International stories in 2016

The moment when a group of aspiring Christian leaders get baptised in the River Marañón, in Peru’s Amazon rainforest

How did personal tragedy lead one woman to faith and mission?

More than half a million refugees have entered Croatia, and Baptists have been part of the response, writes Elvis Džafic

Nepal: the fuel crisis continues

Nepalis are struggling through winter as border blocks continue to limit their access to fuel, gas and essential medicines

BWA announces major evangelism award

Made possible by Kowloon International Baptist Church, the award highlights the work of evangelism among Baptists around the world

Lebanon: finding God in prison

Farid Lahoud, a man who has given his life to prison ministry, has seen God show up in this dark place time and time again

Calais church, mosque destruction denounced

Christians for Calais strongly denounces the sudden destruction of a mosque and church in the Calais ‘Jungle’ refugee camp

Stitching together a future in Peru

BMS World Mission workers had a dream to teach the women in their neighbourhood how to sew. But could they sew themselves?

Hope in Nepal: opened ears... and borders

Catastrophic earthquakes and months of a border blockade... yet God has shown he hasn’t forgotten this country

Training church leaders all over the world

The final project of a retiring BMS World Mission worker has helped to train thousands of church leaders in more than 25 countries

Syria: 'Keep praying for a miracle'

Tearfund has launched a week-long campaign called ‘five reasons for hope’ as the Syria conflict reaches its five year anniversary

'Keep on working for peace'

As the Syria conflict enters its sixth year, Christian Aid implores the international community to keep on working for peace

Training churches to stand up for women

Two BMS World Mission workers are running a project to train churches in West Bengal to speak out about violence against women

Ebola: the role of faith leaders

Faith leaders played a key role in tackling the Ebola crisis, as this new film from Christian Aid shows

Lahore bombing: freedom of religion call

Religious Liberty Commission calls on the British government to act immediately to enshrine freedom of religion or belief in all UK foreign policy

Giving 50,000 people access to education

Giving the hope of a better life to the poorest children and their families through education is a goal of the new BMS World Mission strategy

New UN appointment for BWA

The Baptist World Alliance has appointed Darrell Armstrong, a Baptist pastor in New Jersey, as its chief administrative officer at the UN

'100,000 people out of poverty for good'

Working with communities to drastically improve their quality of life is one of the goals of the new BMS World Mission strategy

BMS' goal when disaster strikes…

Effectively meeting the needs of those worst affected by disasters through our relief work is one of the goals of the new BMS strategy

BWA sends relief to Ecuador

The Baptist World Alliance is sending an initial sum of US$15,000 for emergency relief to Ecuador after the massive earthquake

Justice in Uganda and Mozambique

Andrew Caplen, lawyer, solicitor and former President of the Law Society of England and Wales, is visiting some of BMS' legal projects

Praying for Ecuador after earthquake

BMS World Mission is standing with Ecuador in prayer after the weekend’s tragic earthquake - and offers the following prayer points

Teenagers building peace in Lebanon

A BMS worker in Beirut is helping young people with different faiths talk about their beliefs, build friendships and love one another

Nepal earthquakes: one year on

It is a year since the first 2015 earthquake hit Nepal. What is life like in the country now and what difference has your generous giving made?

Knowing their rights and standing up for them

Seeking justice for the voiceless is a key component of the new BMS World Mission strategy to transform one million lives by 2020

Tunisia: life after Sousse

BMS World Mission is helping to develop health services for the dying and disabled in post Arab Spring, post terror attacks Tunisia

My Father’s House – thank you!

If you gave to the 2015 BMS World Mission harvest appeal, Megan Barker and the patients of Surkhet Clinic in Nepal would like to thank you

Church leaders visit Greek refugee hotspots

Delegation to raise awareness that majority of refugees are women and children

Joseph and the Nepal earthquakes

One Bible story made all the difference for BMS worker Helen Douglas and the children she was teaching when the earthquakes hit

'Growing spiritual hunger' across MENA

The viewer responses to SAT-7’s Christian broadcasts across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have risen threefold in just five years

BMS responds to Sri Lanka disaster

A thousand families severely affected by the heaviest rains in Sri Lanka for 25 years are to receive much-needed help

Helping Ebola orphans in Sierra Leone

The recent Ebola epidemic killed over 11,000 people. BMS World Mission is helping some of the thousands of children who were left orphaned

BWA annual gathering in Vancouver

The Annual Gathering brings together an international group of Baptist leaders, theologians, teachers, pastors and other representatives

The river pastors training centre

BMS World Mission summer appeal: Will you invest in the future of the Church in Peru’s Amazon?

Baptist World Alliance Annual Gathering

Religious liberty, Baptist-Catholic dialogue and Baptist responses to the growing refugee crisis were among the topics discussed

Sitting with Syria’s struggling families

Life is unspeakably hard for Syrian families sheltering in Lebanon. BMS worker Philip Halliday recently met some of them

Ethiopia: giving people a fighting chance

If you’re potentially heading for a disaster, it is good to work with others on a plan to respond. BMS is helping drought prone communities

Mental health in Afghanistan

An estimated 50 per cent of Afghans over the age of 15 suffer from a mental health disorder. A BMS World Mission doctor is trying to help

Counselling and conversion in Uganda

More than 20 people came to faith in Christ as a result of BMS providing psychological counselling to its partners and their clients

AIDS: the risk of complacency

International AIDS Conference highlights risks in the face of a resurgent HIV

Fighting gender discrimination in Nepal

Nepal has a hidden issue: girls are not being educated. Find out how BMS World Mission has made education possible for 75 Nepali girls

Distributing water and sweets in Ramadan

The youth group at the Nazareth Local Baptist Church decided to show the love of Christ in a creative way to those who were fasting

Uganda: will you buy a toilet?

Creative promotion of toilets and health in Uganda: BMS World Mission worker Tim Darby is on it

Demons cast out and Christians born in India

Almost 3,500 people in India have given their lives to Christ after watching the Jesus film in their villages in West Bengal and Punjab

BMS helps man to get chicks

Thanks to your support for the Loans for Life appeal, a new chicken business is taking off in Mozambique and helping a family out of poverty

A speech therapy miracle in Uganda

How BMS World Mission worker Lois Ovenden used her language skills to help a young boy with Down’s syndrome learn to communicate

Reaching the forgotten generation

Teenagers have been largely overlooked by evangelical Baptist churches in Paraguay - until a BMS-supported partner worker came along

The Red Hot Chilli Pupils

A spicy BMS World Mission project is helping teenagers still living with the effects of Joseph Kony’s violence

The Syrian refugee crisis: how you can help

This harvest, will you and your church stand with Syria’s forgotten families?

Pioneering planters: pray, know and go

How do you go about planting a church in a rural village in Thailand with no Christian presence?

'Incredible story about ruin and redemption'

A new film documenting the untold story of Christian missionaries saving lives amid tribal genocide in Nigeria 50 years ago is released

Being naughty for a reason

BMS World Mission is supporting an initiative to help children with learning difficulties in Lebanon

Helping Peru families prepare for disaster

El Nino caused widespread destruction in 2015. BMS World Mission is helping families affected

Standing against corruption

Strengthening individuals ‘to stand against corruption’ is the role of the African Biblical Leadership Initiative forum, says Lord Boateng

BMS tries to stop GBV in South Sudan

BMS World Mission has raised the plight of women experiencing atrocious gender based violence with the UK Government

Investing in young Baptist leaders

A new programme to invest in young Baptist leaders leaders will launch next March

What is the European Baptist Federation?

God is calling us in four main areas, said General Secretary Tony Peck as he reflected on the EBF's identity when presenting his annual report

Challenges, blessings: the refugee crisis

Baptists in Europe and the Middle East are seeing an 'incredible spiritual harvest' – alongside a sense of anger, and of being overwhelmed

'They are the most dedicated people'

Around 10,000 people have become members of 200 new Baptist church plants in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East since 2002

'Pray for an end to conflicts in the region'

The three resolutions agreed by the Council of the European Baptist Federation (EBF) were directly or indirectly related to conflicts in the region

EBF Council 2016 - a summary

A round-up of the 2016 European Baptist Federation Council, which took place in Tallinn, Estonia

Responding to Hurricane Matthew

Baptists and other development agencies have been responding to the most powerful storm to hit the Caribbean for a decade

Chad: Saving Amina’s life

A young girl in Chad was suffering from a mystery illness: how a BMS-supported hospital solved the mystery and saved her life

BMS responds to Hurricane Matthew

BMS World Mission has just authorised a grant for £22,150 to help provide cholera treatment in the hard-hit south of Haiti

BMS Nepal earthquakes response

Thanks to generous giving, BMS World Mission is enabling the construction of new schools in rural Nepali communities

Life-transforming learning in Mozambique

More than 10,000 children have benefitted from a preschool programme supported by BMS World Mission

Reaching more of Peru’s river pastors

Generous gifts to the BMS River pastors training centre appeal have enabled workers to meet with isolated Christians in the Amazon

Educating the world’s most inspiring children

Syrian and Iraqi refugee children don’t want to give up on their futures. BMS World Mission is helping them to access a good education

Meet Malee: the little miracle

How a young girl with severe medical conditions had her life transformed through the help of BMS World Mission work in Thailand

The horror of the migrant crisis

The BMS World Mission Italy Action Team sees the reality of life for refugees fleeing war and persecution up close

Neville Callam to retire in 2017

Neville Callam – the first Black general secretary of the Baptist World Alliance – will retire at the end of next year

Top class: teacher training in Nepal

Education is one of the most powerful tools for changing the world. Across Nepal, BMS is helping to transform lives by training teachers

India: domestic violence denounced from pulpit

Pastors in Kolkata stood up against gender based violence as part of an initiative supported by BMS World Mission

Mozambique: fighting gender based violence

BMS World Mission is supporting work to stop gender based violence from happening in schools

NGOs in Aleppo air bridge plea

Leading NGOs call for the Prime Minister to show “bold leadership” on Syria and push for air bridges of aid

Bringing Christmas to Chad

They’re not getting any snow, but this December BMS World Mission supporters can help patients at Guinebor II Hospital get something better

Helping the Ukraine displaced this winter

BMS World Mission is supporting a project to ensure urgent winter needs are met for people impacted by the conflict in Ukraine

Heartfelt plea from Aleppo NGOs

NGOs operating in the besieged city of Aleppo have released a ‘message to the world’ about the unfolding massacre taking place

100 families drink clean water

A community and school in Uganda’s Rwenzori Mountains have access to safe water thanks to UK churches and BMS World Mission

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