Baptists One in Prayer | December 3, 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!

Myanmar

3 BWA Member Bodies

Myanmar Baptist Convention

5,337 Churches
1,713,561 Members

Self Supporting Kayin Baptist Mission Society

96 Churches
14,871 Members

Zomi Baptist Convention of Myanmar

141 Churches
24,263 Members

Vernette Myint Myint San, President of Asia Baptist Women's Union, spoke about about the challenges in her home country of Myanmar at the 2022 BWA Annual Gathering. Following her presentation, there was a special time of prayer for Myanmar.

Praise:

We give thanks for the resources to send BWAid emergency grants to Myanmar and for the faithful ministry of these leaders during this time of political and economic challenge.

Prayer:

We pray for Baptists in Myanmar as they continue to live out their faith in the face of violence and unrest. Pray for peace and justice to prevail.

Thailand

5 BWA Member Bodies

12th District of Church of Christ inThailand

234 Churches
17,267 Members

Kawthoolei Karen Baptist Churches

87 Churches
18,260 Members

Thailand Baptist Convention

190 Churches
24,000 Members

Thailand Karen Baptist Convention

231 Churches
43,877 Members

Thailand Lahu Baptist Convention

105 Churches
9,067 Members

The Baptist Women's Union in Thailand hosted a Women's World Day of Prayer Event on October 29 at Nimitmai Baptist Church.

Praise:

We give thanks for the opportunity to partner with the Thailand Lahu Baptist Convention to translate health education resources into the Lahu language in response to COVID-19.

Prayer:

It is estimated that over 425,000 people in Thailand are living in slavery, and approximately three million migrant workers have been forced into labor or sex trafficking. Join us in prayer for Baptist leaders as they seek to be voices of hope and instruments of change in the face of this injustice.

40th Anniversary of All Africa Baptist Fellowship

Join us in giving thanks for 40 years of faithful ministry and impact through All Africa Baptist Fellowship (AABF). BWA General Secretary Elijah Brown and his wife Amy as well as BWA President Tomás Mackey served alongside AABF General Secretary Elias Apetogbo and his wife Denise (Director of All Africa Baptist Children Ministry) last week in Rwanda. AABF President and BWA Executive Committee Member Israel Akanji and hundreds of other leaders gathered to mark this milestone and to pray and plan for the future. We unite in prayer for God's continued blessings on AABF!

Praying for Peace This Advent Season

This Advent season, we continue to pray for peace for those impacted by violence around the world. As you consider plans for your coming Advent service, we commend to you an idea to inspire reflection and prayer specifically for the ongoing conflict in Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

European Baptist Fellowship, one of our six regional fellowships, and BWA member partner Baptist Union of Great Britain invite Baptist congregations to consider not lighting the Advent candle on the second Sunday (December 10) and leave it unlit on subsequent Sundays. This unlit candle mimics the unlit lights of Bethlehem and serves as a constant reminder that we stand in solidarity with all who are suffering in the Holy Land. Knowing the central fifth candle will soon be lit, we focus on the hope that Christ’s light eternally shines in the darkness. To learn more about this initiative, click here.

To download an Advent prayer for peace, click below.

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A Prayer from Myanmar

Give us this day our daily bread.

All good gifts of the earth come from your generous hands, God.

Yet, this abundance is not shared equally among us.

While some are satisfied, others are starving.

Women often become the victims of exploitation

because they are desperate to feed and care for their children.

If only we would be mindful that each and every one of us must pray:

Give us this day our daily bread.

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