Noel Vose, president of the Baptist World Alliance between 1985 and 1990, died on May 2, in Western Australia. He was 94 years old. Vose was founding principal of the Baptist Theological College of Western Australia, which opened in 1963, and retired from that...
African installed president of global Baptist body
Ngwedla Paul Msiza of South Africa was installed as the second African to be president of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA), the global organization for Baptist Christians. The ceremony took place on July 25 during the Baptist World Congress in Durban, South Africa....
South African to become president of global Baptist body in 2015
Ngwedla Paul Msiza of South Africa has been elected president of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA). Msiza and 12 vice presidents were elected by the BWA General Council, which convened during the Annual Gathering being held in Izmir, Turkey, From July 6-12. Msiza, 53,...
Former BWA President Duke McCall has died
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,...
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,...
President’s visits – Upton 2010-2015
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BWA President Meets Russian Orthodox Patriarch
Baptist World Alliance (BWA) President John Upton led a Baptist delegation, which included Hans Guderian, president of the European Baptist Federation, in a meeting with Kirill I, Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, on March 29. Krill I, who was enthroned in...
Baptist World Alliance Mourns the Death of Jimmy Carter
The Baptist World Alliance mourns the death of lifelong Baptist and former US President Jimmy Carter.
Membership Information
Founded in 1905, the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) is a Christian Worldwide Communion that draws upon 400 years of shared Baptist history with 266 member partners in 134 countries and territories representing over 50 million Baptists and 175,000 churches. Since 1905,...
Baptist Women’s World Day of Prayer Set for November 4
For more than 70 years, Baptist women around the world have united every November for Baptist Women’s World Day of Prayer.