Baptists One in Prayer | May 31, 2023

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!

Angola

3 BWA Member Bodies

Baptist Convention of Angola

379 Churches
37,500 Members

Baptist Evangelical Church in Angola

415 Churches
174,218 Members

Free Baptist Church in Angola

59 Churches
4,383 Members

A gathering of the Baptist Convention of Angola

Praise:

Join us in thanking God for the many natural resources in this region and the growing economy.

Prayer:

Please join us in prayer for reconciliation through Christ's love after many years of civil war. Pray also for educational and vocational opportunities for young people to help break the cycle of poverty.

Mozambique

1 BWA Member Body

Baptist Convention of Mozambique

866 Churches
173,200 Members

Rachel Conway-Doel, former BWA Forum for Aid and Development Facilitator, on site with Baptist leadership in Mozambique shortly after Cyclone Idai in 2019.

Praise:

Join us in thanking God for the Gospel witness of Baptist churches in the midst of challenging circumstances.

Prayer:

Join us in praying for God's provision for the estimated 65% of the population living in poverty. Pray also for expanded healthcare access for the nearly 2 million people battling HIV/AIDS.

June 1, 8:00 am Eastern Daylight Time (convert time zone)

Whether it is the civil war in Sudan, the earthquake in Turkey, or the war in Ukraine, the Baptist Church has been called to respond. So how does the Church effectively assume various roles – project implementer, donor, pastoral care provider, fundraiser, etc. – while maintaining its identity as the Church? How do aid agencies provide support and maintain accountability while respecting the mission of the Church during these crises? Join us for this webinar as we address these questions and share ways to further our global impact.

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A Prayer from Mozabique

God of love and compassion, we approach you full of grief and shame, because we just cannot understand how it is that you love us so much. We feel that we are living under the shadow of death. We find it difficult to understand that you have already brought us out from there and that you hope to see in us signs showing our faith and trust in the eternal life promised us by Jesus.

Do not forsake us. Rather, guide us in ways of hope that one day Africa will know and live in peace, health and prosperity, through the grace and mercy given us by your Son, Jesus Christ, and by the Holy Spirit. Amen.

(Felicidade N. Cherinda, Mozambique. In: Africa Praying – A Handbook on HIV/AIDS Sensitive Sermon Guidelines and Liturgy)

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