Baptists One in Prayer | April 05, 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!

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1 BWA Member Body

Baptist Church in Bosnia/Herzegovina

6 Churches
220 Members

Pictured is the Baptist Church in Bosnia/Herzegovina Annual Meeting.

Praise:

Join us in thanking God for those pursuing peace and reconciliation between ethnic and religious groups.

Prayer:

Join us in praying for religion to be a means of healing rather than of further separation and exploitation.

Croatia

1 BWA Member Body

Baptist Union of Croatia

49 Churches
1,800 Members

Pictured is Zeljko Mraz, General Secretary of the Baptist Union of Croatia, providing temporary housing in the aftermath of the earthquakes that devastated the area in 2020.

Praise:

Join us in thanking God for new believers as result of church outreach and a new generation of young adults involved in leadership training.

Prayer:

Join us in prayer for the ministry of the Ministers' Brotherhood and their commitment to support ministers in crisis situations and promote further education for ministers.

Serbia

2 BWA Member Bodies

Union of Baptist Churches in Serbia North

44 Churches
950 Members

Union of Christian Baptist Churches in Serbia (Serbia South)

15 Churches
348 Members

Pictured is a group of Serbian women leading a portion of a BWA "Living Water" Conference.

Praise:

Join us in thanking God for the faithful witness of Christians in this region during times of persecution.

Prayer:

Join us in prayer for healing from centuries-long ethnic and religious hatred and for open doors to share the Gospel.

Slovenia

1 BWA Member Body

Union of Baptist Churches in Slovenia

7 Churches
160 Members

Lake Bled is the only natural island in Slovenia. Just under an acre in size, it now houses several buildings, including a 17th-century church.

Praise:

Join us in thanking God for the Baptists in this region who kept their faith alive during years of repression.

Prayer:

Join us in praying for for the work and witness of the Baptists in Slovenia and for growth among churches in the area.

Also, join us in prayer this week for The Balkans:

Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, and North Macedonia.

In October 2021, the BWA Executive Committee voted to observe May of each year as Evangelism Emphasis Month in collaboration with other Christian World Communions under the umbrella of the GoDecade Movement. Baptists around the world are being encouraged to participate in united prayer, evangelism training, personal evangelism, and outreach ministry. An online evangelism training has also been developed by the BWA to aid in this global Gospel mobilization. Will you join us in prayer for this strategic evangelism focus and commit to participate?

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We continue to pray for the people of Malawi who are responding to the devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Freddy. The weather system brought strong winds, mudslides, and landslides to 15 districts across southern Malawi. World Food Programme (WFP) reports it is the longest-lasting and highest-ACE (accumulated cyclone energy) producing tropical cyclone ever recorded.

The death toll has risen to 676. Please pray for those who are mourning the deaths of loved ones.
The number of displaced persons has grown to 659,278 across 747 camps. Please pray for successful relocation of these individuals as they return home and seek to rebuild their lives.
Over 700,000 children have been unable to attend school after their schools were damaged, destroyed, used as displacement sites, or inaccessible due to flooding. Please pray for the children affected.
Please pray for general well-being as hunger, disease, and lack of access to healthcare is very critical.

(Statistics courtesy of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.)

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Litany of Unity

Let us ask God for the gift of unity:

God, our Father, who has created all things,

we are your children.

It is your will that we live together in peace

and stand by one another as sisters and brothers.

Your will be done.

Jesus Christ, Son of God,

you have prayed for the unity of all who are baptized in your name,

who believe in you and confess your name.

Is it your will, that the Church, your body, be one.

Your will be done.

Holy Spirit of God,

you have filled the Apostles with the fire of courage

to proclaim the Good News.

It is your will that we proclaim with one voice the great deeds of God

and the Good News of Jesus Christ.

Your will be done.

(Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Slovenia)

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