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.
Belarus

1 BWA Member Body
Union of Evangelical Christian Baptist of Belarus
  • 285 Churches
  • 12,312 Members

Pictured is General Secretary Emeritus Neville Callam with Baptist leaders from Belarus during a visit to the BWA Office in January 2009.
Belarus president and wife
Praise:
Join us in thanking God for the leadership of Leonid Mikhovich, president of the Baptist Union and BWA General Council Member, and join us in celebrating his recent completion of a PhD from the International Baptist Theological Study Centre (IBTSC) in Amsterdam. 
Prayer:
Last year Belarus faced significant turmoil and political unrest. Hundreds of people were injured and over 5,000 people were arrested. Please continue to pray that the government leaders will respect God and act responsibly towards the citizens of their country. Continue to pray for peace and the witness of the Baptist community and its leadership.

Moldova

1 BWA Member Body
Union of Christian Evangelical Baptist Churches of Moldova
  • 482 Churches
  • 19,578 Members

Pictured is Ilie Coada who was awarded the 2014 Denton and Janice Lotz Human Rights Award for his outstanding work as a human rights campaigner and anti-human trafficking advocate.
Praise:
Join us in praise for Moldova's natural resources and in prayer that the rich soil would yield abundant harvests.
Prayer:
Join us in prayer for those facing poverty, particularly with the economic challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Russian Federation

2 BWA Member Bodies
Euro-Asiatic Federation of Unions of Evangelical Christians-Baptists
  • 231 Churches
  • 16,530 Members

Russian Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists
  • 1,674 Churches
  • 68,166 Members
BWA General Council Member Peter Mitskevich leads a baptism service.
Praise:
Join us in thanking God for the distinctive art, literature, and music created in this region. We also thank God for those who continue to advocate for justice and openness in government.
Prayer:
Join us in prayer for provision for the Transformation Christian Center. The Center is facing significant financial challenges, and the ministry's outreach to children and young people is vital.

Ukraine

1 BWA Member Body
All-Ukrainian Union of Associations of Evangelical Christians Baptists
  • 2,382 Churches
  • 125,509 Members

Pictured are General Secretary Elijah Brown and BWA President Paul Msiza during a visit to Ukraine in 2018.
Praise:
Join us in thanking God for the faithful witness of Ukranian believers in the midst of conflict. We also give thanks for those seeking to counteract and overcome the divisions that are preventing peace.
Prayer:
Join us in prayer for the churches in the temporarily occupied territories in the Lugansk and Donetsk regions where pastors are facing persecution and arrest. 
The eruption of La Soufrière, a volcano on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent, has caused layers of ash to blanket the island. Almost 20,000 people across St. Vincent and the Grenadines have been evacuated from their homes in what is now the red zone. In addition, three of the seven churches in the St. Vincent Baptist Convention have been evacuated.

There is extensive damage to property and crops, which is expected to impact the economy in the upcoming months. Access to clean water has also become a challenge as the water sources are now polluted and the power supply has been cut off in the northern part of the island.

The St. Vincent Baptist Convention asks the global Baptist family to join them in prayer for:
  • The health and safety of the people in shelters. Ash has seeped into many of the shelters through the ventilation and people are experiencing respiratory distress.

  • The steadfast commitment of church members to evangelism and serving the people. That church members will be a witness of the love of Christ to those who are displaced while they are coping with their own loss and discomfort.

  • The leaders within the church to have strength to respond to needs and not become weary. That the church will be an example of accountability and demonstrate true stewardship.

  • The Lord will give faith leaders and government agencies wisdom to best respond to this disaster.
As violence continues to escalate in the streets of Myanmar, we are calling upon Baptists worldwide to stand in solidarity with those who are suffering.

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Prayer

Christ our God,
sun of righteousness,
by your divine touch
you gave light to the eyes of the blind man
who had been deprived of light since birth.
Enlighten also the eyes of our souls,
and make us sons and daughters of light
so that we cry out to you in faith:
great and beyond words is your compassion towards us!
Loving Lord, glory to you!

(Vesper Hymn, Sunday of the Blind Man. © 1996 WCC)