24 Baptist School & Orphanage Open in Haiti

A long time dream upheld by years of prayer has come true with the opening of a new school and orphanage complex in Haiti. This cooperative project, brought about through years of planning, was made urgent by the earthquake which destroyed most of the schools near Port-au-Prince.

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22 New BWAid Director Chosen

After an international search, Rothangliani Chhangte has been appointed the next director of Baptist World Aid, to begin her term in August 2012.

23 Human Rights Award Recipient Announced

Edgar Palacios has been named the 2012 recipient of the Baptist World Alliance Denton and Janice Lotz Human Rights Award. It will be presented during the BWA Annual Gathering in Santiago, Chile, in July.

This year’s Window on the World Banquet included an address by United States Ambassador at Large for Religious Freedom, Suzan Johnson Cook. She spoke about the troubling rise in religious intolerance which fuels many conflicts in the world today.

27 In Memoriam 30 Book Notes

BWA OFFICERS

John Upton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President Neville Callam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .General Secretary

BWA EXECUTIVE STAFF

Raimundo Barreto . . . . . . . . . . . . . Freedom and Justice Patsy Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Women Emmett Dunn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Youth and Congress Eron Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communications Julie Justus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member Services Paul Montacute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BWAid Meg Pearson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finance/Administration Kathe Traynham . . . . . . . . . . . Promotion and Development Fausto Vasconcelos . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Evangelism/Research

BWA REGIONAL SECRETARIES All Africa Baptist Fellowship

Tony Peck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . European Baptist Federation Everton Jackson . . . . . . . . . . Caribbean Baptist Fellowship Alberto Prokopchuk . . . . Union of Baptists in Latin America P. Bonny Resu . . . . . . . . . . Asia Pacific Baptist Federation George Bullard . . . . . . . North American Baptist Fellowship

Daniel Carro reviews An Evangelical Saga: Baptists and Their Precursors in Latin America, by Justice Anderson, Xulon Press, 2005. Also highlighted are other books of interest to Baptists.

COVER PHOTO BWA Executive and auxiliary committee members at worship during meetings from March 4-7 in Falls Church, Virginia in the US

Unless otherwise noted, photos in the issue are by BWA staff.

Window on the World Banquet: Religious Intolerance at a High Level, says Ambassador

APRIL/JUNE 2012

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