion on a TV show on the Cubavisión Network. State lawmakers across the U.S. continue to adopt pro-life protections this year in hopes the U.S. Supreme Court will return abortion policy to their home jurisdictions in a ruling expected by this summer. And stories of older Christians being baptized are serving as a reminder that it is never too late to take a step of obedience.

For more than 11 years, International Mission Board missionaries Andy and Marie Hoffman shared the Gospel with an unreached people group in North Africa. And over the years, dozens if not hundreds of women have walked across the stage in the Miss Alabama USA competition. But when Lauren Gray, 22, of Huntsville entered the contest, she rolled across in a motorized wheelchair.

The number of new Christians in Georgia grew by another 19 in revival services earlier this month at Pineland Baptist Church in Thomasville in the state’s southwest region. Christians in Mozambique are facing increased attacks as Islamic terrorist groups are aggressively moving against them, according to the Voice of the Martyrs. And longtime friends Deborah White and Paula Kaufman have camped out in the “Experiencing God” Bible study for more than two decades.

The final Together for the Gospel (T4G) conference, taking place April 19-21, has prompted many to reflect on the conference series’ impact on evangelical Christianity as well as their own personal lives. Ministering to the world’s refugees can be an outgrowth of a Great Commission culture in a church, the audience for a Southern Baptist-sponsored webinar was told Tuesday (April 19). And, “Would God put somebody on this earth to be nothing but a drug addict and to die in that sin?” That was John Draxinger’s first question when he heard the Gospel in a jail cell around July 4, 2013.

In response to the number of resettled Afghan refugees in communities in the United States, Send Relief is facilitating coaching to help churches engage their new Afghan neighbors. And in a First-Person piece on Baptist Press, Lynn Prior with Lifeway Christian Resources offers some suggestion on how you can invite someone to a Sunday School class or small group.

For Tom Stolle, associate executive director and chief financial officer for the Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware (BCM/D), helping equip churches to care for those with disabilities is a deeply personal endeavor. Send Relief leadership recently traveled to Romania and Moldova to listen to, pray for and determine the needs that each of the nation’s Baptist unions have in their ministry to Ukrainian refugees. And the Winter World University Games are coming to the Adirondack region of New York in 2023, and Ryan Schneider, pastor of Saranac Lake Baptist Church and lead chaplain for the event, is looking for believers to volunteer and minister in a variety of ways during the games.

SendRelief is partnering with Lifeline Children’s Services, the Regen Foundation, Heritage Ukraine and the Romania Without Orphans Alliance to provide training on caring for Ukrainian refugees. In an article on Baptist Press, Todd Gray, director of the Kentucky Baptist Convention shares about a conversation he had while meeting people in a local community. And as the celebration for Easter Sunday 2022 is now behind us, some Christians may be wondering what comes next.

The Easter holiday gave missionaries an opportunity to share the hope of Christ with students in Taiwan. Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers have begun helping residents whose homes were burned during wildfires which swept through portions of the Smoky Mountains National Forest in March and April. And the defending World Series champion Atlanta Braves will be helping to bring attention to the work Georgia Baptists are doing to provide medical and dental care to the working poor, to rescue victims of human trafficking, to get refugees from war-torn countries into homes and jobs in the Peach State and more.

A Christian who was imprisoned for 10 months in western China is now in the United States as a witness to the notorious “re-education” camps being operated by the Communist regime of the world’s most populous country. Twelve Southern Baptist volunteer teams that have traveled from the United States to Eastern Europe to serve Ukrainian refugees. And in a First Person piece on Baptist Press, California pastor David Jeremiah says, “Trying to satisfy heart-thirst with fame, money, success and pleasure is like trying to quench one’s thirst with salt water. In the end, it only makes things worse.”