The Baptist World Alliance has launched an app especially dedicated for use before, during and after the Baptist World Congress (#BaptistCongress15) scheduled to take place in Durban, South Africa, from July 22-26. The BWA Congress 2015 app is for use on Android, iOS...
Baptists in Burundi have expressed grave concern as to the state of unrest in the East African country. “We ask you to continue to pray for us because some have left their jobs, homes, and churches,” said Juvenal Nzosaba, general secretary of the Union of Baptist...
Baptists in Liberia have expressed thanks to God and to the global Baptist family after finally being declared Ebola free. “Since Saturday, May 9, 2015, Liberia has gone through an incubation period of 42 days without any new case of the deadly Ebola virus. I thank my...
Baptists of Nepal continue to provide assistance to communities affected by the April 25 earthquake that devastated parts of the South Asian country, including the capital, Kathmandu. The Nepal Baptist Church Council (NBCC), a member organization of the Baptist World...
An undetermined number of Baptist Christians have died in Nepal after the devastating earthquake that affected the South Asian country on April 25. They died after the church in which they were collapsed. Some 144 Christians are known to have died in the earthquake in...
The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) is making an urgent appeal to Baptists around the world to make meaningful contributions to emergency disaster relief in Nepal. As of April 27, at least 3,617 people are now known to have died in a massive earthquake that hit Nepal on...
Baptist World, the quarterly magazine of the Baptist World Alliance, won an award of excellence in the magazine, national category from the Religion Communicators Council (RCC). The October/December 2014 issue of the magazine was recognized for its attractiveness, use...
Baptist World Alliance (BWA) General Secretary Neville Callam was presented with the Campbellsville University Leadership Award on March 25 at the university’s campus in the state of Kentucky, in the United States. Callam was recognized “for his dedicated and...
At least 32 Baptist churches and just fewer than 2,000 individual Baptists have been affected by the Boko Haram insurgency in Nassarawa State and parts of Benue State in Nigeria. These are just the latest in a series of attacks. Previous attacks have occurred in...
Corneille Gato Munyamasoko, general secretary of the Association of Baptist Churches in Rwanda (AEBR), is the recipient of the 2015 Baptist World Alliance Congress Quinquennial Human Rights Award. The award, presented every five years, will be given in July in Durban,...