More than 80 Baptists are among the nearly 500 who have died due to landslides and severe flooding in the West African country of Sierra Leone. More than 600 people remain missing. More than 80 Baptists are among the nearly 500 who have died due to landslides and...
At its Annual Gathering in Bangkok, Thailand, the Baptist World Alliance passed resolutions expressing concerns on human slavery and sex trafficking, refugees in East Africa, the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and religious liberty in both Russia and the United...
The following is a statement by Baptist World Alliance President Paul Msiza, on the election and induction of Elijah Brown, 36, on July 7 as the global organization’s new general secretary. Brown begins his tenure on January 1, 2018, succeeding Neville Callam who...
Current Baptist World Alliance (BWA) General Secretary Neville Callam has welcomed the election of Elijah Brown as his successor. Brown will be the ninth BWA general secretary since its founding in 1905. He will assume the position on January 1, 2018, after Callam’s...
American Elijah Brown, originally from the state of Texas, was elected to be the next general secretary of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA). Brown was formally approved by the General Council on Friday, July 7, in Bangkok, Thailand, at its meeting during the BWA...
A plethora of tributes were offered to Baptist World Alliance (BWA) General Secretary Neville Callam during the BWA Annual Gathering, held July 2-7 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Jamaican, the first black person and the first who is neither an American nor a European to...
Three organizations were received into the membership of the Baptist World Alliance at its meetings in Bangkok, Thailand, from July 2-7, bringing two new countries into the BWA fold. The Baptist Evangelical Church of Chad became the first BWA member organization in...
Cynthia Maung, a medical doctor who has spent nearly 30 years treating refugees who fled “oppression and repression in Myanmar,” was presented with the 2017 Baptist World Alliance Denton and Janice Lotz Human Rights Award during the global organization’s Annual...
American Elijah Brown, originally from the state of Texas, is being nominated to be the next general secretary of the Baptist World Alliance. Neville Callam, a Jamaican, retires from that position in December after more than 10 years of service. Brown was formally...
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...