by Brian Kaylor | Jul 11, 2014 | News
Global Baptist speakers urged greater advocacy—especially for religious freedom—among churches and conventions at the local, national and international levels at the annual gathering of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) in Izmir, Turkey. They described advocacy as an...
by Brian Kaylor | Jul 10, 2014 | News
Baptists from around the world recognized Ilie Coada, a Baptist pastor and social justice worker in Moldova, during the annual gathering of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) in Izmir, Turkey. Soft-spoken and almost timid in appearance, Coada hardly looks the part of...
by Brian Kaylor | Jul 9, 2014 | News
An American Baptist involved in refugee and immigration advocacy urged Baptists from around the world to get involved in issues concerning displaced and stateless persons. Another Baptist scheduled to speak on the topic ironically could not attend the session during...
by Brian Kaylor | Jul 8, 2014 | News
Baptists from 59 countries are converging in Turkey this week for the annual gathering of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA). As the leaders of various Baptist conventions, schools and ministries meet to consider future efforts, they will do so in a land ripe with...
by Brian Kaylor | Jul 3, 2014 | News
A Presbyterian seminary released a report challenging the influx of corporate money in U.S. political campaigns as harmful to democracy and the needs of the poor. Auburn Theological Seminary brought together perspectives of several Christian and Jewish theologians to...
