Baptists One in Prayer | October 30, 2022

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

Canada

2 BWA Member Bodies

Canadian Baptist Ministries

971 Churches
81,685 Members

Canadian National Baptist Convention

404 Churches
23,130 Members

Members of the Canadian contingent (L-R: Rob Ogilvie, Jennifer Lau, and Jeremy Bell) at the North American Baptist Fellowship Annual Assembly this month.

Praise:

We give thanks for the leadership of Canadians in BWA life, including BWA Vice President Jennifer Lau, Jeff Carter who serves as Director of the BWA Horizons Children and Youth Leadership Training Program, and North American Baptist Fellowship General Secretary Jeremy Bell.

Prayer:

We join in prayer for the many international partnership ministries of Canadian Baptists around the world as well as church and ministry leaders as they seek innovative ways to serve their communities.

United States of America

21 BWA Member Bodies

American Baptist Churches USA

4,973 Churches
1,211,744 Members

Baptist General Association of Virginia

1,348 Churches
610,000 Members

Baptist General Convention of Missouri (CHURCHNET)

150 Churches
43,000 Members

Baptist General Convention of Texas

5,375 Churches
2,038,537 Members

Chin Baptist Churches USA

119 Churches
20,100 Members

Converge (Baptist General Conference)

1,346 Churches
324,163 Members

Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

1,800 Churches
750,000 Members

Czechoslovak Baptist Convention of USA & Canada

1 Churches
500 Members

District of Columbia Baptist Convention

163 Churches
40,841 Members

General Association of General Baptists

793 Churches
47,193 Members

Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Society, USA

2,600 Churches
1,200,000 Members

Missionary Baptist Conference, USA

59 Churches
10,000 Member

National Baptist Convention of America International, Inc.

12,336 Churches
3,106,000 Members

National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.

21,145 Churches
8,415,100 Members

National Missionary Baptist Convention of America

300 Churches
400,000 Members

North American Baptist Conference

405 Churches
53,000 Members

Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.

1,362 Churches
1,500,000 Members

Russian-Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Union, USA, Inc.

14 Churches
950 Members

Seventh Day Baptist General Conference USA & Canada

74 Churches
5,000 Members

Union of Latvian Baptists in America

5 Churches
104 Members

Zomi Baptist Churches of America

47 Churches
6,500 Members

Pictured is a special commissioning prayer time at the 6th Annual Conference of the Zomi Baptist Churches of America.

Brian Kaylor, BWA Resolutions Committee Chair, gathers with other BWA leaders for a time of prayer at the 2022 BWA Annual Gathering in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

TaNikka Sheppard, President of Baptist Women of North America, speaks at a community-wide women's reception hosted by Mountain Brook Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama (USA), in July.

Gina Stewart, the first woman elected President of Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Society, speaks at the convention's 125th Annual Session earlier this year in New Orleans.

Praise:

We give thanks for the leadership of 2020-2025 BWA Vice Presidents Albert Reyes and Samuel Tolbert in addition to the many Americans who are serving faithfully on BWA Commissions and Committees. We also give thanks for former BWA staff member Emmett Dunn who was elected as the new president of North American Baptist Fellowship last week at NABF's Annual Meeting.

Prayer:

Join us in prayer for a unified love for God and people and the opportunity to stand together as voices of hope and justice in the midst of political and cultural divisions.

The Baptist Women's World Day of Prayer is just one week away!

Women from across the globe will gather on Monday, November 7, to unite in prayer for the world and to give in support of ministry projects across every continent. Join this global movement!

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I was grateful for the opportunity to speak at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, Texas (USA) last week as part of the university's Pinson Lecture Series and Missions Emphasis Week.

Will you join me in prayer for the students, faculty, and administration of UMHB and for the Lord's continued blessings upon the university?

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Prayer

To wake from sleep into this day

is gift enough for thanks.

To hear a child’s delight in laughter

is gift enough for thanks.

To sip a glass of clean, cold water

is gift enough for thanks.

To watch the sunset paint the sky

is gift enough for thanks.

To share a moment with a friend

is gift enough for thanks.

To smell the fragrance of moist soil

is gift enough for thanks.

To feel the comfort of clean clothing

is gift enough for thanks.

To form the words that make a prayer

is gift enough for thanks.

(OpKeri K. Wehlander, also published in Wisdom Is Calling, comp. Geoffrey Duncan, Canterbury Press, UK, and United Church Publishing House, Etobicoke, Ont., Canada 1999,pp.126-27,142)

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