Canada

2 BWA Member Partners

Canadian Baptist Ministries (CBM)

• 915 Churches
• 72,293 Members

Canadian National Baptist Convention

• 429 Churches
• 17,116 Members

Members of the Canadian contingent (L-R: Rob Ogilvie, Jennifer Lau, and Jeremy Bell) at the North American American Baptist Fellowship Annual Assembly in 2022.

Praise:

We give thanks for the leadership of BWA Vice President Jennifer Lau, BWA Regional Secretary Jeremy Bell, and BWA team member Jeff Carter who serves as Director of the BWA Horizons Children and Youth Leadership Training Program.

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

22 BWA Member Partners*



American Baptist Churches USA

• 4,892 Churches
• 1,107,206 Members

Baptist General Association of Virginia

• 1,341 Churches
• 610,000 Members

Baptist General Convention of Texas

• 5,320 Churches
• 1,813,442 Members

Chin Baptist Churches USA

• 108 Churches
• 32,130 Members

Converge (Baptist General Conference)

• 1,566 Churches
• 377,146 Members

Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

• 1,400 Churches
• 577,500 Members

Czechoslovak Baptist Convention of USA & Canada

• 1 Church
• 500 Members

District of Columbia Baptist Convention

• 162 Churches
• 40,628 Members

General Association of General Baptists

• 738 Churches
• 38,286 Members

Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Society, USA

• 2,600 Churches
• 1,200,000 Members

Missionary Baptist Conference, USA

• 59 Churches
• 10,000 Members

National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. International

• 4,000 Churches
• 3,500,000 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

• 410 Churches
• 60,000 Members

Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.

• 1,475 Churches
• 1,500,000 Members

Russian-Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Union, USA, Inc.

• 14 Churches
• 950 Members

Seventh Day Baptist General Conference USA & Canada, Ltd.

• 72 Churches
• 3,454 Members

Union of Latvian Baptists in America

• 5 Churches
• 101 Members

Zomi Baptist Churches of America

• 53 Churches
• 7,000 Members

* Statistics above include Member Partners whose respective membership is defined by churches and church members.

BWA Women Executive Director Merritt Johnston served with the Baptist Women of North America Executive Committee in Richmond, Virginia, USA, in 2023.

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

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

Praise:

We give thanks for the leadership of 2020-2025 BWA Vice President Albert Reyes and Vice President Samuel Tolbert in addition to the many Americans who are serving faithfully on BWA Commissions and Committees.