How I Benefited from Attending BWA Meetings

I first heard of the Baptist World Alliance when I joined the staff of the Baptist Union of Uganda as travelling secretary in 1984. Ten years later, while serving as general secretary of the Baptist Union of Uganda, I got to meet some of the officials of the BWA when...

How The BWA’s Global Family Widened My View

George W. Bush delivered his State of the Union address on Jan. 29, 2002, and described regimes that sponsor terror as an axis of evil. Just a little over four months prior, the U.S. had experienced the terrorist attacks of 9/11. During those four months, soldiers and...

How the BWA Opened My Eyes to Global Baptists

I am a South African, born and raised during the difficult dark days of apartheid. The most tragic story about South Africa is that the church was used to propagate and sustain the policies of segregation. Even though South Africa had produced awesome leaders who...

BWA Day Set for Feb. 6

Baptist churches across America will observe this Sunday as Baptist World Alliance Day, the first annual observance to occur since the Southern Baptist Convention voted to sever ties with the group last June. BWA spokesperson Wendy Ryan said the organization...