Praying for Ireland and United Kingdom

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 2026.

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.

Ireland

Irish Baptist Networks is a member of the BWA 1905 Founders' Circle and helped fund the creation of the Heritage & Mission Welcome Center at the BWA Office in Falls Church, Virginia, USA.

Praise:

Join us in thanking God for the vital role that Baptist leaders in Ireland have played in the life of the BWA since its beginning in 1905.

Prayer:

Join us in prayer that Baptists would continue to have a positive witness in a rapidly-changing society.

United Kingdom

4 BWA Member Partners

Baptist Union of Great Britain (BUGB)

1,798 Churches
98,428 Members

Baptist Union of Scotland

154 Churches
8,586 Members

Baptist Union of Wales

247 Churches
5,698 Members

BMS World Mission

More than 40 mission personnel impacting lives in 25 countries

We give thanks for the leadership of BUGB General Secretary Lynn Green (pictured third from the left) who was installed as BWA Vice Chair at the 23rd Baptist World Congress in Brisbane, Australia, in 2025.

Praise:

Baptist Union of Scotland

We are grateful to God that we are seeing an increase in people coming to know Jesus, being baptized, and becoming part of our churches. We are thankful that nine young adults are committed to a new year-long discipleship and development program designed to help them grow in their faith, explore their calling, and gain practical ministry experience in their local context.

BMS World Mission

We give thanks for the Lord’s provision. We are grateful for opportunities to equip people from hard-to-reach places.

Prayer:

Baptist Union of Scotland

Please pray for us as we seek to appoint a new General Director and for interviews taking place on February 11. Pray for wisdom and discernment to call the right person to this role. Pray also for new initiatives in church planting and for courage and confidence for those leading in these areas.

BMS World Mission

Please pray for the Expect26 gathering happening in June 2026, an event held every four years where Partners, BMS staff, Council Members, and Trustees come together to discern God’s will for our direction together in Mission. Pray for BMS as we continue on our transformation journey, particularly in how we engage with organizations and networks globally.

Standing in Prayer with Myanmar

This month marks the five-year anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar. As a global Baptist family, we pause to remember, to pray, and to stand in faithful solidarity with the people of Myanmar. We lift up our Baptist sisters and brothers and all who continue to suffer amid ongoing conflict, displacement, and injustice. United in Christ, we pray for peace, justice, healing, and hope.

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A Prayer for Christian Unity

O God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, our only Saviour, the Prince of Peace,

give us grace seriously to lay to heart the great dangers we are in by our unhappy divisions. Take away all hatred and prejudice, and whatsoever else may hinder us from godly union and concord: that, as there is but one Body, and one Spirit, and one hope of our calling, one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism, one God and Father of us all, so we may henceforth be all of one heart, and of one soul, united in one holy bond of truth and peace, of faith and charity, and may with one mind and one mouth glorify thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

(The Church of Ireland, the Book of Common Prayer 2004)

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