Thank you for joining us this week as we at the Baptist World Alliance pray for our global Baptist family and for God's work around the world. If you pray along with us weekly, you will pray for every country in the world each year!

Do you have a personal prayer request today? Your global Baptist family stands ready to intercede for you as well. Click the button below to share a prayer need.
Botswana

1 BWA Member Body
Baptist Convention of Botswana
  • 17 Churches
  • 657 Members

Pictured is 2015-2020 BWA President Paul Msiza meeting with Botswana pastors in May 2019.
Praise:
Join us in thanking God for the efforts that have been made to stem the spread of HIV/AIDS and to treat those affected.

Prayer:
Join us in prayer for provision for those impacted by the decline in tourism due to travel restrictions.
Zimbabwe

5 BWA Member Bodies
Baptist Convention of Zimbabwe
  • 423 Churches
  • 45,300 Members
Baptist Union of Zimbabwe
  • 72 Churches
  • 4,933 Members
Evangelical Baptist Churches of Zimbabwe
  • 67 Churches
  • 7,690 Members
National Baptist Convention of Zimbabwe
  • 37 Churches
  • 4,695 Members
United Baptist Church of Zimbabwe
  • 140 Churches
  • 11,517 Members
Pictured is a gathering from a 2019 Youth Camp at Masiye.
Praise:
We give thanks that Baptist World Aid (BWAid) was able to send emergency grants to multiple conventions in Zimbabwe last year to help provide food and health education.
Prayer:
Many are struggling with HIV/AIDS. Pray for increased healthcare and preventative education throughout the nation.
We are less than ONE month away from the 22nd Baptist World Congress, the first fully virtual Congress in BWA history, scheduled for July 7-10. Hundreds of global Baptist leaders are serving at this event, including a diverse group of powerful communicators who will be facilitating more than 30 Bible studies and seminars. Would you join us in praying for these individuals? You can find a complete list of presenters by clicking the images below.
Ethiopia is facing a devastating famine. Estimates show at least 350,000 people in the northern Tigray region are impacted, making it the worst-hit country in a decade. This is compounded by the conflict already raging in the area, which has displaced many. Would you join us in praying for those living through this reality and for those serving on the ground? Baptist World Aid (BWAid) has distributed an emergency grant to support local Baptists as they respond, but more resources are still needed. If you wish to support this relief effort, give today at BaptistWorld.org/give.
Would you join me in praying daily for the Spirit to move in powerful ways at the Baptist World Congress this July? This has the potential to be the most globally diverse gathering of Baptists in our 400-year history, giving us an opportunity to worship, learn, and pray together like never before. Pray with me that God would be glorified and lives impacted.
Prayer for Botswana and Zimbabwe

Leader: Loving Father, on this day we remember Botswana and Zimbabwe. Grant that your love that endures forever will strengthen and encourage all the churches and peoples in your beautiful lands. Lord, in your mercy,

All: Hear our prayer.

Leader: Jehovah-Jireh, you know the needs of your children, even before they plead their case. We pray for all who toil in the fields – the farmers, the mothers, the old and young. Grant that their crops and livestock find nourishment. Where hunger and misery stalks families, may your children not want but find fulfillment. Lord, in your mercy,

All: Hear our prayer.

Leader: Holy Father, we pray for the leaders of Botswana and Zimbabwe. In their service to your people, may they be anointed with courage, integrity, and wisdom to strive for welfare and prosperity for all, not just a few. As they lead the whole community of Southern African states, may all their plans and actions help bring enduring transformation for the entire region. Lord, in your mercy,

All: Hear our prayer.

Leader: The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; the statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Gracious God, we pray that your statutes and your judgements be established. We pray for healing and justice where there has been conflict and pain. Grant your holy protection to the prisoner, the widow and the orphan. Lord in your mercy,

All: Hear our prayer.

Leader: Faithful God, the same yesterday, today and forever, we pray especially for the women and girls of Botswana and Zimbabwe.

As they rise with the morning African sun in villages and towns as caregivers, providers and workers, bless them; as they teach and learn, guide them; as they walk, drive and fly to find sustenance for their families, protect them. Lord in your mercy,

All: Hear our prayer.

Leader: Almighty God, we commit all creatures, large and small, into your hands. After you saw the work of your hands, you called it good. Let it be so forever, in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

(© 2015 Marlon Zakeyo, Zimbabwe)