Baptist WORLD


April/June 2013 Volume 60, Number 2 USA


CONTENTS 5 BWA News Highlights


8 Worship 8 The Importance of a Fixed Liturgy


9 Beyond Preferences: Worship as Practicing the Presence of God


10 Prayer in Baptist Wor ship 11 God Is Not Behaving 12 Nigerian Baptists at Worship


Jordan


Callam Appointed Trustee of Mercer University


Baptist World Alliance® General Secretary Neville Callam has been appointed as a trustee of Mercer University in the state of Georgia in the United States. Callam joins the 45-member Board of Trustees that has responsibility for overall policymaking for the university. Mercer was founded in 1833 and is one of the largest Baptist-affi liated tertiary educational institutions in the world. Mercer describes itself as “a faith-based institution of higher learning that seeks to achieve excellence and scholarly discipline in the fi elds of liberal learning and professional knowledge. The institution is guided by the historic principles of religious and intellectual freedom, while affi rming religious and moral values that arise from the Judeo-Christian understanding of the world.” The board is responsible for establishing institutional goals and for securing resources to support the university’s programs.


Cover Photo


The altar in the chapel at the International Baptist Theological Seminary in Prague, Czech Republic


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


2 BAPTIST WORLD MAGAZINE


13 BWA Executive Committee 13 News from the Executive Committee


15 Profi les in Courageous Christian Witness


16 Renowned Christian Ethicist to Receive International Baptist Human Rights Award


17 BWA and the Regions 18 Regional Reports 19 Spontaneous Church Planting in Ghana


21 Youth Conference 21 Preparations advanced for Baptist Youth Conference in Singapore


21 A Mission Focused Youth Conference


Baptist World Editor: Eron Henry, Email: communications@bwanet.org Editorial Assistant: Ashley Coates


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