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Шаблон:Baptist The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) is an international Baptist association of Christian churches with an estimated 51 million people in 2023 with 253 member bodies in 130 countries and territories. A voluntary association of Baptist churches, the BWA accounts for about half the Baptists in the world. It is the 8th largest Christian communion.
The BWA was founded in 1905 in London during an international congress of Baptist churches. Its headquarters are in Falls Church, Virginia, United States. It is led by General Secretary and CEO Elijah M. Brown and by President Tomás Mackey.
History
The roots of the Baptist World Alliance can be traced back to the seventeenth century when Baptist leader Thomas Grantham proposed the concept of a congregation of all Christians in the world that are "baptised according to the appointment of Christ."[1] Similar proposals were put forward later such as the call of John Rippon in 1790 for a world meeting of Baptists "to consult the ecclesiastical good to the whole."[1]
It was, however, only in 1904 when such congregation became a reality. John Newton Prestridge, editor of The Baptist Argus, at Louisville, Kentucky called for a world gathering of Baptists. John Howard Shakespeare, editor of The Baptist Times and Freeman, London, endorsed the proposal.[2][3][4] In October 1904, the Baptist Union of Great Britain passed a resolution to invite a Congress to meet with them in 1905.[5] At the Congress, a committee was formed, which proposed a Constitution for a World Alliance. The Baptist World Alliance was founded in London, during this first Baptist World Congress in July 1905. Every five years since, the BWA holds a Baptist World Congress in different locations around the world, and multiple international meeting and programs are held in the times between Congresses.[6][7][8][9]
The gathering was referred to as an "alliance" and not a council in order to establish the nature of the dialogue as a meeting. This means that the body wields no authority over participating churches or national Baptist unions, serving only as a forum for collaboration.[10]
In 2020, the Argentine Pastor Tomás Mackey succeeded South African Pastor Paul Msiza as BWA President.[11]
Statistics
According to a census published by the association in 2023, the BWA has 253 participating Baptist fellowships in 130 countries, with 176,000 churches and 51,000,000 baptized members.[12] These statistics may not fully representative, however, since some churches in the United States have dual or triple national Baptist affiliation, possibly causing a church and its members to be counted by more than one Baptist association, if these associations are members of the BWA.[13][14]
Beliefs
The Alliance has a Baptist confession of faith.[15]
Organisational structure
The Alliance is divided into six regional or geographical fellowships: North American Baptist Fellowship, Caribbean Baptist Fellowship, Latin American Baptist Union, European Baptist Federation, Asia Pacific Baptist Federation, and All-Africa Baptist Fellowship.[16] Each regional fellowship is served by an Executive Secretary.
List of presidents
Name | Term | Country |
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John Clifford | 1905–1911 | UK |
Robert Stuart MacArthur | 1911–1923 | USA |
Edgar Young Mullins | 1923–1928 | USA |
John MacNeill | 1928–1934 | Canada |
George Washington Truett | 1934–1939 | USA |
James Henry Rushbrooke | 1939–1947 | UK |
Charles Oscar Johnson | 1947–1950 | USA |
Fred Townley Lord | 1950–1955 | UK |
Theodore Floyd Adams | 1955–1960 | USA |
Joao Filson Soren | 1960–1965 | Brasil |
William Tolbert | 1965–1970 | Liberia |
Carney Hargroves | 1970–1975 | USA |
Шаблон:Ill | 1975–1980 | Hong Kong |
Duke Kimbrough McCall | 1980–1985 | USA |
Noel Vose | 1985–1990 | Australia |
Шаблон:Ill | 1990–1995 | Denmark |
Nilson do Amaral Fanini | 1995–2000 | Brasil |
Billy Kim | 2000–2005 | South Korea |
David Coffey | 2005–2010 | UK |
John Upton | 2010–2015 | USA |
Paul Mzisa | 2015–2020 | South Africa |
Tomás Mackey | 2020– | Argentina |
Baptist World Congress
Baptist World Congresses have been held every few years since 1905.[9][17][18][19]
No. | Year | City | Country |
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1. | 1905 | London | Шаблон:Flag |
2. | 1911 | Philadelphia | Шаблон:Flag |
3. | 1923 | Stockholm | Шаблон:Flag |
4. | 1928 | Toronto | Шаблон:Flag |
5. | 1934 | Berlin | Шаблон:Flag |
6. | 1939 | Atlanta | Шаблон:Flag |
7. | 1947 | Copenhagen | Шаблон:Flag |
8. | 1950 | Cleveland | Шаблон:Flag |
9. | 1955 | London | Шаблон:Flag |
10. | 1960 | Rio de Janeiro | Шаблон:Flag |
11. | 1965 | Miami Beach | Шаблон:Flag |
12. | 1970 | Tokyo | Шаблон:Flag |
13. | 1975 | Stockholm | Шаблон:Flag |
14. | 1980 | Toronto | Шаблон:Flag |
15. | 1985 | Los Angeles | Шаблон:Flag |
16. | 1990 | Seoul | Шаблон:Flag |
17. | 1995 | Buenos Aires | Шаблон:Flag |
18. | 2000 | Melbourne | Шаблон:Flag |
19. | 2005 | Birmingham | Шаблон:Flag |
20. | 2010 | Honolulu | Шаблон:Flag |
21. | 2015 | Durban | Шаблон:Flag |
22. | 2021 (Online) | Online | N/A |
23. | 2025 | Brisbane | Шаблон:Flag |
Affiliated organizations
Global Baptist Mission Network
The Global Baptist Mission Network has 23 member mission organizations.[20][21]
BWAid
BWAid supports humanitarian aid projects.[22]
BFAD
BWA Forum for Aid and Development (BFAD) brings together 30 Baptist humanitarian agencies.[22]
Ecumenical relations
The Baptist World Alliance is involved in ecumenical dialogues, including with the Roman Catholic Church and the World Methodist Council.[23] One series of International Conversations between the BWA and the Catholic Church took place from between 1984 and 1988 moderated by the Reverend Dr David T. Shannon, sometime President of Andover Newton Theological School, and the Most Reverend Bede Heather, Bishop of Parramatta.[24] While this dialogue produced the report called Summons to Witness to Christ in Today's World, the second phase did not push through because of opposition from within the Baptist World Alliance itself.[25] Negotiations continued, however, so that a series of consultations transpired from 2000 to 2003. During this period the Baptists and Catholics discussed important doctrines that divide these denominations.[25] These second series of conversations resulted in formal meetings between 2006 and 2010. The current Co-Moderators are Paul Fiddes, Professor of Systematic Theology in the University of Oxford and formerly Principal of Regent's Park College, Oxford, and Arthur J. Serratelli, Bishop of Paterson.[26]
Controversies
In 2004, the Southern Baptist Convention of the United States left the BWA after it had accused then-BWA President Kim of adopting a liberal theology because of his support for the exercise of pastoral ministry of women, its alleged anti-Americanism, and because member denominations including the American Baptist Churches USA allow the autonomy of its churches to perform same sex marriages.[27][28] Alliance Secretary General Denton Lotz replied that the Alliance was not liberal, but evangelical conservative, that the American Baptist Churches USA in its constitution believed only in marriage between a man and a woman and that any accusations of anti-Americanism had resulted from his visits to Fidel Castro in Cuba for the import of Bibles and the expansion of the freedom of belief.[29][30] The SBC also claimed the Alliance refused to discuss abortion stances.[31] In a General Council Resolution, the Alliance lamented the widespread resort to abortion but acknowledges the diversity of views and calls on Baptists to honor each individuals freedom of conscience.[32] In 2005, two state denomination members of the Southern Baptist Convention, the Baptist General Association of Virginia and the Baptist General Convention of Texas, applied for membership in the Alliance and were admitted.[33]
See also
- List of Baptist confessions
- List of Baptist World Alliance National Fellowships
- World Evangelical Alliance
- Believers' Church
References
External links
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- ↑ Erich Geldbach, Baptists Worldwide: Origins, Expansions, Emerging Realities, Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2022, p. 139
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- ↑ Baptist World Alliance, Tomás Mackey Installed as Next BWA President, baptistworld.org, USA, 23 July 2020
- ↑ Baptist World Alliance, Members, baptistworld.org, USA, retrieved May 5, 2023
- ↑ Robert E. Johnson, A Global Introduction to Baptist Churches, Cambridge University Press, UK, 2010, p. 361
- ↑ Paul Finkelman, Cary D. Wintz, Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: From the Age of Segregation to the Twenty-first Century Five-volume Set, Oxford University Press, USA, 2009, p. 193
- ↑ Baptist World Alliance, Beliefs, baptistworld.org, USA, retrieved November 5, 2022
- ↑ Baptist World Alliance, Regional Fellowships, baptistworld.org, USA, retrieved November 5, 2022
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- ↑ Ken Camp and Eric Black, BWA launches Global Baptist Mission Network, baptiststandard.com, USA, July 5, 2023
- ↑ Baptist World Alliance, Global Baptist Mission Network, baptistworld.org, USA, retrieved May 5, 2023
- ↑ 22,0 22,1 Baptist World Alliance, BWAid, Relief & Community Development, baptistworld.org, USA, retrieved May 5, 2023
- ↑ Geoffrey Wainwright, Paul McPartlan, The Oxford Handbook of Ecumenical Studies, Oxford University Press, UK, 2021, p. 175
- ↑ Angelo Maffeis, Ecumenical Dialogue, Liturgical Press, USA, 2005, p. 44-45
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- ↑ Pauline J. Chang, Southern Baptists Break Century-Old Relationship with Baptist World Alliance, christianpost.com, USA, June 15, 2004
- ↑ Don Hinkle, SBC severs ties with BWA as theological concerns remain, baptistpress.com, USA, 15 June 2004
- ↑ Ted Olsen, Southern Baptists No Longer In, Nor Of, World Alliance, christianitytoday.com, USA, 1 June 2004
- ↑ Alan Cooperman, Southern Baptists Vote To Leave World Alliance, washingtonpost.com, USA, 16 June 2004
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- ↑ Robert Dilday, Marv Knox, Part of the family: Virginia is elected new BWA member, baptistnews.com, USA, 7 August 2005
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