{"id":244137,"date":"2022-07-21T15:38:48","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T15:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baptistworld-org.local:10010\/?post_type=bwa_member&#038;p=243644"},"modified":"2026-01-25T07:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T07:46:12","slug":"union-of-latvian-baptists-in-america","status":"publish","type":"members","link":"https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/de\/member\/union-of-latvian-baptists-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Union der lettischen Baptisten in Amerika"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lobt<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wir danken f\u00fcr die F\u00fchrung von Albert Reyes, Vizepr\u00e4sident des BWA 2020-2025, und Samuel Tolbert, Vizepr\u00e4sident des BWA, sowie f\u00fcr die vielen Amerikaner, die treu in den Kommissionen und Aussch\u00fcssen des BWA mitarbeiten. Wir danken auch f\u00fcr die Ernennung von TaNikka Sheppard zur neuen Generalsekret\u00e4rin der North American Baptist Fellowship, der ersten Frau, die dieses Amt bekleidet. Wir danken auch f\u00fcr die Tenx10-Partnerschaft und die J\u00fcngerschaftsinitiativen in ganz Nordamerika, die junge F\u00fchrungskr\u00e4fte dazu bef\u00e4higen, sich zu den dr\u00e4ngenden Fragen ihrer Generation zu \u00e4u\u00dfern.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wir danken f\u00fcr die F\u00fchrung der BWA-Vizepr\u00e4sidenten f\u00fcr 2020-2025, Albert Reyes und Samuel Tolbert, sowie f\u00fcr die vielen Amerikaner, die treu in den Kommissionen und Aussch\u00fcssen des BWA arbeiten. Wir danken auch f\u00fcr den ehemaligen BWA-Mitarbeiter Emmett Dunn, der derzeit als Pr\u00e4sident der North American Baptist Fellowship t\u00e4tig ist.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gebetsanliegen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bitten Sie Gott, die Kirchen in Amerika als Leuchtt\u00fcrme der Wahrheit und Gerechtigkeit zu st\u00e4rken, die f\u00fcr die W\u00fcrde und Gleichheit aller Menschen eintreten. Beten Sie daf\u00fcr, dass die Kirchen als m\u00e4chtige Anw\u00e4lte f\u00fcr Gerechtigkeit und Barmherzigkeit auftreten und eine Politik einfordern, die Gottes Liebe zu den Schwachen widerspiegelt. Beten Sie f\u00fcr den Schutz der b\u00fcrgerlichen Freiheiten und der Religionsfreiheit, insbesondere daf\u00fcr, dass die Kirchen Heiligt\u00fcmer der Wahrheit bleiben. Beten Sie f\u00fcr die Heilung gesellschaftlicher Spaltungen und f\u00fcr den Abbau von Hass- und Ungerechtigkeitserz\u00e4hlungen.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beten Sie mit uns f\u00fcr eine geeinte Liebe zu Gott und den Menschen und f\u00fcr die M\u00f6glichkeit, inmitten politischer und kultureller Spaltungen als Stimme der Hoffnung und Gerechtigkeit zusammenzustehen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"414\" data-id=\"251551\" src=\"https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Pictured-is-a-special-commissioning-prayer-time-at-the-6th-Annual-Conference-of-the-Zomi-Baptist-Churches-of-America.-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-251551\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Pictured-is-a-special-commissioning-prayer-time-at-the-6th-Annual-Conference-of-the-Zomi-Baptist-Churches-of-America.-.jpg 598w, https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Pictured-is-a-special-commissioning-prayer-time-at-the-6th-Annual-Conference-of-the-Zomi-Baptist-Churches-of-America.--480x332.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 598px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Das Bild zeigt ein besonderes Auftragsgebet auf der 6. Jahreskonferenz der Zomi Baptist Churches of America.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"251552\" src=\"https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Brian-Kaylor-BWA-Resolutions-Committee-Chair-gathers-with-other-BWA-leaders-for-a-time-of-prayer-at-the-2022-BWA-Annual-Gathering-in-Birmingham-Alabama-USA.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-251552\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Brian-Kaylor-BWA-Resolutions-Committee-Chair-gathers-with-other-BWA-leaders-for-a-time-of-prayer-at-the-2022-BWA-Annual-Gathering-in-Birmingham-Alabama-USA.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Brian-Kaylor-BWA-Resolutions-Committee-Chair-gathers-with-other-BWA-leaders-for-a-time-of-prayer-at-the-2022-BWA-Annual-Gathering-in-Birmingham-Alabama-USA-980x735.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Brian-Kaylor-BWA-Resolutions-Committee-Chair-gathers-with-other-BWA-leaders-for-a-time-of-prayer-at-the-2022-BWA-Annual-Gathering-in-Birmingham-Alabama-USA-480x360.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Brian Kaylor, Vorsitzender des BWA-Resolutionsausschusses, versammelt sich mit anderen BWA-F\u00fchrungskr\u00e4ften zu einer Gebetszeit auf der BWA-Jahrestagung 2022 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"546\" data-id=\"251553\" src=\"https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BWA-Women-Executive-Director-Merritt-Johnston-served-with-the-Baptist-Women-of-North-America-Executive-Committee-in-Richmond-Virginia-USA-in-April.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-251553\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BWA-Women-Executive-Director-Merritt-Johnston-served-with-the-Baptist-Women-of-North-America-Executive-Committee-in-Richmond-Virginia-USA-in-April.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BWA-Women-Executive-Director-Merritt-Johnston-served-with-the-Baptist-Women-of-North-America-Executive-Committee-in-Richmond-Virginia-USA-in-April-480x328.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 800px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Die Gesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fchrerin von BWA Women, Merritt Johnston, nahm im April am Exekutivkomitee der Baptist Women of North America in Richmond, Virginia, USA, teil.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"998\" height=\"762\" data-id=\"251548\" src=\"https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Gina-Stewart-the-first-woman-elected-President-of-Lott-Carey-Baptist-Foreign-Mission-Society-speaks-at-the-conventions-125th-Annual-Session-last-year-in-New-Orleans.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-251548\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Gina-Stewart-the-first-woman-elected-President-of-Lott-Carey-Baptist-Foreign-Mission-Society-speaks-at-the-conventions-125th-Annual-Session-last-year-in-New-Orleans.png 998w, https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Gina-Stewart-the-first-woman-elected-President-of-Lott-Carey-Baptist-Foreign-Mission-Society-speaks-at-the-conventions-125th-Annual-Session-last-year-in-New-Orleans-980x748.png 980w, https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Gina-Stewart-the-first-woman-elected-President-of-Lott-Carey-Baptist-Foreign-Mission-Society-speaks-at-the-conventions-125th-Annual-Session-last-year-in-New-Orleans-480x366.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 998px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gina Stewart, die erste Frau, die zur Pr\u00e4sidentin der Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Society gew\u00e4hlt wurde, spricht auf der 125. Jahrestagung des Baptistenkonvents im vergangenen Jahr in New Orleans.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"934\" data-id=\"252610\" src=\"https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dallas-Baptist-University-DBU_Gen.-Secretary-Elijah-Brown-with-HPU-President-Corey-Hines-1024x934.jpg\" alt=\"Dallas-Baptist-University-DBU_Gen.-Secretary-Elijah-Brown-with-HPU-President-Corey-Hines\" class=\"wp-image-252610\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dallas-Baptist-University-DBU_Gen.-Secretary-Elijah-Brown-with-HPU-President-Corey-Hines-1024x934.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dallas-Baptist-University-DBU_Gen.-Secretary-Elijah-Brown-with-HPU-President-Corey-Hines-980x893.jpg 980w, https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dallas-Baptist-University-DBU_Gen.-Secretary-Elijah-Brown-with-HPU-President-Corey-Hines-480x438.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wir danken auch f\u00fcr die Dallas Baptist University (DBU) in Dallas, Texas, USA, und die Howard Payne University (HPU) in Brownwood, Texas, USA. Die DBU und die HPU sind die ersten Bildungseinrichtungen, die auf der BWA-Jahrestagung 2023 vom Generalrat als BWA-Mitgliedspartner anerkannt wurden. Generalsekret\u00e4r Elijah Brown ist mit dem Pr\u00e4sidenten der HPU, Cory Hines, und seiner Frau Melinda bei der Currie-Strickland Distinguished Lectures in Christian Ethics Series Anfang dieses Jahres abgebildet.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"255238\" src=\"https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Women-leaders-gathered-in-Detroit-in-May-2024-for-the-Baptist-Women-of-North-America-Executive-Committee-Retreat.--1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-255238\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Women-leaders-gathered-in-Detroit-in-May-2024-for-the-Baptist-Women-of-North-America-Executive-Committee-Retreat.--1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Women-leaders-gathered-in-Detroit-in-May-2024-for-the-Baptist-Women-of-North-America-Executive-Committee-Retreat.--980x735.jpg 980w, https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Women-leaders-gathered-in-Detroit-in-May-2024-for-the-Baptist-Women-of-North-America-Executive-Committee-Retreat.--480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">F\u00fchrende Frauen kamen im Mai 2024 in Detroit zur Klausurtagung des Exekutivkomitees der Baptist Women of North America zusammen. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" data-id=\"255239\" src=\"https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Director-of-Global-Partnerships-and-Unity-Julie-Justus-Williams-pictured-with-attendees-of-a-BWA-Prayer-Breakfast-at-the-2023-ABCUSA-Biennial-Mission-Summit.-\ufeff-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-255239\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Director-of-Global-Partnerships-and-Unity-Julie-Justus-Williams-pictured-with-attendees-of-a-BWA-Prayer-Breakfast-at-the-2023-ABCUSA-Biennial-Mission-Summit.-\ufeff-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Director-of-Global-Partnerships-and-Unity-Julie-Justus-Williams-pictured-with-attendees-of-a-BWA-Prayer-Breakfast-at-the-2023-ABCUSA-Biennial-Mission-Summit.-\ufeff-300x201.jpg 300w, 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https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Director-of-Global-Partnerships-and-Unity-Julie-Justus-Williams-pictured-with-attendees-of-a-BWA-Prayer-Breakfast-at-the-2023-ABCUSA-Biennial-Mission-Summit.-\ufeff.jpg 1073w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Die Direktorin f\u00fcr Globale Partnerschaften und Einheit, Julie Justus Williams, mit Teilnehmern eines BWA-Gebetsfr\u00fchst\u00fccks auf dem 2023 ABCUSA Biennial Mission Summit. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"384\" data-id=\"255240\" src=\"https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Attendees-at-a-gathering-for-North-American-Baptist-Fellowship-one-of-the-six-regional-fellowships-of-the-BWA-1024x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-255240\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Attendees-at-a-gathering-for-North-American-Baptist-Fellowship-one-of-the-six-regional-fellowships-of-the-BWA-1024x384.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Attendees-at-a-gathering-for-North-American-Baptist-Fellowship-one-of-the-six-regional-fellowships-of-the-BWA-980x368.jpg 980w, https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Attendees-at-a-gathering-for-North-American-Baptist-Fellowship-one-of-the-six-regional-fellowships-of-the-BWA-480x180.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Teilnehmer an einer Versammlung der North American Baptist Fellowship, einer der sechs regionalen Gemeinschaften der BWA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"748\" data-id=\"255241\" src=\"https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/A-special-time-of-commissioning-for-TaNikka-Sheppard-who-was-affirmed-as-a-BWA-Regional-Secretary-at-the-2025-March-Executive-Committee-Meeting.\ufeff-1024x748.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-255241\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/A-special-time-of-commissioning-for-TaNikka-Sheppard-who-was-affirmed-as-a-BWA-Regional-Secretary-at-the-2025-March-Executive-Committee-Meeting.\ufeff-1024x748.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/A-special-time-of-commissioning-for-TaNikka-Sheppard-who-was-affirmed-as-a-BWA-Regional-Secretary-at-the-2025-March-Executive-Committee-Meeting.\ufeff-300x219.jpg 300w, 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https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/A-special-time-of-commissioning-for-TaNikka-Sheppard-who-was-affirmed-as-a-BWA-Regional-Secretary-at-the-2025-March-Executive-Committee-Meeting.\ufeff-480x351.jpg 480w, https:\/\/baptistworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/A-special-time-of-commissioning-for-TaNikka-Sheppard-who-was-affirmed-as-a-BWA-Regional-Secretary-at-the-2025-March-Executive-Committee-Meeting.\ufeff.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eine besondere Zeit der Beauftragung f\u00fcr TaNikka Sheppard, die auf der Sitzung des Exekutivausschusses im M\u00e4rz 2025 als BWA-Regionalsekret\u00e4rin best\u00e4tigt 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