Baptist World Aid

Baptist World Aid

Since 1920, Baptist World Aid has networked Baptists around the world to Stand Together about urgent needs.

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Human Rights Based on the Work of Anabaptist Richard Overton

Resolution on Displaced Persons

The General Council of the Baptist World Alliance meeting in Ocha Rios, Jamaica, July 1-6, 2013:
REMEMBERS that the Bible honors displaced persons, including the people of Israel who lived as exiles for forty years before entering Canaan (Exodus 13ff.), and who later experienced displacement, loss and trauma when exiled to Assyria and Babylon (e.g. 2 Kings 24:10-16), and the Lord Jesus Christ who, with his family, experienced life as a displaced person (Matthew 2:13-23);

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Meet Ahmed

BWAid: Impacting the World One Life at a TimeWhen Ahmed was 17 years old, he lost both of his legs when troops dropped barrel bombs on its own civilians close to villages in Aleppo, Syria. Ahmed was taken to a hospital, but his legs could not be saved.    Ahmed, his...

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Give

Give and Impact the World through the helping share the love of Christ where three billion people remain unreached.

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BWA executive makes important decisions; paid tribute to Billy Graham

A Baptist World Alliance statement on refugees

The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) reaffirms its biblical stance concerning refugees, vulnerable people who are oftentimes victimized for their faith. In a resolution approved by its General Council in Vancouver, Canada, in July 2016, the BWA calls upon its "member...

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