Approximately 300 Baptist leaders, pastors, theologians, seminary presidents, professors and interested Baptists from almost 50 countries are traveling to Bangkok, Thailand, for worship, fellowship, study and decision meetings. The Annual Gathering of the Baptist...
Baptist Youth World Day of Prayer (2017)
Baptist Youth World Day of Prayer is observed on Sunday, June 11. Planned by the Baptist World Alliance Youth Department, young people around the world are encouraged to plan services that reflect upon the importance of prayer and to intercede on behalf of others. It...
Callam Book to Be Launched
Judson Press, the publishing arm of American Baptist Home Mission Societies, will publish the latest book by Baptist World Alliance (BWA) General Secretary Neville Callam. From Fragmentation to Wholeness: Race, Ethnicity, and Communion, is being launched in July in...
Seminar on crisis management at Baptist global gathering in Thailand
A crisis management and communication training seminar will be held during the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) Annual Gathering, which will be in Bangkok, Thailand, from July 2-7. It will be open to all those attending the Gathering. Crises faced by churches may stem...
BWA has deep “ecclesial density”
Baptists groups utilize a variety of names to describe their groupings. They self-identify as unions, conventions, conferences, assemblies, associations, fellowships and councils. Baptist World Alliance (BWA) General Secretary Neville Callam says these names “reflect...
BWA supports creation of faculty chair in Netherlands
The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) has endorsed the decision of the Baptist Union of the Netherlands (BUN) to create the McClendon Chair at the Free University in Amsterdam. The BWA Executive Committee meeting in early March also agreed to co-sponsor the...
Anthony R. Cross to address special forum on baptism in Bangkok
Baptist World Alliance General Secretary Callam has announced that internationally recognized Baptist scholar, Anthony R. Cross, will be the presenter at a special forum on baptism that will be included in the program of the upcoming BWA Annual Gathering. The...
Refugee doctor to receive human rights award
Cynthia Maung, a medical doctor who has devoted nearly 30 years to providing healthcare to refugees from Myanmar living on the Thai-Myanmar border, will be the 2017 recipient of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) Denton and Janice Lotz Human Rights Award. The award is...
A Baptist World Alliance statement on refugees
The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) reaffirms its biblical stance concerning refugees, vulnerable people who are oftentimes victimized for their faith. In a resolution approved by its General Council in Vancouver, Canada, in July 2016, the BWA calls upon its "member...
World Baptists and Methodists dialogue in Jamaica
The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) and the World Methodist Council (WMC) will engage in the fourth session of the international theological dialogue between the two Christian World Communions in Runaway Bay on Jamaica’s north coast, from February 1-8. The 2017 theme is,...