We are grateful for your prayers!
Thank you for joining us this week as we at the Baptist World Alliance pray for our worldwide Baptist family and for God's work around the globe. If you pray along with us weekly, then you will be able to pray for every part of the world each year!
India

22 BWA Member Bodies
Arunachal Baptist Church Council
  • 1,152 Churches
  • 100,397 Members
Assam Baptist Convention
  • 921 Churches
  • 37,410 Members
Baptist Churches Council of Eastern India
  • 142 Churches
  • 26,513 Members
Baptist Church of Mizoram
  • 663 Churches
  • 122,072 Members
Baptist Union of North India
  • 54 Churches
  • 15,700 Members
Bengal Baptist Union
  • 145 Churches
  • 7,785 Members
Convention of Baptist Churches of the Northern Circars
  • 255 Churches
  • 165,400 Members
Evangelical Baptist Convention of India
  • 310 Churches
  • 240,000 Members
Garo Baptist Convention of India
  • 2,619 Churches
  • 333,908 Members
India Association of General Baptists
  • 121 Churches
  • 10,300 Members
India Baptist Convention
  • 80 Churches
  • 8,000 Members
Karbi Hill Baptist Convention
  • 338 Churches
  • 37,515 Members
Karnataka Baptist Convention
  • 900 Churches
  • 72,200 Members
Lairam Jesus Christ Baptist Church
  • 118 Churches
  • 19,822 Members
Lower Assam Baptist Union
  • 335 Churches
  • 38,088 Members
Maharashtra Baptist Society
  • 413 Churches
  • 14,565 Members
Manipur Baptist Convention
  • 1,449 Churches
  • 216,429 Members
Nagaland Baptist Church Council
  • 1,615 Churches
  • 610,825 Members
North Bank Baptist Christian Association
  • 1,228 Churches
  • 109,838 Members
Orissa Baptist Evangelistic Crusade
  • 34 Churches
  • 3,842 Members
Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches (membership under review)
  • 893 Churches
  • 475,639 Members
Tripura Baptist Christian Union
  • 943 Churches
  • 70,654 Members
General Secretary Emeritus Neville Callam receives special gifts during his visit to India in March 2013. 
Praise:
Join us in thanking God for the beautiful diversity found within India, home to more than 2,500 distinct people groups who speak over 450 languages. 
Prayer:
India is facing a medical crisis as another wave of COVID-19 spreads across the country. Please pray for God's protection and provision as Baptist leaders seek to be a source of God's love and care at this difficult time.

Sri Lanka

1 BWA Member Body
Sri Lanka Baptist Sangamya
  • 41 Churches
  • 6,608 Members

Pictured is Rev. Heshan de Silva, President of the Sri Lanka Baptist Union, during a special prayer time at the 2019 BWA Annual Gathering led by Asia Pacific Baptist Federation General Secretary Vee Tetseo.
Praise:
Join us in thanking God for pastors and church leaders who have a passion to share the Gospel message and for the fruit being born from these evangelistic efforts.
Prayer:
Join us in prayer for those who were impacted by the terrorist attacks on Easter Sunday in 2019. Pray for God's peace and provision for those who mourn and for those still struggling to recover from injuries.
Join us also in prayer for the people of Pakistan, the sixth-most populous country in the world with a population exceeding 212 million people.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a devastating impact across the globe. India is experiencing a record-breaking rise in new cases due to the spread of a coronavirus variant. Healthcare infrastructures are collapsing under the strain with other countries scrambling to mobilize provision of oxygen and other life-saving medical resources. Brazil has experienced more than 200,000 COVID-related deaths in the last four months alone and has cumulatively the second-highest death toll in the world. BWAid is collaborating with regional leadership to provide support to these greatly impacted areas, and we ask Baptists worldwide to stand together in prayer at this critical time.

  • Pray for a swift end to the spread of COVID-19 and for God’s divine healing for those who have contracted the virus.
  • Pray for healthcare personnel and hospitals to have both access to and adequate supply of medical resources.
  • Pray for the comfort and peace of the Holy Spirit for the families who have lost loved ones.
  • Pray for strength for pastors and ministry leaders who are providing pastoral care in the midst of immense grief and loss.
  • Pray for equitable access to vaccines and systematic processes to make them available.

If you are interested in supporting our continued response at this critical time, donate today at BaptistWorld.org/give.
What a joy it is to serve alongside faithful Baptist brothers and sisters around the world! We greatly value your prayers and faithful partnership with us, and we invite you to join us this month in celebrating BWA Global Impact Month. Formerly known as BWA Day, this strategic time of prayer, celebration, and action gives us the opportunity to focus our hearts and minds on how the Lord is working through our global Baptist family.

Each week throughout the month of May, we will share a brief email update centered on one of our five core ministry areas with resources you can share within your home, churches, ministries, unions, and conventions. In remembrance of how the Spirit moved at Pentecost, we invite you to set aside a time this month to focus on the mission and vision of the BWA. Whether during a worship service, Bible study, mission meeting, or other setting, we are inviting God to powerfully pour out his Spirit among us.

Would you stand together with your global Baptist family for this intentional time together? We invite you to complete the form linked below to indicate your participation so we can be praying specifically with and for you this month.
Light for the Way

O Creator and Mighty God,
you have promised
strength for the weak
rest for the labourers
light for the way
grace for the trials
help from above
unfailing sympathy
undying love.
O Creator and Mighty God
Help us to continue in your promise.

(Pakistan: With All God’s People, comp. John Carden, WCC, 1989, p.327)