21st Baptist World Congress

Anticipating South Africa The 21st

Baptist World Congress begins on the evening of Wednesday, July 22, 2015, and officially concludes at noon on Sunday, July 26, with Bible study and worship. The theme is Jesus Christ, the Door. The program includes inspirational evening plenary sessions. These will be times of celebrating God’s love when thousands of participants sing songs from various countries and cultures. Worship will be enriched by musical offerings presented by singers drawn from the worldwide Baptist family. There will be moving testimonies and inspired preaching. Morning Bible studies will enable persons to participate in a language of their choice. The Bible studies will be enriched by the diversity and many perspectives that will be represented at the congress.

Afternoon seminars, workshops and fringe festivals will include streams focused on worship and Christian fellowship, mission and evangelism, freedom and justice and aid and development.

There will be a pastors’ stream, a children’s program for those under 11 years old and a youth track. The Congress Arts Program comprises dynamic concerts featuring rich, varied musical talent from around the world, creative drama, art exhibition and visual displays. A dedicated Prayer Room offers comfortable space for silence and reflection in the midst of the bustling congress program.