The 2013 calendar of events for the Baptist World Alliance® (BWA) is now available online. The BWA made a decision to forego printing and mailing the new calendar, deciding instead to produce a digitally generated program of events. The online calendar enables search...
At least two Baptist pastors have been killed and a number of Baptist properties destroyed in violent attacks by extremists in Nigeria. Olasupo Ayokunle, president and chief executive officer of the Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC) told the Baptist World Alliance®...
Salem Boulos, who attended the Gaza Baptist Church (GBC), was among the casualties who died in the recent war between Israel and Hamas. The 45 year old father of four daughters and one son was killed when bombs dropped by an Israeli jet hit a building near where he...
Baptists in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are appealing to the Baptist World Alliance® (BWA) to assist persons who are displaced by the conflict in that country. The rebel military group March 23 Movement (M23), which is based in...
The Baptist World Alliance® (BWA) has granted an initial sum of US$10,000 for flood relief in Nigeria after torrential rains killed more than 360 persons, injured more than 18,000, caused widespread property damage and displaced more than two million people. The worst...
Baptist theologians in Australia participated in an interchurch dialogue that resulted in the publication of a report that draws attention to the challenges surrounding the notion of church membership. The authors represented theologians from Australian Baptist...
Baptists in the United States are putting together a coordinated response to the disaster caused by Hurricane Sandy. The North American Baptist Fellowship (NABF), through its Disaster Response Network (DRN), is pulling together information and resources to assist...
Baptist World Alliance® (BWA) General Secretary Neville Callam has praised Baptists in the Australian state of Victoria for "the admirable effort they are making to respond creatively to the demands raised by the multi-cultural context in which they exercise...
Baptist World Aid, the relief and development arm of the Baptist World Alliance® (BWA), has granted an initial sum of US$20,000 for relief to the Caribbean following the passage of Hurricane Sandy through the northern Caribbean and the United States. Jamaica, Cuba,...
Baptists in Lebanon are appealing to the worldwide Baptist family to pray for the Middle Eastern country in the wake of a bomb blast on October 19. At least eight persons were killed, including Wissam al-Hassan, the country's head of intelligence and his assistant. An...