by BWA Staff | Mar 17, 2010 | News
(BWA) – The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) continues to watch the situation in Nigeria where Baptist leaders are concerned about violence between Muslims and Christians. “Religion is being used as a veneer or as a front or cover in order to take control of the...
by BWA Staff | Mar 7, 2010 | News
(BWA) – Baptists in Chile have been devastated by a massive earthquake that affected that country on Feb. 27. An 8.8-magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest in recorded history, destroyed 250 Baptist churches that are affiliated with the Union of Evangelical...
by BWA Staff | Jan 31, 2010 | News
(BWA) – First Baptist Church of Baghdad in Iraq was damaged by an explosion about one third of a mile from the church building. The incident occurred on the morning of Jan. 26 after a suicide bomber drove an 18-wheel truck with explosives into a crowded intersection,...
by BWA Staff | Nov 26, 2009 | Opinion
(BWA) – Seminaries in Sweden are being instructed by the government to de-emphasize theological education in favor of general religious studies. “The Swedish National Agency for Higher Education reported in June that state-supported schools must favor religious...
by BWA Staff | Nov 12, 2009 | News
(BWA) – Eight persons, including seven children, are missing after the destruction of First Baptist Church in San Vicente in the Central American country of El Salvador. The church collapsed following heavy showers and flooding caused by Hurricane Ida on Sunday, Nov....
