Baptist World Contents

a magazine of the Baptist World Alliance

5 The Worshipping Community 5 Children in the Worship Service

7 The Lost Art of Hymn Singing

8 Innovative Ministries 8 Contextualizing the Gospel and Transforming the World

8 Church Planting in Northeastern Ghana

11 Church Planting in Eastern Europe 12 Virginia Church Invests Heavily in education

13 BWA in Action 13 Baptists and Methodists Hold Third Dialogue Session in Germany

14 BWA Produces Global Human Rights Directory

14 Disaster Response and Development Assistance

15 BWA Assists Drought Stricken Uganda

16 General Secretary 16 Guarding Against Secularizing Baptist Work and Mission

Refugees in Croatia

April-June 2016 Number 63:2

17 What Baptists Believe About Baptism 18 The Quest for Consensus around Baptism

20 Happenings Around the World: REFUGEE RELIEF

20 Getting Refugees through the Winter in Lebanon

21 Refugees in Jordan Get Assistance

Baptist World Editor: Eron Henry, Email: communications@bwanet.org Editorial Assistant: Shannon Cowett

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BWA OFFICERS

Ngwedla Paul Msiza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President

Neville Callam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .General Secretary

BWA EXECUTIVE STAFF

Emmett Dunn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Youth and Congress

Eron Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communications

Julie Justus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member Services

Monica Teal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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