BWA v.p.: India devastation is ‘just unbearable to see’
WASHINGTON (BP)--"One could write many things, but it is just unbearable to see," Zac Patnaik, vice president of the Baptist World Alliance, wrote in an e-mail letter after seeing the devastation from the January earthquake in the state of Gujarat, the richest state of India.
Christians are a positive force, Baptist leader in India reminds
WASHINGTON (BP)--The increasing persecution of Christians by Muslims, Hindus and other religious groups around the world has led a Baptist leader in India to challenge some of the anti-Christian and anti-missionary bias that is fueling many such attacks.
Africa’s Baptist leaders underscore continent’s hope is in Jesus Christ
IBADAN, Nigeria (BP)–“Hope is the only thing we in Africa can hold on to, hope based on faith in Jesus Christ,” said Douglas Waruta, vice president of the Baptist World Alliance and a professor at the University of Kenya. In the featured address at the Nov. 11-15 Assembly of the All Africa Baptist Fellowship (AABF) […]
India worship conference draws over 2,000 people
HYDERABAD, India (BP)–Traditional forms of worship were affirmed and newer styles and indigenous features of worship were encouraged when more than 2,000 people attended the first-ever Baptist in Worship Conference in Asia held in Hyderabad, India, at the Hyderabad Baptist Church, Oct. 5-8. The conference was sponsored by the Baptist World Alliance and the Asian […]
Displaced pastors in Congo get BWAid help amid warfare
WASHINGTON (BP)--Displaced pastors of the Baptist Community in Central Africa (BCCA) have received help in war-torn Congo from Baptist World Aid, the relief and development arm of the Baptist World Alliance.
BWA leaders to show their support for Cuban Baptists during Havana meeting
WASHINGTON (BP)--Baptist leaders from around the world will meet in Havana Cuba, July 3-8 at the Calvary Baptist Church for the General Council meeting of the Baptist World Alliance.
BWA building fund campaign inaugurated by Billy Kim
WASHINGTON (BP)–Billy Kim, president-elect of the Baptist World Alliance, inaugurated the $2.1 million BWA Building Campaign during an April 28 dinner and worship service attended by hundreds of Washingtonians at Columbia Baptist Church, Falls Church, Va. Kim, of Seoul, South Korea, emphasized the need for a new building to meet the needs of the BWA […]
First-ever worship congress held by Latin American Baptists
NITEROI, Brazil (BP)–More than 2,000 pastors, musicians, theologians and laypeople from 18 countries packed First Baptist Church, Niteroi, Brazil, for a first-ever Latin American Baptist congress on worship, March 15-18. The meeting included worship filled with vibrant praise and searching questions on worship styles, including content and music. Also, the congress provided the setting for […]
Persecuted Baptists in Turkmenistan draw concern of Swedish Baptists, BWA
WASHINGTON (BP)–Less than a month after Baptist pastor Rahim Tashov was released from prison in Turkmenistan, authorities arrested two pastors and raided four of the five Baptist churches in the west-central Asian country Dec. 16 and 17. Pavel Peychev, president of the Union of Evangelical-Christian Baptists of Uzbekistan and Middle Asia, in a letter to […]
Tbilisi, Georgia, Baptists assist Chechen refugees
WASHINGTON (BP)--Members of Central Baptist Church, Tbilisi, Georgia, have taken all the funds they collected for a much beloved Christmas celebration in the Baptist community and given it to help Chechen refugees who have fled the war between Chechen militants and Russia in the capital Grozny, according to a report by the Baptist World Alliance Dec. 20.
