Rothangliania Chhangte, director of Baptist World Aid (BWAid), the relief and development arm of the Baptist World Alliance® (BWA), is the 2013 recipient of the Luke Mowbray Ecumenical Award. The award gives recognition to an American Baptist Church USA member who has...
The Baptist World Alliance® (BWA) sent an initial sum of US$5,000 to assist victims flooded out in the East African country of Uganda. At least six people have been killed while others remain missing. A number of Baptist churches in the affected regions are sheltering...
Several pastors in the Washington Metropolitan Area welcomed a document laying out principles and guidelines for relationships between Baptists. BWA General Secretary Neville Callam introduced the document at a reception for pastors from Virginia, Maryland and...
A graduation ceremony of the Kawthoolei Karen Baptist Bible School and College (KKBBSC) in the Mae La Refugee Camp in Thailand, which was destroyed by fire one year ago, was held recently. The school was gutted on April 28, 2012, but was partially rebuilt in time for...
The Baptist World Alliance® (BWA) sent an initial sum of US$20,000 to assist Karenni refugees whose homes were badly damaged or destroyed in a fire in a refugee camp in Thailand, killing 37 persons. The Karenni are a subgroup of the Karen people living mostly in Kayah...
The conference fee for the 16th Baptist Youth World Conference, to be held in Singapore from July17-21, has been discounted until May 31. The previous deadline was March 31. Persons from Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Taiwan, USA and...
Duke McCall, president of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) from 1980-1985, died on April 2 in the state of Florida in the United States. He was 98 years old. McCall attended his first BWA event as a 16 year old in 1931, the Baptist Youth World Conference in Prague,...
Youth attending the 16th Baptist Youth World Conference in Singapore from July 17-21 will have a number of mission opportunities. Participants at the conference are being asked to make monetary or in-kind donations toward school kits for refugee children in Thailand....
Leaders of the Baptist World Alliance® (BWA), representing 42 million Baptists in 227 member organizations in 121 countries, offered congratulations to Pope Francis who was elected the 266th head of the Catholic Church on March 13. The election of Francis, formerly...
Glen Stassen, an American theologian, ethicist and author, is the recipient of the 2013 Baptist World Alliance® (BWA) Denton and Janice Lotz Human Rights Award. Stassen's nomination was confirmed at a meeting of the BWA Executive Committee on March 5 at its...