May 25, 2025 | Praying for Namibia and South Africa

Thank you for joining us this week as we at the Baptist World Alliance pray for our global Baptist family and for God's work around the world. If you pray along with us weekly, you will pray for every country in the world in 2025.

Praises and prayer requests listed for each country are provided by local BWA member partners when possible. Statistics provided are reflective of latest data received.

Namibia

1 BWA Member Partner

National Baptist Convention of Namibia

87 Churches
16,024 Members

Pictured is the Kaisosi Baptist Church Youth Choir.

Praise:

Join us in thanking God for the beauty of this nation, its people, and the religious freedom they now enjoy. We also give thanks for the leadership of Jonas Kakenge Mbwenga, President of All Africa Baptist Youth Fellowship.

Prayer:

Join us in prayer for...

1. Unity in the Convention

2. Missionary work and church planting

3. Economic challenges in the Convention

4. An end to domestic violence impacting women and children across the country.

South Africa

4 BWA Member Partners

Baptist Association of South Africa

25 Churches
2,000 Members

Baptist Convention of South Africa

162 Churches
23,485 Members

Baptist Mission of South Africa

21 Churches
2000 Members

Baptist Union of Southern Africa

539 Churches
32,738 Members

BWA Director of Integral Mission Everton Jackson served with the leaders of the Baptist Union of Southern Africa in March and spoke to over one hundred delegates from Africa at a mission consultation held at the Maranatha Baptist Retreat and Conference Center.

Praise:

Join us in thanking God for the many local churches who held Easter Conventions from Good Friday until Resurrection Sunday. This resulted in a great number of first-time commitments, rededications, and baptisms.

Prayer:

Poverty and unemployment are significant challenges. Pray for economic growth and increase in job opportunities. Join us also in prayer for the Baptist Theological College of Southern Africa, Cape Town Baptist Seminary, and Johannesburg Theological College as they train men and women for Christian ministry. Pray for the students and their families and for their financial needs.

Praying for the Baptist World Congress

Join us in prayer for those who will be participating virtually in the Congress. Pray for opportunities to connect with others through the virtual platform and for all technology to run smoothly.

Atlantic Baptist Women InterMission Conference

BWA Women Executive Director Merritt Johnston was blessed to serve at the ABW InterMission Conference this weekend at Crandall University in Moncton, Canada. Join us in giving thanks for the faithful commitment of these women who seek to further God's global mission through partnering, serving, learning, and growing. Join us in prayer for Tera-Mae Schut (pictured in the center) who has been selected as the new ABW Executive Director and for new ABW President Katie Jamer Jewett (pictured on the right). We also pray for the women pictured in the second photo who graduated with theology degrees and were gifted with beautiful quilts in recognition of their academic achievement.

Evangelism Emphasis Month

Compelled by the Great Commission, the BWA leads with a passionate commitment to Gospel witness in every place and among all people, conscious that it is the vocation of the church to share the good news of Christ. With that vision in mind, we invite all Baptists to unite in our global evangelism emphasis throughout the month of May. Visit BaptistWorld.org/evangelism-month for resources to help you and your church share holistic witness in your communities and contexts.

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A Prayer from South Africa

God,

How wonderful it is, how pleasant,

to be healed of the corrosive disease of racism and separation;

and to live as your people together in harmony.

Your Spirit will then fill the hearts and the minds of all people.

Nobody will be judged any more on the basis of race or colour;

but all will be ruled with justice and integrity.

The war will end and the people together will rebuild the country.

There will be no reference to the colour of the skin,

for all will be regarded as the people of God,

the people created in your image.

And this will be the beginning of what you have promised –

the life that never ends.

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