We are grateful for your prayers!
Thank you for joining us this week as we at the Baptist World Alliance pray for our worldwide Baptist family and for God's work around the globe. If you pray along with us weekly, then you will be able to pray for every part of the world each year!
Bangladesh

3 BWA Member Bodies
Bangladesh Baptist Church Fellowship
  • 530 Churches
  • 52,000 Members
Bangladesh Baptist Church Sangha
  • 381 Churches
  • 25,187 Members
Garo Baptist Convention, Bangladesh
  • 159 Churches
  • 12,789 Members

Pictured are images from the 100-year anniversary celebration of the Bangladesh Baptist Church Fellowship attended by General Secretary Elijah Brown in 2019.

To view a video summary of his trip, visit our BWA YouTube Channel .
Praise:
Join us in thanking God for the 100+ years of impact Baptists have had in Bangladesh.
Prayer:
Join us in praying for God's provision for those living in poverty before the pandemic who are now enduring even more difficult circumstances.

Nepal

1 BWA Member Body
Nepal Baptist Church Council (NBCC)
  • 236 Churches
  • 19,676 Members

General Secretary Emeritus Denton Lotz and his son Carsten traveled to Nepal in 2018 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Nepal Baptist Church Council.
Praise:
Join us in thanking God for fruitful church planting initiatives in Nepal with 17 new churches added in 2018.
Prayer:
Join us in prayer for the NBCC executive body, staff, and the whole Baptist family in Nepal as they strive to show Gospel witness in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. 
Join us also in prayer for the people of Bhutan. Pray for effective missional efforts within this country in which Christianity is not a recognized religion.
100 years ago our global Baptist family stood together by giving the first Baptist World Aid gift to communities suffering in the aftermath of the Spanish Flu pandemic. One hundred years later, we are asking you – our Baptist sisters and brothers – to respond again to a global church that is suffering.

As the Spirit moved in power at Pentecost, we invite you to stand together as a global family on Pentecost weekend: May 29-31 (Western) and June 7 (Eastern). Imagine the mountains God will move if every Baptist church in every region of the world unites together in worship, stands together in prayer, and gives together to help those in need. Sign up to participate at BaptistWorld.org/pentecost .
Are you searching for ways to make a difference in the midst of the COVID-19 global pandemic? General Secretary Elijah Brown invites you to join 47 million Baptists united in prayer and action through the  Standing Together Global Response Plan . In the last month, this response has already included  120 grants impacting more than 70 countries and 100,000 people.  Thank you for standing with us at this critical time.
A Prayer for This Hour

O Saviour Christ,
in whose way of life lies the secret of all life,
and the hopes of all the people,
we pray for quiet courage to meet this hour.
We did not choose to be born or to live in such an age.
But let its problems challenge us,
its discoveries exhilarate us,
its injustice anger us,
its possibilities inspire us,
and its vigour renew us,
for your Kingdom’s sake.

(Bangladesh.  A Procession of Prayers: Meditations and Prayers from around the World , comp. John Carden, WCC, and Cassell, London, UK, 1998, p.179)