Baptist WORLD
October/December 2013 Volume 60, Number 4
CONTENTS
5 Youth Conference
5 Speakers at World Conference Issue Challenges to Youth
8 Annual Gathering 8 Important Decisions Made at Annual Gathering
6 Seminars and Small Group Sessions 7 Stories of Ministry&Challenge
9 Guiding Document on Intra-Baptist Relations Ratifi ed
10 Groups Tour Jamaican Historical Sites and Projects
10 Jamaica New Testament Enthusiastically Received by International Baptists
11 Jamaican Baptists Welcome International Delegation
12 Baptist Men Confab in Jamaica
12 Five Leading Baptist Figures Honored and Memorialized
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15 Theological Educators Confront Change 16 The Holy Spirit and Social Justice
17 Baptist Contributions to the Understanding of the Holy Spirit
18 The Holy Spirit and Corporate Worship
19 Pentecostal Controversies among Nigerian Baptists Resolved
21 Baptist Women 22 Dialogues 20 The Prosperity Gospel Problem
21 BWA Women’s Department Meets in Jamaica
22 Gathering Discusses Baptist-Catholic Dialogue Report
22 BWA to Dialogue with Methodists 24 Colombia
23 Why Theological Dialogues Are Challenging
24 BWA Makes Human Rights Visit to Colombia
26 Karen Refugees 26 Karen Refugees Fear Forced Repatriation
25 Background on Confl ict in Colombia
27 Interview with Saw Simon, Mae La Refugee Camp, Mae Sot, Thailand
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 Rothangliani Chhangte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BWAid Meg Pearson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finance/Administration Kathe Traynham . . . . . . . . . . . Promotion and Development Fausto Vasconcelos . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Evangelism/Research
BWA REGIONAL SECRETARIES
Durosinjesu Ayanrinola . . . . . All Africa Baptist Fellowship Tony Peck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . European Baptist Federation Everton Jackson . . . . . . . . . . Caribbean Baptist Fellowship Parrish Jacome . . . . . . Union of Baptists in Latin America P. Bonny Resu . . . . . . . . . . Asia Pacific Baptist Federation George Bullard . . . . . . . North American Baptist Fellowship
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