Baptists in both Lebanon and France reacted to attacks by the so-called Islamic State, or ISIS, in their countries that occurred a day apart from each other. On November 12, two bombings took place in Bourj el-Barajneh, a suburb of Beirut, Lebanon’s capital city,...
“It is with a great joy and praises to the Almighty God that Sierra Leone, on Saturday, 7 November, has been declared Ebola free by the World Health Organization (WHO) at a colorful ceremony at the Bintumani International Conference Centre in Aberdeen, Freetown.” It...
Patsy Davis, executive director of the Baptist World Alliance Women’s Department (BWA WD), is set to retire effective December 31, 2015, after working in that position for 17 years. “She has initiated many projects and the global Baptist Women’s Day of Prayer grew...
Roy Medley, fraternal delegate of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) at the recent Synod of Bishops on the Family in Rome, urged the gathering “to emphasize the pastoral nature of the ministry which is entrusted to the whole church.” Medley, who is chair of the BWA...
Engaging the Jubilee: Freedom and Justice Papers of the Baptist World Alliance (2010-2015), is now available for purchase. The volume comprises papers by commission members of the Baptist World Alliance and guest presenters on issues of peace, human trafficking,...
The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) is one of several global Christian organizations represented at the second Synod of Bishops on the Family in Rome. The gathering, which began on October 4, is in continuity with a similar synod in October 2014 and includes Roman...
Baptist World Aid, the relief and development arm of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA), has distributed more than US$65,000 in emergency refugee support in Europe in the month of September. In addition to Germany, Hungary, Sweden and other European nations, Baptists in...
German-based Baptist mission agency, EBM International (EBMI), evacuated all its missionaries and volunteers from the Far North province in Cameroon following a series of bombing by Boko Haram. “Since January 2013 Boko Haram has started to kidnap foreigners in order...
Baptists and other Christians in Nepal are protesting changes to the country’s constitution that limits religious freedom in the Hindu-majority country. Nepal's parliament overwhelmingly approved the new constitution on September 17 by a vote of 507 to 25. Some small...
Baptists are providing assistance to refugees who are streaming into Europe. An initial sum of US$15,000 was sent by the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) through its relief and development arm, Baptist World Aid, to Hungarian Baptists to aid refugees in that country. The...