March 3, 2024 | Praying for Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden

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!

Denmark

1 BWA Member Partner

Baptist Union of Denmark

52 Churches
4,781 Members

Pictured is BWA Executive Committee Member Lone Møller-Hansen with BWAid Director Marsha Scipio.

Praise:

We give thanks for the Myanmar Baptist refugee churches in Denmark who are standing together in support of the many people impacted by the political coup in Myanmar.

Prayer:

in 2021, the BWA and European Baptist Federation (EBF) assisted with advocacy efforts in Denmark to stand against legislation that would have forced all sermons not given in Danish to be translated and submitted to the government. We continue to pray for these religious freedom efforts to stand and for God to bless the faithful ministry of Baptist churches in their communities.

Finland

2 BWA Member Partners

Finland Swedish Baptist Union

14 Churches
1,010 Members

Finnish Baptist Union

17 Churches
880 Members

Pictured is a Finnish choir leading worship during a BWA General Secretary visit in 2006.

Praise:

Join us in thanking God for the spectacular beauty of creation in this region.

Prayer:

Join us in prayer for church and ministry leaders seeking to minister in innovative ways in their communities.

Norway

1 BWA Member Partner

Baptist Union of Norway

104 Churches
6,622 Members

Pictured are BWA General Secretary Elijah Brown, Director of Global Events and Fellowship Carolina Mangieri, and EBF General Secretary Alan Donaldson as they recognize Norwegian leaders for their service as hosts of the 2023 Annual Gathering.

Praise:

We give thanks for Norwegian sisters and brothers who graciously hosted the BWA Annual Gathering and SENT Mission Summit in Stavanger, Norway, in July 2023.

Prayer:

We join in prayer for Baptist women in Norway as they advocate for victims of domestic abuse in their communities as well as globally through strategic partnerships with BWA Women and Baptist women in Sierra Leone.

Sweden

1 BWA Member Partner

Uniting Church in Sweden

623 Churches
57,733 Members

Pictured is Christer Daelander (second from left), recipient of the 2018 Denton and Janice Lotz Human Rights Award.

Praise:

Join us in thanking God for Sweden's longstanding commitment to peace and for their efforts to support peacemaking worldwide.

Prayer:

Join us in prayer for church and ministry leaders as they stand for a Biblical worldview in the midst of a secular culture.

Join us also in prayer for the people of Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland.

Join us in prayer today for the 2024 BWA Community Worship Service – A Celebration of Global Impact in Arlington, Virginia, from 6:00-7:30 pm Eastern Time at Memorial Baptist Church. We are excited to have three former BWA Presidents and current President Tomás Mackey in attendance to share reflections from their global ministry experience. Pray that all will be encouraged by this time of fellowship and worship together.

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We give thanks for our six BWA Regional Secretaries who were able to gather this weekend for a strategic time of prayer and planning together. We also join in prayer for the BWA Executive Committee as they meet this week in Falls Church, Virginia (USA). May the Lord bless this gathering with unity of purpose and wisdom in decision-making.

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Sending Forth Prayer

Go!

Go in haste!

Never stop walking out of the church room,

out from peace and tranquility, into the noise and discomfort,

out, to laughter and tears.

Carry with you the living bread,

as a treasure in your hands and your heart .

Share it over and over again.

It will always be enough, as long as you continue to break it.

Come!

Never stop coming back to this place!

Never arrive empty-handed.

Bring with you the cry that is pressing just behind your lips.

Let it be heard in this room.

Bring with you the hunger that is never stilled,

the fight that is not yet won.

Bring someone who has always been at your side without you knowing it.

Here is the meeting place - in the light of God's face.

(Hans Olav Moerk, Norway; English translation Kari Veiteberg,

from the worship at the Church City Mission in Oslo)

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