by Robert Parham | Aug 4, 2015 | Opinion
The Baptist World Congress was a splendid overall success, despite lower than desired attendance due to fears of Ebola and xenophobia in South Africa toward other foreign workers. The fellowship was warm. The worship was energizing. The workshops were substantive. The...
by Brian Kaylor | Jul 29, 2015 | News
Baptists from around the world, meeting in Africa for the Baptist World Congress, heard updates from those in nations impacted by last year’s Ebola epidemic. Baptists from Liberia and Nigeria spoke, as did a Baptist from Ghana (where no one was diagnosed with a...
by Brian Kaylor | Jul 28, 2015 | News
“Can anything good from Nazareth?” During the Baptist World Congress in Durban, South Africa, former Baptist World Alliance President David Coffey of the United Kingdom borrowed the famous question of the disciple Nathanael. Coffey quickly added that...
by Brian Kaylor | Jul 27, 2015 | News
South African leaders spoke during the Baptist World Congress about the nation’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) that helped the nation’s transition from racial apartheid. With the Congress meeting in Durban, South Africa – the city where...
by Brian Kaylor | Jul 24, 2015 | News
Corneille Gato Munyamasoko, general secretary of the Association of Baptist Churches in Rwanda (AEBR), received the 2015 Baptist World Alliance Congress Quinquennial Human Rights Award. The presentation came on Thursday during the Baptist World Congress in Durban,...