2014 Highlights Baptist World Alliance

405 N. Washington Street Falls Church, VA 22046 more than $586,582 366 distributed for THOUSAND DOLLARS to development grants RELIEF in more than 20 countries from disasters

EXECUTIVE How to Give more than The Baptist World Alliance needs your support. Please pray with us BWA COMMITTEE every Wednesday through the year, as the staff prays in turn for the (as of date of printing) 92 THOUSAND member organizations and Christians in each country. Subscribe to our NEW LOOKS Neville Callam newsfeeds, magazine, monthly newsletter, blogs, and use our “apps” DOLLARS IN apps, website & blogs General Secretary http://get.theapp.co/9ccd/ to stay in touch with news about Baptist work around the world (email: [email protected] ). bequests from estates John Upton President On our website, you can give financial support for our general work or for specific ministries at www.bwanet.org/give. In addition, you can give through Daniel Carro Solomon Ishola our mobile app, or on Twitter, through tinyGive, a microphilanthropy platform Carolyn Fossen William Thompson that makes giving simple, and social. Just tweet a dollar ($) amount and David Coffey Jan Saethre @TheBWA #tinyGive. Regina Claas Jeremy Bell Ross Clifford Raúl Scialabba The Baptist World Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. For planned Annual Nabil Costa Jonathan P. Edwards giving, we recognize donors with membership in our 400 Legacy Society. There is William S. Epps K. Randel Everett also a website with information about various planned gifts and their tax benefits 231 GATHERING Harry Gardner Melvin Harris member organizations Victor S. Gonzalez Grillo Gary Nelson for USA income tax payers at www.bwagift.org. John Kok David Kerrigan An annual financial report and independent audit are available on our website: in Izmir, Turkey Olu Q. Menjay A. Roy Medley Paul Msiza John Beasy http://bwanet.org/financials. Thanks be to God for inspiring faithful to Joel Sierra Cavazos David Hardage give generously to our ministries! Burchell K. Taylor Karl Johnson Raquel Contreras Judith Wanki Amanda Haines evangelism training in BWA Mission & Vision international days of prayer Our Mission: Networking the Baptist family to impact the world for Christ. 2015 EUROPE (Women, Men, Youth, BWA Day) 4 Our Vision: The Baptist World Alliance is a global movement of Baptists sharing a common Annual Report confession of faith in Christ bonded together by God’s love to support, 405 N. Washington Street encourage and strengthen one another while proclaiming and living the Gospel BWA Designated Gift Policy: If a disaster appeal or a project is overfunded, our policy is to apply the unused portion to a similiar need. Falls Church, VA 22046 of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit before a lost and hurting world. F.Y. 2014 The Baptist World Alliance® in Ministry Summarized Statements of Position (The 2014 audit is available upon request)

he work of the Baptist World Ending Alliance involves a wide cross ASSETS 2014 2013 the Quinquennium T Support & Revenue section of Baptists who have agreed to This year, we present the annual report on the work of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) in a brand new format. come together for unity, fellowship, and $2,938,615 CURRENT ASSETS We changed the design in hopes of making the financial information on BWA’s ministry more accessible to BWA’s ministry. many donors. Cash and cash equivalents $934,006 $1,278,094 Contributions from churches, The main focus areas of the BWA continue to be promoting worship, fellowship and unity; nurturing the passion The diversity that marks our oneness individuals, and others: $1,648,971 Receivables 43,846 159,484 for mission and evangelism; responding to human need through relief and sustainable community development; as Baptists ensures that each type of Contributions from Due from departments 59,108 53,577 defending human rights and justice; and promoting relevant theological reflection. gathering of the Baptist family, which we member organizations: $568,529 hold annually and quinquennially, will Other income: $293,990 Other current assets 114,187 53,762 Among the changes that took place during the year 2014 are the following: be veritable spiritual feasts. The tableau Total current assets 1,150,147 1,544,917 We re-launched BWA Day, which we now celebrate annually on the second Sunday of February of experiences provides a convincing Rental income: $222,157 and the Saturday immediately preceding it. We are encouraged by the importance many Baptist picture of the fullness of divine power Meeting income: $209,794 churches assign to their participation in the global Baptist movement. We note the attention they of God’s grace and can be regarded as give to BWA Day as a time to celebrate God’s gift to us of this wider family in which we belong. We PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT - net 2,635,788 2,538,047 In-kind contributions: $5,174 are no longer isolated congregations; we belong to a global fellowship. presenting a foretaste of the conditions for which we wait in anticipation of INVESTMENTS We made changes to the way we deliver our Freedom and Justice ministry. By developing a new Christ’s return. Endowment fund investments 1,316,627 1,316,352 partnership, we continue the outreach to and through the United Nations. Meanwhile, we continue Other investments 1,792,543 1,744,410 to encourage churches to regard matters of freedom and justice as proper concerns of those who At these meetings, the BWA is both “seek first the kingdom of God.” a comprehensive world movement Expenses Total investments 3,109,170 3,060,762 We took a decision to combine the Baptist World Congress and the Baptist Youth World Conference and a complex global institution with to create a single event celebrated once during each five year period, beginning 2015-2020. many dimensions to ministry. Within $3,225,476 the worldwide Baptist family, the BWA OTHER ASSETS One reason for some of the changes we’ve made is our continuing keen desire to approach our ministry with a proper teaches deference to the “other” and Program services: $2,516,591 concern for our Christian stewardship and with responsiveness to the changes in the world economic situation. We Beneficial interest in perpetual trusts 1,006,840 888,521 treasuring the unity of our community as desire to fulfill our calling to serve the worldwide Baptist family and to be fiscally responsible in executing this work. Administration: $489,222 part of the Christian World Communion. Total other assets 1,006,840 888,521 We hope this report makes clear how we have used your gifts to fulfill the BWA mission and we welcome any Fundraising: $115,652 feedback you can offer. We offer up our work to the praise and glory of God, in whose service we are all As an organization, BWA benefits from a wide range of gifted persons who serve in various capacities. As general Tenants: $103,411 $7,901,945 $8,032,247 secretary, I deeply appreciate the opportunity to lead this effort, while depending on the guidance and help of the stewards. Thanks be to God! Holy Spirit and being accompanied by your prayers. Yours in Christ, BWA Staff Baptist World Alliance Contributions to General Fund 2014 Distributions Neville Callam, General Secretary from Member Organizations The Baptist World Alliance is a fellowship of 231 Ashley Becker, P&D conventions and unions in 121 countries and territories Helped Support Rothang Chhangte, Director, BWAid $441,676 Neville Callam Hunger alleviation BWA General Secretary Shannon Cowett, M.E.T.R. & Communications comprising 40 million members in 177,000 churches. North America: $299,466 Patsy Davis, Director, Women’s Department Its priorities are nurturing the passion for mission Micro economic projects Mike Delorme, Building Manager Europe: $72,680 and evangelism, promoting worship, fellowship and Internally displaced persons was elected General Secretary of the Baptist World Alliance in 2007, in Ghana. Callam NEVILLE CALLAM Emmett Dunn, Director, Major Meetings unity, responding to people in need, defending human rights and became the first person from the Global South to be appointed as the general secretary and chief executive Asia: $34,064 Emergency aid after disasters officer of the BWA, thereby becoming the first church leader from the Caribbean to lead a Christian World Kendra Eastman, BWAid justice and advancing relevant theological reflection. Assoc. Director, Communications Communion. His wide range of interests and his commitment to community development have led him to serve Eron Henry, Africa: $20,916 Scholarships in many capacities in both church and society. He has served as educator and media manager, theologian and Minnie Jackson, Executive Office The Baptist World Alliance began in , England, in 1905 at ecumenist, pastor and church administrator. Dr. Callam began his association with the Baptist World Alliance Bibles and bible colleges Carolina Mangieri, Major Meetings Latin America: $11,550 in 1985, participating as a member of several workgroups, commissions and committees of the BWA and also the first Baptist World Congress. Monica Teal, Comptroller Orphanages its Executive Committee and General Council and served a five-year term as a BWA vice president. Author or Caribbean: $3,000 editor of seven books, the most recent being Pursuing Unity and Defending Rights: The Baptist World Alliance at Kathe Traynham, Assoc. Director, P&D Disease prevention Work (2010), Dr. Callam has made presentations at fora, symposia, seminars, workshops and services of worship Fausto Vasconcelos, Director, M.E.T.R. and education in more than 70 countries. He was one of the electoral observers serving on behalf of the United Nations in the T.J. Wheeler, Women’s Department elections in in 1994 which saw Nelson Mandela becoming President of that country. Married to Job training Dulcie Allison for more than thirty years, the Callams are the proud parents of two adult children, Diedre and Julie Justus, Member Services Manager ® Gairy, who with his wife Taniquea, has qualified them as happy grandparents of two girls, Krista and Kari. Your Network to the World! Agricultural improvements