Baptist WORLD

January/March 2013 Volume 60, Number 1 India 5 BWA News Highlights

6 Bible Translation 6 The New Testament in Jamaican Creole

7 European Baptists Plan Bible Translation Seminar

8 Vatican: A New Evangelization

10 Conflicts Around the World 9 The BWA and the Review of Pakistan

9 Pakistan under the Microscope

12 Baptists Help Syrians Displaced by Civil War 13 Syrians Face Dire Future 16 Baptists in Gaza: A Wedding & A Funeral

Pakistan Lebanon

17 Lebanese Baptists Call for Prayer, Express Anger at Bomb Attack

18 India: Thousands of Indigenous Assamese Displaced after Violence

19 Democratic Republlic of the Congo: Four Thousand Baptist Families Displaced in Goma

20 Baptist Pastors Killed in Nigerian Bomb Attacks

Baptist World Editor: Eron Henry, E-mail: ehenry@bwanet.org Copy Editor: Lauren Weaver

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COVER PHOTO

Baptists joining a rally for peace in Lahore, Pakistan, in September 2012

photos courtesy of Save & Serve For Christ Ministries Pakistan

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

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