Baptists One in Prayer | December 26, 2022

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!

Japan

4 BWA Member Bodies

Japan Baptist Conference

11 Churches
476 Members

Japan Baptist Convention

320 Churches
13,975 Members

Japan Baptist Union

67 Churches
3,355 Members

Okinawa Baptist Convention

38 Churches
2,406 Members

Vee Tetseo leading a gathering of youth at the Baptist Leadership Conference in Okinawa, Japan.

Praise:

Please join us in thanking God for the leadership of Vee Tetseo, BWA Regional Secretary of the Asia Pacific Baptist Federation, who currently resides in Japan.

Prayer:

Pray for the ongoing witness of Baptists serving in a context where less than 1% of the population is Christian.

Korea

1 BWA Member Body

Korea Baptist Convention

3,442 Churches
530,000 Members

General Secretary Elijah Brown is pictured preaching during a visit to South Korea in October 2019.

Praise:

Join us in thanking God for the leadership and ministry legacy of former BWA President Billy Kim and the outreach of the Far East Broadcasting Company.

Prayer:

Pray that religious freedom will be maintained in the aftermath of the COVID-19 global pandemic.

Taiwan

1 BWA Member Body

Chinese Baptist Convention

252 Churches
24,019 Members

Pictured is a service at the Taiwan Baptist Theological Seminary.

Praise:

Join us in thanking God for the freedom of religion that exists within Taiwan. We also give thanks for the leadership of BWA Vice President Rachael Tan.

Prayer:

Join us in prayer for the Taiwan Baptist Theological Seminary and the faculty and students who are preparing for ministry.

Please join us also in lifting up the people of North Korea.

As 2022 draws to a close, we give thanks for the many ways God has impacted the world through our global Baptist family. Your prayers have made a difference, and your partnership is changing lives. We hope you will be encouraged by this Christmas message from BWA General Secretary Elijah Brown.

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A Prayer from Japan

Eternal God,

We say good morning to you.

Hallowed be your name.

Early in the morning, before we begin our work, we praise your glory.

Renew our bodies as fresh as the morning flowers.

Open our inner eyes, as the sun casts new light upon the darkness

which prevailed over the night.

Deliver us from all captivity.

Give us wings of freedom like the birds in the sky,

to begin a new journey.

Restore justice and freedom, as a mighty stream

running continuously as day follows day.

We thank you for the gift of this morning,

and a new day to work with you.

(Masao Takenaka, first president of the Asian Christian Art Association, Japan. BAE p.62.)

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