To the Baptists of Puerto Rico and especially to the Primera Iglesia Bautista de Carolina for their warm greetings and gracious hospitality. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post. Executive Committee Meeting. For starters, BWA's annual General Council meeting was renamed the BWA Annual Gathering, signaling a desire to expand participation beyond BWA's leadership circle. The members of this Sixth Baptist World Congress, meeting in Atlanta, Ga., record their sorrow that it has been impossible for any representatives from the U. S. S. R. to participate in their assembly. That we realise the great need of Bibles and hymn-books, and that steps be taken to supply them. Click to learn more about our Standing Together Global Response to COVID-19. Carl W. Tiller had been asked to prepare a report for the Council on efforts made in past years by Baptists of the world to provide theological training and to establish a theological seminary in the heart of Europe. NOTES the pain and suffering endured by innocent persons as a result of the imposition of international economic sanctions; BAPTIST WORLD ALLIANCE BY DR. CRAIG A. SHEROUSE . Religious Education of Children in the U.S.S.R. This resolution endorsed the statement made by the Baptist Union of Sweden of the same year and drew attention to the Moscow Declaration. skillful editing of BAPTIST WORLD. value to God and to the world (Genesis 1:26-27); The General Council of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA), meeting in Izmir, Turkey, July 9-11, 2014: Join Baptists worldwide as we join together in prayer and advocacy. 34GC76 that the following resolution, and all pending amendments, be referred to the Executive Committee for consideration. Whereas, We hail with joy the fact that the Baptist World Alliance is giving such a large place to the social aspect of the gospel and the duty of Christian people to human society; and welcomed five new members and elected new staff at the annual general council meetings, July 2-7. AFFIRMS the intrinsic and inestimable value of children and young people as gifts from God and as the promise of future generations; The General Council of the Baptist World Alliance, meeting in Izmir, Turkey, July 9-11, 2014: RECOGNIZES the courage and faithfulness of the disciples of Christ in the nation of Turkey; Religious freedom and human rights are great concerns of the BWA. Recognizes that women and children are victims of violence that include exploitation in the sex industry, which includes sexual trafficking, labor exploitation, domestic conflict, recruitment into military conflict, rape, many other forms of violence because of precarious and vulnerable situations. RECALLS with appreciation the interchurch conversations between the BWA and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (1969-1973), the Lutheran World Federation 1986-1989), the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity (1984-1988), and the Mennonite World Conference (1989-1992); NOTES that the Southern Baptist Convention, meeting in Indianapolis in June 2004 voted to approve a recommendation from its Executive Committee to withdraw from the family of the Baptist World Alliance; An annual meeting of the general council governs the Alliance between congresses. 2007 BWA General Council Recommendation We express concern for nations and peoples who are caught in a terrible circle of hatred, violence, injustice, and suffering, who live in fear in police states where terrorist acts and military incursions are regular events. will be rewarded as well as challenged. We hope you will! Baptist World Alliance (BWA) Alliance baptiste mondiale Alianza Bautista Mundial Baptistischer Weltbund . We encourage the churches to affirm this truth in the life and thereby reflect integrity in our Christian witness. Converge, formerly the Baptist General Conference ( BGC) and Converge Worldwide, is an evangelical Baptist Christian denomination of the Swedish Baptist and Radical Pietist tradition in the United States that emerged out of Lutheranism. Recognizes the global growth of refugee migration and international relocation with more than 67 million current refugees and internally displaced people and more than 191 million international migrants; The General Council of the Baptist World Alliance, meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 7-12, 2003: BWAs hybrid approach provides opportunities for deep, in-person fellowship while enabling greater numbers to attend online, BWA Director of Global Events and Fellowship, Carolina Mangieri, said in the announcement. Theological Reflection & Transformational Leadership. AFFIRMS that one of the basic rights of each human being is the right to worship openly and freely according to the dictates of ones own heart; The General Council of the Baptist World Alliance Annual Gathering, meeting in Accra, Ghana, July 2-7, 2007: NOTES with appreciation the willingness of Korean Baptists to host the 2003 meeting of the General Council of the Baptist World Alliance and looks forward to meeting in Seoul in 2004; The General Council of the Baptist World Alliance Annual Gathering, meeting in Accra, Ghana, July 2-7, 2007: WE REAFFIRM our faith that the gospel of Gods free salvation in His Son, Jesus Christ, the Way, the Truth, and the Life, is for all men, without distinction, and that today as in previous generations it speaks to mans every need, convicting, redeeming, transforming, guarding the human spirit and requiring the ending of exploitation and tyranny, and the provision of full opportunities for its free acceptance and for worship, witness, and service. The Congress has also learned of the issue of a new administrative decree whose terms are less severe than those of earlier decrees. "We were pleased to have partnered with the Baptist World Alliance as we hosted the 2022 BWA Annual Gathering and to have shared this community we love with the global Baptist family," said Samford President Beck A. Taylor. REAFFIRMS its strong conviction that salvation is offered to the world through Jesus Christ alone by means of his life, death and resurrection and continuing mission; RECALLS the special evangelistic programmes developed by many Unions and Conventions organised for the end of the 1990s, including the BWA programme of a special month of evangelism and its call to renew our evangelistic commitment at the beginning of a new era; The General Council of the Baptist World Alliance, meeting in Prague, Czech Republic, July 20- 25, 2008; After gathering virtually for the last two years, this annual gathering will be a historic moment centered on celebrating the work of the Lord through the BWA family in the midst of an ongoing worldwide pandemic, cultivating a deeper community of shared relationships, and calling all of us to pursue with renewed intentionality racial and ethnic justice, said BWA General Secretary Elijah Brown. at Crown Center, a recent news item explained. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. That event, Space for Grace, currently is scheduled to be held in-person but nothing is yet set in stone. Gives thanks to God for the rich spiritual legacy of Reformers like Jan Hus and Petr Chelcicky whose witness still inspires Czech Baptist life which began one hundred and fifty years ago; The General Council of the Baptist World Alliance, meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 7-12, 2003: This means that language and punctuation may be archaic and not in accordance with contemporary standards of discourse. An annual meeting of the general council governs the Alliance between congresses. The BWA celebrated its centennial and 19th congress in Birmingham, England in July, 2005. The Baptist World Alliance expresses its gratification that the Russian delegates have been able to attend the Congress, and it welcomes them heartily. A session that discussed the global Baptist response to the war in Ukraine was also held during the week. The General Council of the Baptist World Alliance Annual Gathering, meeting in Accra, Ghana, July 2-7, 2007: The President introduced Dr. Clifton Gray, who moved the following resolution, which was unanimously accepted: The Baptist World Alliance is a fellowship of almost 29 of the 33 million Baptists in the world. The amendment which was made in the divorce law last year, through the enactment of a measure empowering the Supreme Court to/decree a dissolution of marriage aft The preamble of its constitution reads: "The Baptist World Alliance, extending over every part of the world, exists as an expression of the essential oneness of Baptist people in the Lord Jesus Christ, to impart inspiration to the brotherhood, and to promote the spirit of fellowship, service and cooperation among its members; but this Alliance may in no way interfere with the independence of the churches or assume the administrative functions of existing organizations.". The Twelfth Baptist World Congress of 1970, held in Tokyo, Japan, resolves to offer its great appreciation to the Program Committee of the BWA, the Local Arrangements Committee of Japan Baptist Domai (Union), the Japan Baptist Renmai (Convention) and the Japan Baptist Church Association for the labor of love, in bringing this significant Baptist Congress, held on Asian soil for the first time, into great success. Success! Timothy George, distinguished professor and former dean of Beeson Divinity School, presented on The Travail of Religious Freedom to 21 Wilberforce, a religious liberty advocacy group affiliated with the BWA. In the centenary year of the birth of Charles Haddon Spurgeon, the Baptist World Congress recalls with gratitude and praise the mighty preacher whose God-given powers have been exercised for the healing of the nations, and who being dead yet speaketh. Spurgeon gloried supremely in the Cross of Christ, and turned multitudes to his Saviour. World congresses of the BWA are held every five years; an executive committee meets annually. Read our republishing, terms of use and privacy policies here. Headquarters are in Washington, D.C. Congress at Copenhagen, assembled from many lands and representing many peoples, deeply concerned at the condition of the D.P.s in many camps in Germany, Austria, and other countries, remembering that those who BWA World Congress Resolution 1947.1 "Baptists in every land join with their fellow-Christians in the prayer that peace, both just and abiding, may come soon to the hearts of all mankind. Soul-Winning Seminar. 171. J. N. Prestridge, D.D., and Rev. It is neither within its power nor its function to direct, or rule on the internal affairs of the political or economic procedures of its constituent bodies or of their countries. For ease of reference, click one of the buttons below to see resolutions in that category. ACKNOWLEDGES previous General Council resolutions concerning the continuing AIDS crisis; At the first general meeting on June 7, 1823, the Association agreed to fund two church planting missionaries at $30 a month for two years. The BWA is organized in six regional fellowships: the All Africa Baptist Fellowship (AABF), the Asian Baptist Federation (ABF), the Caribbean Baptist Fellowship (CBF), the European Baptist Federation (EBF), the North American Baptist Fellowship (NABF), and the Union of Baptists in Latin America (UBLA). WHEREAS the Commission on Freedom, Justice, and Peace has for a number of years devoted some of its attention to the issues of human rights, we request the Commission to provide the 1978 BWA General Council such summary statement and guidelines as they deem appropriate. We are grateful to God for the sacrifice and commitment of many missionaries. Baptists from Poland shared how they were the first people to set up shelters for Ukrainian refugees. The General Council of the Baptist World Alliance, meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia July 4-9, 2011: We further recognize that the oppression and depravities by one group leads to anger and violence by the other which is then escalated by the first.