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A BWA funded agricultural

project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

BWA MEETING

Through the

Baptist Fund for World Evangelization and Discipleship (BFWED), the Baptist World

Alliance

supports various church planting, disciple- ship and evangelism projects. In Vietnam, the program assisted in a church planting

and indigenous

evangelistic outreach effort of the Baptist Churches of Vietnam. BFWED grants helped to plant the Krang Chen Baptist Church in Cambodia. The Community of Baptist Churches in the Democratic Republic of the Congo received support to plant 10 new churches. BWA supported Radical

Latino, a

ministry of the Union of Baptists in Latin America, by aiding in the planting of four churches in Ecuador and one in both Colombia and Peru. Additional support was given to existing but small and weak churches – three in Chile, two in Colombia and one each in Bolivia and Venezuela. In Brazil, through a program called Transcopa, support was extended to

the Brazilian Baptist Convention in

its evangelism outreach during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Approximately 3,000 volunteers from various Latin American countries participated. In Togo, assistance was given for the publication of La Lumière pour le Sentier (The Light for Path), to help meet the need for Christian education and discipleship materials

among African francophone Baptists. The BWA shipped 50 copies of

the book, Biblical Model for Evangelism- 1st Century Strategies for the 21st Church, to the Andhra Pradesh Christian College in India, for a training seminar on evangelism for the college’s students. The BWA met various needs through

emergency relief and development projects and programs, spending and dispensing approximately US$5 million from July 2010 to the end of 2014.

DISASTER AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE

Many disasters occurred during the five year quinquennial period. These included the destructive January 2010 earthquake in Haiti and the massive February 2010 earthquake and tsunami in Chile, which the

floods and subsequently aided by the BWA were Argentina, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Croatia,

India,

Nigeria and Serbia. Floods and

Malawi, wind

from

Mozambique, typhoons,

cyclones and hurricanes in the Caribbean, Mexico, United States, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and the Philippines, caused loss of life, injuries and severe damage and destruction to property. Among the most noted weather systems were Hurricane Irene in 2011 and Hurricanes Ernesto, Isaac, and Sandy in 2012, which affected North America and the Caribbean. In 2013 Cyclone Phailin affected parts of India, while Typhoon Haiyan devastated sections of the Philippines.

During the Last 5 Years the BWA Has Met a Diversity of Worldwide Need

l Education for girls & women l Agriculture l Ebola in Africa, cholera in Haiti l In Asia & Latin America – church planting and indigenous evangelism l In Togo – Christian education and discipleship materials l Assistance after earthquake, tsunami, flooding, lanslide, drought, typhoon, cyclone, hurricane & tornado throughout the world l Emergency relief for wars and conflicts

BWA continued to provide assistance for during the 2010-2015 quinquennium; and the monumental March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Instances of flooding occurred to which

the BWA responded, such as the January 2011 flooding and landslide in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and in December 2013 in the Eastern Caribbean. Others affected by

The Midwest, West and other regions of the United States, were heavily affected by various tornado outbreaks and wildfires. Serious droughts affected western areas of the US, West Africa and East Africa. Earthquakes occurred in New Zealand, Turkey and the Philippines. Wars and conflicts also led to emergency

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