BWA Consultation with Regional Leaders

The BWA Consultation with Regional Leaders is taking place February 27-March 1.

In attendance are:
David Coffey, BWA President
Neville Callam, BWA General Secretary
Paul Msiza, President of the All Africa Baptist Fellowship (AABF)
Harrison Olan'g, Acting General Secretary of AABF
Bonny Resu, General Secretary of the Asia Pacific Baptist Federation
Burchell Taylor, President of the Caribbean Baptist Fellowship (CBF)
Peter Pinder, General Secretary of CBF
Toma Magda, President of the European Baptist Federation (EBF)
Tony Peck, General Secretary of EBF
Raquel Contreras, President of the Union of Baptists in Latin America (UBLA)
Alberto Prokopchuk, General Secretary of UBLA
David Goatley, President of the North American Baptist Fellowship

BWA leaders preach in local churches

Several BWA leaders attending the BWA Executive Committee in Falls Church, Virginia, will be preaching in local churches on Sunday morning, March 1.

David Coffey, President of the Baptist World Alliance, will preach at Metropolitan Baptist Church, Washington, DC.

Toma Magda, President of the European Baptist Federation, will preach at Vienna Baptist Church, Vienna, Virginia.

Paul Msiza, President of the All Africa Baptist Fellowship and General Secretary of the Baptist Convention of South Africa, will preach at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Alexandria, Virginia.









Peter Pinder, General Secretary of the Caribbean Baptist Fellowship, will preach at Mount Olive Baptist Church, Centreville, Virginia.










Tony Peck, General Secretary of the European Baptist Federation, will preach at First Baptist Church, Vienna, Virginia.

Gary Nelson, General Secretary of Canadian Baptist Ministries, will preach at Vermont Avenue Baptist Church, Washington, DC.

BWA Executive Committee meets

More than 100 persons from around the world are gathering in Falls Church, Virginia, close to Washington, DC, for meetings of the Executive Committee of the Baptist World Alliance as well as other auxiliary meetings.

Auxiliary meetings begin on Friday, February 27, with a meeting of the Baptist World Congress Core Committee as well as a BWA Consultation with Regional Leaders. Other auxiliary meetings to take place March 2-3 include those of committees for the BWA Men’s, Women’s, and Youth Departments, as well as division meetings such as Baptist World Aid and Evangelism and Education.

Standing committees such as Constitution and Bylaws, Personnel, and Membership will also meet.

The BWA Executive Committee will meet March 3-4 to decide matters of major importance. Some decisions made by the Executive Committee will be brought as recommendations to the General Council at its meeting in Ede, Netherlands, in July.

Among the matters to be addressed by the Executive Committee are amendments to the BWA constitution, the restructuring of the divisions for Evangelism & Education and Study & Research, and the filling of the new position of Director for the Division of Freedom and Justice, which was formally established by decision of the General Council in Prague, Czech Republic, in July 2008.

It is also expected that the recipient of the 2009 Denton and Janice Lotz Human Rights Award will be announced. The award will be presented during the General Council meeting in the Netherlands.

Other highlights of the Executive Committee are reports from the President, the General Secretary, regional leaders from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, and North America, and the Budget and Finance Committee.

The General Council and the Executive Committee are the two governing bodies of the BWA, with the former meeting once per year, usually in the month of July, and the latter meeting twice yearly, normally in March and July.