Pray for New BWUA President

We join with the women of Africa in congratulating Jane Mwangi for her new appointment as the President of Baptist Women's Union of Africa (BWUA). The new role was announced at the BWUA 14th Continental Conference hosted last week in Liberia. Through this role, she will also serve on the Executive Committee for BWA Women and the BWA General Council. Join us in giving thanks to God for her and pray for the Lord's wisdom, power, and grace to cover her throughout her term of service. We also give thanks for the faithful leadership and service of Marthe Nguime Ekollo as BWUA President from 2017-2022.

Celebrating 125 Years of Impact

Join us in celebrating alongside the Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Society members who convened in New Orleans, Louisiana (USA), last week to mark their 125^th anniversary and to share how God is at work around the world today.

Emmett Dunn, Lott Carey Executive Secretary-Treasurer, said: “We gather this week at a historical moment, for we celebrate the 200^th anniversary of Lott Carey landing on the continent of Africa. For this, we give thanks. We must never forget that we are a living history." 

We are grateful that BWAid Director Marsha Scipio was able to attend and bring greetings on behalf of the Baptist World Alliance, and we are thankful for the many ways Lott Carey has impacted the world. Please join me in a prayer of thanksgiving for this ministry.

Top Photo Credit: Mitch Randall | Good Faith Media

A Child's Prayer

God, what kind of world is this

that the adult people are going to leave for us children?

There is fighting everywhere

and they tell us we live in a time of peace.

You are the only one who can help us.

Lord, give us a new world in which we can be happy,

in which we can have friends

and work together for a good future.

A world in which there will not be any cruel people

who seek to destroy us and our world in so many ways.

(Liberia. Another Day, comp. John Carden, SPCK, Triangle © SPCK, London, UK.)