By Bob Allen A former war refugee who returned to his native Liberia in 2005 to run a K-12 boarding school has been elected president of the Liberia Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention. Olu Menjay Olu Menjay, principal of Ricks…
Burma refugee liaison is new BWAid director
By Robert Dilday An advocate for Burmese refugees has been named director of Baptist World Aid, an agency which works closely with Baptist disaster-relief organizations in Virginia and North Carolina. No caption submitted Rothangliani Rema Chhangte will assume her new…
Washington minister to receive BWA human rights award
By Robert Dilday Edgar Palacios, a Salvadoran who serves as associate pastor for Christian education at Calvary Baptist Church in Washington, is the 2012 recipient of the Baptist World Alliance’s Denton and Janice Lotz Human Rights Award. The announcement was…
Baptist agencies don’t recruit nationals for U.S. missionary service
By Vicki Brown Baptist missionary-sending agencies in the United States say they have no plans to recruit missionaries from other countries to reach out to people groups from those nations that have immigrated to America. While the Southern Baptist Convention…
Two years after quake, Baptist dedicate school, orphanage in Haiti
By Robert Dilday Almost exactly two years after a devastating earthquake killed thousands in Haiti, Baptists on the island nation and their international partners dedicated a building housing a school and orphanage for children impacted by the disaster. The Source…
Baptist church damaged in Iraq explosion
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — First Baptist Church of Baghdad, Iraq, was damaged by an explosion Jan. 26 less than a half mile from the church building, according to the Baptist World Alliance. The incident occurred when a suicide bomber drove…
Baptist World Alliance rescue team arrives in Haiti, begins work in clinic
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A Baptist World Aid Rescue24 team has arrived in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and has begun work in a local clinic, according to a news release from the Baptist World Alliance. The BWAid team, consisting of members from…
Major Baptist celebrations begin this week in Europe
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BWA) — The Baptist World Alliance and the European Baptist Federation have planned major activities July 24-Aug. 1 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the founding of the Baptist movement. The EBF, one of six regional fellowships…
Baptist Youth World Conference attracts 6,000 to German city
More than 6,000 youth from nearly 90 countries gathered in the Leipzig Congress Center in eastern Germany for the opening session of the 15th Baptist Youth World Conference last month. The conference, held every five years, is the largest global…