Praying for India and Sri Lanka

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.

India

25 BWA Member Partners

Arunachal Baptist Church Council

1,255 Churches
152,532 Members

Assam Baptist Convention

1,036 Churches
44,559 Members

Association of Telugu Baptist Churches

268 Churches
42,080 Members

Baptist Church of Mizoram

682 Churches
132,695 Members

Baptist Churches Council of Eastern India (BCCEI)

148 Churches
27,112 Members

Baptist Union of North India

54 Churches
15,700 Members

Baptist Union of Tamil Nadu

50 Churches
2,000 Members

Bengal Baptist Union (BBU)

233 Churches
11,150 Members

Convention of Baptist Churches of the Northern Circars

310 Churches
240,000 Members

Evangelical Baptist Convention of India

190 Churches
40,882 Members

Garo Baptist Convention of India

2,652 Churches
377,132 Members

India Association of General Baptist

121 Churches
10,300 Members

India Baptist Convention

80 Churches
8,000 Members

Karbi Anglong Baptist Convention

356 Churches
40,866 Members

Karnataka Baptist Convention

950 Churches
90,500 Members

Lairam Jesus Christ Baptist Church

119 Churches
23,126 Members

Lower Assam Baptist Fellowship

410 Churches
39,978 Members

Maharashtra Baptist Society

435 Churches
14,826 Members

Manipur Baptist Convention

1,548 Churches
232,730 Members

Nagaland Baptist Church Council

1,724 Churches
716,495 Members

North Bank Baptist Christian Association

1,298 Churches
136,227 Members

Orissa Baptist Evangelistic Crusade (OBEC)

34 Churches
3,842 Members

Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches

893 Churches
475,639 Members

Telangana Baptist Convention

540 Churches
74,200 Members

Tripura Baptist Christian Union

1,003 Churches
80,360 Members

BWA General Secretary and CEO Elijah Brown was blessed to serve alongside BWA Trustee Samaresh Nayak and other Baptist leaders in India last month.

General Secretary Brown and Mark Wilson, former President of the Asia Pacific Baptist Federation, traveled to India in November 2022 to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Nagaland Baptist Church Council.

Women in India unite in a circle of intercession for the Baptist Women's World Day of Prayer.

BWA General Secretary Elijah Brown and Asia Pacific Baptist Federation General Secretary Vee Tetseo served alongside sisters and brothers in India during a multisite visit earlier in 2024.

Praise:

We give thanks for the leaders – including pastors, associational, and convention leaders – of all 25 member partners in India. We give praise for their outreach among men, women, and youth and for the ways the family of God is growing. We thank God for their missional hearts. We also praise the Lord for continual protection and care even during challenging times.

Prayer:

We join together in praying for the unreached. We pray that God would open doors for the Gospel and that Christ's light would reach every community. Pray for the raising up of younger missional leaders who will carry forward God’s mission with faith, courage, and passion. Pray that all member associations, churches, and communities may faithfully carry out God’s mission in their respective contexts. Please pray for access to theological education and for a fresh spiritual revival in all churches.

Sri Lanka

1 BWA Member Partner

Sri Lanka Baptist Sangamaya (SLBS)

28 Churches
4,195 Members

Women in Sri Lanka gathered to observe Baptist Women's World Day of Prayer.

Praise:

We thank God for the ministry of SLBS as they seek to share Gospel witness in their communities.

Prayer:

We continue to pray for peace and financial stability as the country recovers from the many challenges resulting from the recent economic crisis.

Please also join us in prayer for the people of Pakistan and for the growth of Baptist witness there.

Praising God for Virginia Baptists

BWA Chair Karl Johnson and members of the BWA Team were blessed to serve at the Baptist General Association of Virginia Annual Meeting in Abingdon, Virginia, last week. We are grateful for the long history of partnership with Virginia Baptists and for all the ways God is at work through their cooperative of more than 1,300 churches. Thank you also for standing with our sisters and brothers in Jamaica as they begin the process of rebuilding in the wake of Hurricane Melissa – your generosity is making an eternal impact!

Stand with the Caribbean

This Sunday, November 23 – or during any upcoming worship service that suits your church – we invite you to join Baptists around the world in prayer and in solidarity with those affected by Hurricane Melissa. As the BWA mobilizes aid across the Caribbean, your partnership through prayer, giving, and advocacy can bring real hope to families who are hurting. We encourage you to consider taking a special offering to shine Christ’s light during these dark days and to download our prayer guide to lift up the needs of those who are suffering.

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A Prayer from Pakistan

O Creator and Mighty God,

you have promised

strength for the weak,

rest for the labourers,

light for the way,

grace for the trials,

help from above,

unfailing sympathy,

undying love.

O Creator and Mighty God,

help us to continue in your promise.

(Pakistan: With All God’s People, comp. John Carden, WCC, 1989, p.327)

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