Thank you for joining us this week as we at the Baptist World Alliance pray for our worldwide Baptist family and for God's work around the globe. If you pray along with us weekly, you will pray for every country in the world each year!

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South Sudan

2 BWA Member Bodies
Baptist Convention of South Sudan
  • 251 Churches
  • 22,580 Members
Faith Evangelical Baptist Church - South Sudan
  • 201 Churches
  • 11,800 Members

Pictured are members of the leadership of the Baptist Convention of South Sudan as they met for planning earlier this year.
Praise:
Join us in thanking God for the fruitful church planting efforts of Baptists in South Sudan, which have resulted in significant spiritual growth even in the midst of societal unrest.

We also give thanks for the Baptist leaders in South Sudan who continue to lead and serve faithfully in challenging circumstances.
Prayer:
Join us in praying with Pastor Edward Dima, President of the Baptist Convention of South Sudan, who shared a significant prayer need this week. Tribal fighting between the Murle, Dinka, and Nuer is ongoing now in the Jonglei state area of Pibor. Thousands are now on the run to the bush in Pibor, where no food or medicine is available due to the evacuation of non-profit organizations to safer areas. Please pray now for peace within the area and for provision for those forced to flee. We also join Saphano Riak Chol, General Secretary of Faith Evangelical Baptist Church - South Sudan, in prayer for residents in the Bor area who recently had to abandon their homes due to flooding.

Sudan

1 BWA Member Body
Sudan Interior Church
  • 300 Churches
  • 35,000 Members

Sudanese women are pictured tending a garden that was created as part of a peacebuilding project in 2006.
Praise:
The BWA cautiously welcomes the recent creation of the National Commission for Religious Freedom and steps that have been taken to increase religious freedom in Sudan. 
Prayer:
Join us in prayer for lives to be positively impacted by the BWAid emergency grant sent in response to COVID-19. The grant will help provide food for displaced families.

Uganda
2 BWA Member Bodies
Baptist Union of Uganda
  • 1,800 Churches
  • 550,000 Members
Uganda Baptist Convention
  • 502 Churches
  • 36,008 Members

Pictured is BWA Vice President Michael Okwakol overseeing a food distribution project supported by a partnership between BWAid and African Church Empowerment Ministries.
Praise:
Join us in giving thanks for the leadership of BWA Vice President Michael Okwakol and for positive impact from the two BWAid grants sent to Uganda in response to COVID-19.
Prayer:
Join us in praying for peace in the midst of ongoing tensions and difficulties in northern Uganda.
Join General Secretary Elijah Brown in prayer this week for Baptist hospitals, clinics, chaplains, and healthcare workers who are serving on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis. Pray for ongoing provision, strength, and encouragement. Pray for the mental health of those who are responding to death, offering care, and risking their personal safety in order to live out the Gospel. 
A Prayer for Peace

Bless, O Lord, those who hear your word and believe it.
We pray for the people who are in remote areas,
and live in fear of the world of spirits,
that they will know your power as Saviour of the world.
Bring peace to our land
and all parts of the world that are disturbed,
so that the gospel of salvation may be preached to all humankind.
In Jesus’ name we pray.

( © PEW #123)