The 8th Baptist International Conference on Theological Education (BICTE) takes place in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, from June 28-30, 2013. The event will focus on the theme, In Step with the Spirit: Perspectives on Pneumatology within The Worldwide Baptist Family. It will...
Baptists encouraged to join fight against hunger
The Baptist World Alliance® (BWA) is observing October as World Hunger Emphasis Month, during which the BWA sensitizes Baptists around the world regarding the extent of global hunger and invites Baptists to join the quest to eradicate the scourge. Rothangliani...
Baptists to help Syrians displaced by civil war
The Baptist World Alliance® (BWA) is leading a response to assist Syrians displaced by the civil war in the Middle Eastern country. Baptists around the world are being encouraged to make donations to the BWA to alleviate what has developed into an urgent need. The BWA...
Europeans to relocate seminary
The European Baptist Federation (EBF) will relocate the International Baptist Theological Seminary (IBTS) from Prague, Czech Republic, to Amsterdam, Netherlands. The decision was made at a meeting of the EBF Council held in Elstal, Germany, from September 25-29. The...
Former BWA vice president from Croatia has died
Branko Lovrec, a vice president of the Baptist World Alliance® (BWA) from 2005 to 2010, died on September 28, in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. He was 79 years old. Lovrec served the BWA in a number of other capacities, including as a member of the General Council,...
Groups visit BWA offices
The Baptist World Alliance® (BWA) hosted three groups at its international offices in the Washington, DC, suburb of Falls Church in September. Sixty two members of the 100-voice Brazilian Memorial Baptist Choir from the capital city of Brasilia came to the BWA offices...
BWA attends Vatican meeting
Timothy George, dean and professor of divinity, history and doctrine at Beeson Divinity School in the state of Alabama in the United States, is representing the Baptist World Alliance® (BWA) in Rome at the 13th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops of the...
Baptists in Syria appeal for prayer
Baptists in Syria are appealing for prayer for peace in the Middle Eastern country as the civil war drags on, severely affecting the lives of the country's citizens, including the lives of Baptists and other Christians. Mouner Ajji, pastor of Aleppo Baptist Church,...
Thousands of indigenous Assamese displaced after violence
The indigenous Bodo people of the Northeast Indian state of Assam are appealing to the Baptist World Alliance® (BWA) for prayer and support in the wake of ethnic clashes in recent months. Violence broke out in Assam in July between Bodos, who are mostly Hindus or...
Iranian pastor released from prison
Youcef Nadarkhani, the Iranian pastor who faced a possible death sentence after he was arrested in October 2009, charged and convicted for apostasy and for attempting to evangelize Muslims, has been released. Nadarkhani was released in early September after being...