Baptist World Contents

a magazine of the Baptist World Alliance 13 BWA in Action

13 BWA Appoints New Chief Administrative Officer to the UN

14 BWA Helps Drought Stricken Ethiopia 15 Baptist World Magazine Wins Award 16 Malawi: Food Security Program

Water for Flint, Michigan

5 BWA Women 5 Beth Echols: Standing on Principles

6 Yukimo Yonemoto: Former Buddhist to Lead Baptist Women in Japan

7 Melody Maxwell: From Generation to Generation

8 Alia Abboud: Standing in the Gap for Refugees

9 Mama G: Mother for Everyone 10 Beth Willetts: Heeding the Call

Earthquake in Ecuador

July-September 2016 Number 63:3

11 Helen Goldie: Loneliness in the Mission House

12 “Mary” from Chibok, Nigeria: A Mother’s Pain

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