Baptist World Alliance

Cares for the hungry and homeless of the world by providing food, medicine, encouragement and hope. Defends the oppressed and persecuted by promoting human rights and religious freedom.

Why do we exist?

The Baptist World Alliance defends human rights and religious freedom, provides aid to the hungry, the refugee, victims of natural disasters and war and brings Christian hope and fellowship to Baptists in 211 Conventions around the world.  The BWA is a world body representing a membership of over 100 million.  The work of the Alliance is not limited to those who are part of the Baptist family.  We are concerned for all the people in the world since they are created in the image of God.

The BWA is a network that connects and unites Baptists of all languages, cultures and traditions.  By working with our international partners we create a large pool of human, material and spiritual resources that help to alleviate the suffering of the world and create sustainable development.  The Baptist World Alliance plays such a unique role in our world that if it didn’t exist we would have to create it!   

What have you accomplished?

The Baptist World Alliance responds immediately whenever disaster strikes the world.  On December 26, 2004 the tsunami devastated parts of Indonesia.  Two days later, Baptist World Aid, the relief arm of the Alliance, sent a team of skilled aid workers to assist those who had lost their loved ones, homes and businesses.  BWAid raised $2.4 million to help rebuild the lives of those who had lost so much in the tsunami.

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