Standing Together
A Global Response Plan to the COVID-19 Pandemic
As we navigate this global pandemic, Baptist sisters and brothers around the world are experiencing the impact. Perhaps more than ever, we must work collaboratively as part of a global family – standing together to address practical needs while responding to spiritual ones. Through this online resource, we invite you to partner with us in prayer, learning, giving, and serving. Browse the site or click to view our one-page overview.
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Get our weekly prayer guide delivered straight to your inbox. In addition to receiving the latest Coronavirus- related prayer needs, you will also have the opportunity to pray for every country in the world over the course of the year.
We Want to Pray for You
One of the most impactful ways we can stand together at this time is to pray for one another. Please share your prayer requests below, and our global prayer team will be honored to pray with and for you.
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TOGETHER IN GIVING
In this unprecedented international crisis, a global response will require global support. Your faithfulness in giving makes an eternal impact and is never overlooked by God. Your partnership will help us provide aid as well as continued engagement and resources in the long-term aftermath of this global pandemic.
GIVE By Check
Online giving provides a convenient, secure, and quick way to respond to the rapidly-evolving needs of this global pandemic.
Your Gift is already at work around the world!
Your sacrificial gifts to the BWA are enabling us to respond to needs in every region of the world during this crisis. Baptist World Aid has already sent more than 100 emergency grants which are impacting 130,000+ people in over 128 countries. Thank you for giving!
Stories
Baptist Union of Great Britain Unites in Prayer
On April 1, Baptist World Alliance President Paul Msiza joined with Baptist Union of Great Britain (BUGB) General Secretary Lynn Green in a time of prayer for the nation and the world.
Indian Baptists Minister Amid Lockdown
by Brian Kaylor (President, Word & Way) As coronavirus started growing in the world’s second-most populous country, India’s government responded March 24 with a nationwide lockdown to prevent the pandemic’s spread in the congested country — a disruptive response that created even more ministry needs for Baptists there to address. In the middle of an […]
Baptist World Alliance Issues Global Call for Prayer
In response to the growing impact of COVID-19 around the world, the Baptist World Alliance calls on the global Baptist family to join together for a 24-hour prayer marathon.
BFAD Webinar Series The Church’s Response in Times of Crisis
What is the role of the Baptist Church in times of crisis? Through our BFAD webinar series, discover new ways to respond, coordinate, fundraise, and make an impact as a Baptist family.
Wearing Face Masks in Public Space
We now know from recent studies that a significant portion of individuals with coronavirus lack symptoms (“asymptomatic”) and that even those who eventually develop symptoms (“pre-symptomatic”)…
BFAD Fundraising Webinar (April 30, 2020)
BFAD Fundraising Webinar held last April 30, 2020
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Religious Freedom Monitoring
The BWA has launched a new partnership with 21Wilberforce to immediately enhance religious freedom monitoring and advocacy in all 126 countries and territories where there is a BWA member body. We are monitoring two very real religious freedom challenges:
- denial of healthcare service to religious minorities regardless of their religion
- governments which might attempt to use understandable public health concerns to turn temporary closures of worship facilities into permanent closures that deny the opportunity for people of religious faith to gather for communal worship.