CONTENTS
5 BWA News in Brief
Stories of inspiration, challenge, tragedy and praise from our diverse Baptist family around the world.
8 Haiti in Shock after Massive Quake
Baptists suffered badly in the horrific quake, with several pastors perishing. While Baptists in Haiti
mounted relief efforts and Baptists around the world began to send aid, BWAid early responder
Bela Szilagyi described “immense chaos, confusion and the terrible smell of dead bodies.”
14 Haitian Leaders Tell their Stories
Haitian Baptist representatives Eugene Gedeon (Baptist Convention of Haiti) and Edrice Romelus
(Baptist Haiti Mission) attended a recent roundtable meeting at the BWA Center called by Baptist World
Aid to work out details for assistance and rebuilding following the earthquake on January 12 in Haiti.
16 Baptists Devastated by Chile Quake
250 Baptist churches were destroyed, reports Raquel Contreras, and untold thousands suffer as a result of
the recent quake in Chile. Contreras also expresses concern for the spiritual state of the Chilean people in this
time of disaster.
18 BWA Team Visits China
Visiting churches and speaking openly with church leaders, a BWA delegation led by
President David Coffey conducted a “listen and learn” tour in China. They traveled as guests
of the CCC, an umbrella organization for Protestant churches in China. The delegation was
impressed with the level of Christian witness. Though there is not yet full liberty for the church
in China, there is sufficient freedom for a vibrant, spirit-filled church life to exist.
20 Already, Not Yet
Blake Killingsworth reports encouraging and discouraging observations from the recent BWA tour in China. He
found impressive work in the area of Bible distribution, social action, and Christian conversion, but much more
still to be accomplished. The Kingdom of God, he asserts, never remains “trapped indoors” by regulations or
boundaries.
Special Congress Section
22 Congress Continuities
In anticipation of the 20th Baptist World Congress in Hawai‘i, Ken Manley surveys the impact of more than
one hundred years of these international gatherings.
26 Congress Speakers
Gifted pastors & teachers from around the world will lead the Congress sessions.
28 Congress Schedule
29 Book Note
Pedagogy — The Church, Leadership and Theological Education in Africa:
Papers in Honour of Professor Emeritus Osadolor Imasogie Ph.D.
Ibadan Baptist Press (Nig.) Ltd., 2009
30 In Memoriam
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