by Brian Kaylor | Jul 5, 2013 | News
During the annual gathering of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, several speakers urged Baptists to offer their praise for a 19th-century Baptist deacon and preacher, Sam Sharpe, who played an influential role in ending slavery in Jamaica and...
by Delroy Reid-Salmon | Feb 19, 2013 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This column is adapted from the original publication on The Baptist Times and is reposted here with permission. The Baptist Times will publish further excerpts on their website. Why “Burning for Freedom: A Theology for the Black Atlantic...
by Baptist Times Staff | May 16, 2012 | News
A courageous Jamaican Baptist who played a crucial role in initiating the end of the slave trade is set to deepen understanding of black and ethnic minority Baptist Christians, nearly 200 years after his death. Sam Sharpe was a Baptist deacon who spoke out against the...
by BWA Staff | Sep 7, 2007 | News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BWA)–Baptist World Aid, the relief-and-development arm of the Baptist World Alliance, has made donations to victims of Hurricane Dean on the Caribbean island of Jamaica.The hurricane, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in recent decades,...
by Bob Allen | Mar 8, 2007 | News
A West Indies pastor and broadcaster has been nominated as the next leader of the Baptist World Alliance. Neville Callam, 55, is pastor of Tarrant Baptist Church in Kingston, Jamaica, and past president of the Jamaica Baptist Union. If elected at the BWA General...
