FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA – October 21, 2021) In conjunction with the 2021 Baptist World Alliance (BWA) Virtual General Council this week, the BWA hosted a virtual worship gathering entitled "Beyond the Headlines." Acknowledging that Baptists...
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AWARE that for 15 years the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been embroiled in war, with an estimated 5,400,000 having died due to the war and its effects and with an estimated 45,000 dying each month in eastern Congo from disease and hunger resulting from the ongoing conflict;
Andre Bokundoa-bo-Likabe, general secretary of the Baptist Community of the Congo River and a former vice president of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA), has been elected president of the Church of Christ in the Congo (CCC). CCC, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
Neville Callam has given notice of his intention to retire as general secretary of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) on December 31, 2017. As per policy, the general secretary, the chief executive of the international umbrella organization for Baptists, should give a...
CONCLUYÓ EL XXI CONGRESO DE LA ALIANZA MUNDIAL BAUTISTA Informe desde Durban de Tomás Mackey. El domingo 26 de julio, con la plenaria matutina, única actividad del día, concluyó el XXI Congreso de la Alianza Mundial Bautista, con la totalidad de los participantes...
The fifth Congress Human Rights Award was presented by the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) to Rwandan Corneille Gato Munyamasoko, general secretary of the Association of Baptist Churches in Rwanda (AEBR), during the 21st Baptist World Congress in Durban, South Africa....
Corneille Gato Munyamasoko, general secretary of the Association of Baptist Churches in Rwanda (AEBR), is the recipient of the 2015 Baptist World Alliance Congress Quinquennial Human Rights Award. The award, presented every five years, will be given in July in Durban,...
Four new member organizations were accepted into membership of the BWA during the Annual Gathering in Izmir, Turkey, in July. The Democratic Republic of the Congo now has 13 members after the Baptist Community of the Faithful in Africa, established in 1958 and having...
BWA General Secretary Neville Callam, 2nd right, seated, with AABF leaders in South Africa in February 2014 Baptists in Africa have expressed deep displeasure at ongoing conflicts on the continent that have led to “wanton destruction of life and property of...