Thank you for joining us this week as we at the Baptist World Alliance pray for our global Baptist family and for God's work around the world. If you pray along with us weekly, you will pray for every country in the world each year!

Do you have a personal prayer request today? Your global Baptist family stands ready to intercede for you as well. Click the button below to share a prayer need.
Armenia
1 BWA Member Body
Union of Evangelical Christian Baptist Churches of Armenia
  • 155 Churches
  • 5,500 Members

Pictured is Asatur Nahapetyan, General Secretary of the UECBCA, presenting a gift to General Secretary Emeritus Neville Callam in 2014.
Praise:
Join us in thanking God for the faithful leadership of Asatar Nahapetyan and his ministry throughout Armenia. 

Prayer:
Join us in praying for churches as they seek to respond to the needs resulting from the COVID-19 global pandemic. 
Azerbaijan

1 BWA Member Body
Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists of Azerbaijan
  • 22 Churches
  • 3,000 Members

Pictured is a baptism celebration during a visit from General Secretary Emeritus Denton Lotz in 2000.
Praise:
Join us in thanking God for the faithful witness of Baptists in the midst of a challenging context. 

Prayer:
Join us in prayer for peace and resolution to long-standing political tension in the region.
Georgia

1 BWA Member Body
Evangelical Baptist Church of Georgia
  • 38 Churches
  • 820 Members

Pictured is the beautiful city of Tbilisi taken during a BWA visit.
Praise:
Join us in thanking God for believers who remained committed to their faith during years of repression and persecution.
Prayer:
Join us in prayer for church leaders as they seek to minister amidst the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
You're invited to participate in the Myanmar Red Ribbon Solidarity Weekend from April 28-May 2. With a daily focus and accompanying resources, this is an opportunity for global Baptists to stand together in prayer, advocacy, and theological reflection.

Will you help us raise awareness within your congregations, organizations, and community about the violence and unrest impacting the citizens of Myanmar? To support your participation in this initiative, we have created a variety of resources including a fact sheet, biblical reflections, prayer guides, social media graphics, a slide presentation, and an assortment of video content.
With the exhaustion of the emotional impact of the Derek Chauvin trial and multiple mass shootings over the last few weeks, the United States of America is again confronted with the reality of violence that disproportionately impacts people of color and religious minorities. Would you join me in praying for the United States this week?

Prayer from the Sunrise Office of the Armenian Church

O Light!
Divine and one Holy Trinity,
we who are born of the earth glorify you always,
together with the heavenly hosts.
At the rising of the morning light,
shine forth upon our souls your intelligible light.

(English transl. Archbishop Tiran Nersoya, New York, Diocese of the Armenian Church of America, 1969. 
Let us Pray to the Lord, ed. George Lemopolos, WCC, 1996, p.2)