Baptists One in Prayer | February 8, 2023

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!

Italy

1 BWA Member Body

Christian Evangelical Baptist Union of Italy

116 Churches
4,100 Members

Cristina Arcidiacono (pictured far right) of Italy served on a panel at the most recent Baptist International Conference on Theological Education.

Praise:

Join with Union President Giovanni Paolo Arcidiacono in expressing praise for the continued growth and development of the Christian Evangelical Baptist Union of Italy and for the many lives that have been touched by the gospel through this ministry. We also give thanks for the strength and perseverance of the Italian people, even in the face of challenges and difficulties.

Prayer:

Join with President Arcidiacono in prayer for the poverty in Italy, which is advancing as a result of great inequalities among the population and creating great hardship within families. Pray also for religious freedom and freedom of conscience in Italy which currently lacks a framework law regulating such freedom for all religious and non-religious denominations.

We also join in prayer this week for the people of Andorra, Malta, San Marino, and Vatican City.

Middle East Earthquake Response

In the early morning hours of Monday, February 6, a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the nations of Syria and Turkey, leaving destruction on both sides of the border. More than 7,000 people have died with countless others injured. Rescuers are working diligently to locate survivors amidst the rubble, but the winter weather is making these efforts even more difficult. In Syria alone, there are more than 4,000 damaged buildings, including significant impact to the Baptist church in Aleppo. Baptists are already on the ground responding, but they need your prayers and support.

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The Baptist World Alliance joins with many around the world in celebrating Black History Month during the month of February. In recognition of this significant time, the BWA has created a liturgical resource that can be adapted for your worship context as well as a Biblical reflection from BWA Director of Integral Mission Everton Jackson.

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Prayer before The Proclamation of God's Word

Blessed are you, O God, for your word of strength, of encouragement, of hope -

that contagious word which allows us to believe

and to move towards the renewal of our world.

Grant us to hear your word and to persevere in it, putting it into practice.

(From the Waldensian liturgy)

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