The Ebola epidemic in Liberia has led to the shutdown of many activities in the West African country. A state of emergency has been declared, the capital Monrovia is under curfew, schools are closed, only essential government services are being provided and private...
The Ebola outbreak has disrupted economic and other activities in Sierra Leone, causing widespread dislocations. The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) sent a total of US$20,000 to provide food, educational materials for the prevention of the spread of the Ebola virus, as...
The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) sent an initial sum of US$20,000 to assist with Christians displaced inside Iraq. Funds given by the BWA will be used to help provide food and other urgent relief supplies to approximately 500 Iraqi Christian families who fled Mosul...
The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) is appealing urgently to Baptists to make generous contributions to help in alleviating the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The BWA sent an initial sum of US$5,000 to Sierra Leone to assist in a public education campaign about the...
Four new member organizations were accepted into membership of the BWA during the Annual Gathering in Izmir, Turkey, in July. The Democratic Republic of the Congo now has 13 members after the Baptist Community of the Faithful in Africa, established in 1958 and having...
Baptists in Gaza are appealing to Baptists and other Christians to pray for their city that endured a month of heavy fighting between Israel and Hamas. “Due to the desperate situation which is unfolding in Gaza, I must write to you again to ask for more prayers,”...
Baptist leaders in West Africa have called for prayer and are taking precautionary measures to protect their constituencies and communities from the Ebola outbreak that is affecting Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) sent an initial sum...
Baptist World Alliance (BWA) General Secretary Neville Callam has been re-elected by the BWA General Council at its meeting in Izmir, Turkey, to another five years in office. Callam, a Jamaican, became the first person who is neither North American nor European to...
Baptists meeting in the biblical city of Izmir, Turkey, last Friday, passed a resolution expressing concern for accompanied minors entering the United States from Central America “who are victimized by separation from their families, economic exploitation, lack of...
Ngwedla Paul Msiza of South Africa has been elected president of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA). Msiza and 12 vice presidents were elected by the BWA General Council, which convened during the Annual Gathering being held in Izmir, Turkey, From July 6-12. Msiza, 53,...