Several hundred Baptists are to attend the Baptist World Alliance Annual Gathering in Vancouver, Canada, from July 4-9. The Annual Gathering brings together an international group of Baptist leaders, theologians, teachers, pastors and other representatives for...
Noel Vose, president of the Baptist World Alliance between 1985 and 1990, died on May 2, in Western Australia. He was 94 years old. Vose was founding principal of the Baptist Theological College of Western Australia, which opened in 1963, and retired from that...
Baptists in Ecuador and other countries are offering emergency relief to those affected by the 7.8 earthquake that struck the country on April 16. Almost 600 have been killed, more than 8,300 were injured and more than 150 remain missing, . Israel Baptist Church in...
Emmett Dunn, director of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) Youth Department and congress director, has resigned his position to pursue opportunities in the pastorate. His resignation takes effect July 31 and comes after 22 years of service to the BWA, where he began...
The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) is sending an initial sum of US$15,000 for emergency relief to Ecuador after a massive 7.8 earthquake hit the South American country late on April 16. More than 400 were killed and more than 2,500 injured. A state of emergency was...
For the second year in a row, Baptist World, the quarterly magazine of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA), received an award from the Religion Communicators Council (RCC). The periodical received the RCC Shoestring Award on March 31 during the DeRose-Hinkhouse Memorial...
At least seven Baptists died in a bombing that killed more than 70 people on Easter Sunday, March 27, in the city of Lahore in Pakistan. According to a Baptist World Alliance (BWA) source in Lahore, 74 persons, 54 of them Christians, were among those killed by a...
The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) has appointed Darrell Armstrong, a Baptist pastor in the state of New Jersey in the United States, as its chief administrative officer at the United Nations (UN). He succeeds attorney Mark Wiggs. Armstrong, a BWA representative to the...
The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) and the World Methodist Council (WMC) will be engaged in the third session of the international theological dialogue between the two Christian World Communions. Both teams will meet at the Theological Seminary at Elstal, Germany, from...
Baptist World Alliance (BWA) General Secretary Neville Callam announced a new major award made possible by Kowloon International Baptist Church (KIBC) of Hong Kong. KIBC is known for its strong commitment to evangelism and is a longtime supporter of the BWA. The award...