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BWA welcomes change in US-Cuba relationship

BWA welcomes change in US-Cuba relationship

The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) has welcomed the announced changes in the relationship between the United States (US) and Cuba. Both US President Barrack Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro announced the easing of tensions and the establishment of diplomatic ties...

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BWA welcomes change in US-Cuba relationship

Baptists prepare Green Plan for South African congress

The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) has prepared a Green Plan to guide its environmental practices before and during the 21st Baptist World Congress to be held in Durban, South Africa, from July 22-26, 2015. In a July 2012 resolution passed by the BWA General Council in...

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BWA welcomes change in US-Cuba relationship

Baptist World Alliance honored as 2014 top-rated nonprofit

GreatNonprofits.org Award based on positive online reviews The Baptist World Alliance has been honored with a prestigious 2014 op-Rated Award by GreatNonprofits, the leading provider of user reviews about nonprofit organizations. The Top-Rated Nonprofit award was...

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BWA welcomes change in US-Cuba relationship

Human Rights Day observed in December

Baptist World Alliance Human Rights Day will be observed on December 6 and 7, depending on whether Baptists worship on Saturday or Sunday. The observance coincides with the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that was adopted by the United Nations...

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BWA welcomes change in US-Cuba relationship

General Secretary’s Statement on Congress 2015

The 21st Baptist World Congress will take place in Durban, South Africa, as planned from July 22-26, 2015. The meeting will be preceded by the Baptist Women's Leadership Conference in Johannesburg, July 18-21, 2015. This decision was arrived at after the Baptist World...

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BWA welcomes change in US-Cuba relationship

Churches lead reconciliation initiatives in South Sudan

Baptists have joined other Christian groups to end fighting in South Sudan. Edward Dima, president of the Baptist Convention of South Sudan told the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) that church and community leaders met several times in October with an aim to bring...

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BWA welcomes change in US-Cuba relationship

Speakers for international Baptist congress confirmed

The keynote speakers for the 21st Baptist World Congress to be held in Durban, South Africa, from July 22-26, 2015, have been confirmed. Speakers are Peter Chin from South Korea, Donald Ndichafah from Cameroon, Dimitrina Oprenova from Bulgaria, Anthony Carroll from...

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BWA welcomes change in US-Cuba relationship

Africans ask for prayer on October 12

The All Africa Baptist Fellowship (AABF), one of six regional fellowships of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA), has called on all Baptists to make the Ebola outbreak a matter of prayer during worship on Sunday, October 12. "All Africa Baptist Fellowship appreciates...

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