Baptists One in Prayer | July 24, 2021

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, you will pray for every country in the world each year!

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Democratic Republic of Congo

12 BWA Member Bodies

Baptist Church of Congo

110 Churches
28,825 Members

Baptist Community in Central Africa

781 Churches
212,750 Members

Baptist Community of the Congo River

2,668 Churches
1,760,634 Members

Baptist Community of the Faithful in Africa

394 Churches
43,997 Members

Baptist Community of Western Congo

966 Churches
1,050,000 Members

Baptist Evangelical Convention of Congo

25 Churches
3,413 Members

Community of Autonomous Baptist Churches Wamba-Bakali

140 Churches
45,600 Members

Community of Baptist Churches of Eastern Congo

482 Churches
102,843 Members

Community of Baptist Churches in North Congo

386 Churches
39,400 Members

Community of Baptist Churches Union of Congo

372 Churches
46,321 Members

Community of United Baptist Churches

118 Churches
45,000 Members

Union of Baptist Churches of Congo

278 Churches
24,321 Members

Pictured are attendees from the Baptist World Aid Conference in 2004.

Congolese woman praising God after receiving BWAid resources.

The aftermath of the volcanic eruption in Goma in May 2021.

Praise:

We give praise for how the BWA has been able to help train teams in oral methodologies of storying and sharing the Gospel.

Prayer:

Join us in prayer for the ongoing response to the volcanic eruption in Goma that claimed the lives of more than 30 people and destroyed over 1,000 homes.

Please join us in prayer for our sisters and brothers in Cuba. Over the last year, the Cuban people have faced deteriorating living conditions, power outages, and shortages of both food and medicine. Citizens took to the streets this month in more than 40 cities and towns to protest, prompting the deployment of government security forces throughout the country. Faith community leaders on the ground have relayed the following prayer requests to us as they seek to minister within this challenging context.

1. Pray for peace and stability throughout the country.

2. Pray for peace for Cuban Christians and families and for opportunities to be peace-bearers within their communities.

3. Pray for the provision of food and medicine for the Cuban people.

4. Pray for God's will to be done in and through the government.

(PHOTO: YAMIL LAGE/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES)

Would you join with me in praying for the Union of Baptists in Latin America (UBLA) and their Day of Prayer on August 1?

Pray for BWA President Tomás Mackey (Argentina), UBLA General Secretary Parrish Jácome Hernández (Ecuador), Latin American Baptist Women's Union (UFBAL) Women's President Liliana Fernández (Argentina), BWA Vice President Noemí Janson-Lidak (Colombia), and BWA Vice President Fernando Brandão (Brazil) and for all that Baptists are doing across the continent?

We also celebrate together Raúl Scialabba (Argentina) who was recently recognized as the Congress Quinquennial Human Rights Award Recipient at the 22^nd Baptist World Congress earlier this month. Learn more about Raúl and his longstanding advocacy for human rights.

A Prayer of Belonging

O God,

the source of our belonging to one another,

none of us can give anything to our sisters and brothers

if we have not first of all belonged to you;

give us your Spirit in the bond of perfect unity

so that the Spirit may transform us into a new humanity,

free and united in your love,

through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who is God,

who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, world without end.

(New Roman Missal, Democratic Republic of Congo)

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