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Thousands of Chileans welcome the BWA

Thousands of Chileans welcome the BWA

Several thousand Baptists from across Chile welcomed the roughly 300 Baptist World Alliance® leaders and delegates at an evening of celebration in Santiago on the evening of July 2. The BWA is having its Annual Gathering in Santiago from July 2-7. Leaders from the two...

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Thousands of Chileans welcome the BWA

Preparations in high gear for 2015 congress

The Baptist World Alliance® (BWA) has signed two major contracts in preparation for the 21st Baptist World Congress in South Africa in 2015. The Congress Committee, which met as part of the BWA Annual Gathering in Santiago, Chile, received reports that contracts have...

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Thousands of Chileans welcome the BWA

BWA launches interactive website

The Baptist World Alliance® has launched its second website within a month. Bwalive.org is an interactive website where the public determines much of the content. According to the welcome page, "all persons... are encouraged to share your news, views, comments and...

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Thousands of Chileans welcome the BWA

Latin American youth conference convenes in Chile

A conference for Latin American Baptist youth leaders is being held in Santiago, Chile, from June 29 to July 1. Sponsored by the Baptist World Alliance®, the conference will focus on resource and information sharing, leadership development, and on mission. Among...

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Thousands of Chileans welcome the BWA

Baptists prepare for global meeting in Chile

Baptists from across the world are preparing to attend the Baptist World Alliance® (BWA) Annual Gathering in Santiago, Chile, from July 2-7. The gathering includes times for worship, fellowship, theological reflection, and decision making. The two governing bodies,...

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Thousands of Chileans welcome the BWA

BWA to participate in UN conference in Rio

The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) is the lead organizer of a "side event" that takes place during the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from June 20-22. Also known as Rio+20, UNCSD is being held to mark the 20th...

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Thousands of Chileans welcome the BWA

Former BWA director honored

Tony Cupit, former director of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) divisions of Evangelism and Education and Study and Research (both now merged into the division of Mission, Evangelism and Theological Reflection), was conferred with an honorary doctorate by the John...

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Thousands of Chileans welcome the BWA

Technology is risky but helpful, pastors say

One of the challenges facing the church today is the culture of technology, said Baptist World Alliance (BWA) General Secretary Neville Callam. Callam was speaking May 22 at a reception he hosted for pastors in the Washington Metropolitan Area at the international...

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Thousands of Chileans welcome the BWA

BWA assists school reconstruction in refugee camp

The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) has sent US$25,000 in emergency financial assistance to a school in the Mae La Refugee Camp in Thailand to assist in the school's reconstruction after it was destroyed by fire on April 28. The Kawthoolei Karen Baptist Bible School and...

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Thousands of Chileans welcome the BWA

Callam names BWA team for dialogue with Pentecostals

Baptist World Alliance (BWA) General Secretary Neville Callam has named the team that is to represent the BWA in the international Baptist-Pentecostal dialogue that begins in Quito, Ecuador, in August. In March of this year, the Executive Committee of the BWA gave...

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