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!

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Japan: 4 Member Bodies

Japan Baptist Conference
  • 11 Churches
  • 476 Members
Japan Baptist Convention
  • 320 Churches
  • 13,975 Members
Japan Baptist Union
  • 69 Churches
  • 3,472 Members
Okinawa Baptist Convention
  • 36 Churches
  • 2,513 Members
Vee Tetseo leads a gathering of youth at the Baptist Leadership Conference in Okinawa, Japan, in 2013.
Praise:
Please join us in thanking God for the leadership of Vee Tetseo, BWA Regional Secretary of the Asia Pacific Baptist Federation, who currently resides in Japan. 
Prayer:
Pray for the ongoing witness of Baptists serving in a context where less than 1% of the population is Christian.

Korea: 1 Member Body

Korea Baptist Convention
  • 3,299 Churches
  • 520,000 Members

General Secretary Elijah Brown is pictured preaching during a visit to South Korea in October 2019. 
Praise:
Join us in thanking God for the leadership and ministry legacy of former BWA President Billy Kim and the outreach of the Far East Broadcasting Company.
Prayer:
Pray that religious freedom will be maintained in the aftermath of the COVID-19 global pandemic.
Taiwan: 1 Member Body

Chinese Baptist Convention
  • 212 Churches
  • 37,426 Members

Pictured is a service at the Taiwan Baptist Theological Seminary. 
Praise:
Join us in thanking God for the freedom of religion that exists within Taiwan. We also give thanks for the leadership of BWA Vice President Rachael Tan.
Prayer:
Join us in prayer for the Taiwan Baptist Theological Seminary and the faculty and students who are preparing for ministry. Pray as they navigate the technical challenges of education during this pandemic.
Please join us also in lifting up the people of North Korea. Pray specifically for Christians who are forced to meet in secret including Siyon, an escapee, who traveled to Washington D.C., USA, in 2018 to share with BWA leaders about the human rights situation in North Korea.
A Prayer from Japan

Eternal God,
We say good morning to you.
Hallowed be your name.
Early in the morning, before we begin our work, we praise your glory.
Renew our bodies as fresh as the morning flowers.
Open our inner eyes, as the sun casts new light upon the darkness
which prevailed over the night.
Deliver us from all captivity.
Give us wings of freedom like the birds in the sky,
to begin a new journey.
Restore justice and freedom, as a mighty stream
running continuously as day follows day.
We thank you for the gift of this morning,
and a new day to work with you.

(Masao Takenaka, first president of the Asian Christian Art Association, Japan. BAE p.62.)