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2020 Yearbook 2020 YEARBOOK STANDING TOGETHER BY STAYING CONNECTED DIRECTORY GENERAL COUNCIL MINUTES STATISTICS NETWORKING THE BAPTIST FAMILY TO IMPACT THE WORLD FOR CHRIST Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Baptist World Alliance mission statement is “Networking the Baptist family to impact the world for Christ.” Core to this endeavor are ongoing efforts to strengthen relationships and ministry partnerships within the BWA family. Annually, since the late 1920s, the BWA has produced a Yearbook that is today shared with the conventions, unions, associations, and Baptist leaders actively involved in the BWA’s multifaceted ministry “to impact the world for Christ.” Across four sections, the Yearbook details the BWA organizational leadership and member bodies, provides the official account of the proceedings of BWA General Council meetings and the annual statistics of Baptists around the world, publishes financial statements and contribution reports as part of a commitment to financial integrity and transparency, and concludes with a directory of BWA Baptist leaders currently serving on BWA committees and commissions. The Yearbook is provided with the conviction that we are biblically called to encounter one another in loving fellowship and joyful collaboration. While asking for the responsible utilization of included information, it is expected that the Yearbook will enhance ministry partnerships. It is also hoped that the Yearbook will challenge us to pray more concretely for one another and to make direct contact that expresses solidarity with any BWA Baptist experiencing sorrow, hardship, or joy of any kind. May the Lord continue to richly bless you and BWA Baptists around the world. Thank you for your partnership in the mission of God. Elijah M. Brown BWA General Secretary and CEO 405 N Washington Street • Falls Church, Virginia 22046 USA Phone: +1-703-790-8980 | Fax: +1-703-893-5160 | BaptistWorld.org | [email protected] 1 2 Table of Contents 2020 Yearbook Section 1 BWA Officers 8 BWA Team 9 Regional Fellowships 10 Member Bodies 12 Departments, Committee, & Commission Members 94 Section 2 Minutes of 2020 General Council Meeting 114 BWA Member Body Statistics 125 BWA Constitution and Bylaws 137 Future BWA Meetings 159 Section 3 Financial Statements 162 Contributions by Member Bodies 166 Section 4 Directory, alphabetical order by last name 170 3 4 Contact the Baptist World Alliance Office BAPTIST WORLD ALLIANCE 405 N. WASHINGTON ST., FALLS CHURCH, VA 22046 MAIL USA +1 703 790 8980 | Fax: +1 703 893 5160 CALL [email protected] EMAIL WWW.BAPTISTWORLD.ORG /BaptistWorld @BaptistWorld baptistworld 5 6 Section 1 BWA Officers BWA Team Regional Fellowships Member Bodies Departments, Committee & Commission Members 7 BWA Officers President Tomás Mackey Argentina General Secretary and CEO Elijah Brown USA Treasurer Carolyn Fossen USA First Vice President Karl Johnson Jamaica Vice Presidents Samson Ayokunle Nigeria Fernando Macedo Brandão Brazil Otniel Ioan Bunaciu Romania Joel Dorsinville Haiti John Hickey Australia Noemi Janson-Lidak Colombia Dave Kwok Hong Kong Jennifer Lau Canada Elizabeth Mvula Malawi Albert Reyes USA Lina Mikhael Sawan Lebanon Rachael Tan Taiwan Elijah Wanje Kenya 8 BWA Team Ayoola Ayodele Badejo [email protected] Men’s Department President Elijah Brown [email protected] General Secretary and CEO Jeff Carter [email protected] Director of Horizons Rachel Conway-Doel [email protected] BWA Forum for Aid and Development Facilitator Mike Delorme [email protected] Building Services Specialist Kendra Eastman [email protected] Accountant [email protected] Randel Everett [email protected] President of 21Wilberforce Global Freedom Center Amanda Haines [email protected] Youth Department President Everton Jackson [email protected] Director of Integral Mission Merritt Johnston [email protected] Director of Communications and Media Julie Justus [email protected] Director of Global Partnerships and Unity Carolina Mangieri [email protected] Director of Global Events and Fellowship Shirley Porto [email protected] BWA Emerging Leaders Fellow Moreen Sharp [email protected] Women’s Department Interim Executive Director Lee Spitzer [email protected] BWA Historian Monica Teal [email protected] Comptroller 9 Regional Fellowships All Africa Baptist Fellowship President Ernest Adu-Gyamfi General Secretary DurosinJesu Ayanrinola 21, Obafemi Awolowo Way, Oke Bola PMB 5113 Ibadan, Oyo NIGERIA Phone: +234 8037278450 Email: [email protected] Website: www.aabfellowship.org Asia Pacific Baptist Federation President Edwin Lam General Secretary Vesekhoyi ‘Vee’ Tetseo APBF Okinawa 3-22-5 Goya Okinawa City, Okinawa 904-0021 JAPAN Phone: +81 98 955 1714 Fax: +81 98 955 1714 Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Website: www.apbf.org Caribbean Baptist Fellowship President Dominique Dick Executive Secretary/Treasurer Everton Jackson Executive Secretary/Treasurer-Elect Anslem Warrick 27 Balmoral Avenue Kingston 10 Jamaica Phone: +1 876 971 1360 Fax: +1 876 952 3849 Email: [email protected] Website: www.caribbeanbaptistfellowship.com 10 Regional Fellowships European Baptist Federation President Meego Remmel General Secretary Tony Peck Assistant General Secretary Helle Liht Baptist House Postjesweg 150 1061 AX Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS Phone: +31 202 103 026 Fax: +372 638 0727 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ebf.org Union of Baptists in Latin America President Alberto Prokopchuk Executive Director Parrish Jacome Victor Emilio Estrada 822 e Higueras Urdesa Central Guayaquil ECUADOR Phone: +593 4 4604865 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ubla.net North American Baptist Fellowship President Samuel Tolbert General Secretary Jeremy Bell 6015 Walter Gage Road University Endowment Lands British Columbia V6T 1Z1 CANADA Phone: +1 604 809 5487 Email: [email protected] Website: www.nabfellowship.org 11 Member Bodies Angola BAPTIST CONVENTION OF ANGOLA (Convenção Baptista de Angola) Cx. Postal 5.129 Rua Comandante Kuenha No. 14 R/C Luanda ANGOLA Phone: +244 923 37 87 49 Email: [email protected] President: Joao Cesar General Secretary: Mário Vontade General Council Member: Joao Cesar BAPTIST EVANGELICAL CHURCH IN ANGOLA (Igreja Evangélica Baptista em Angola) Rua Conego Manuel Das Neves 94 Cai Postal 3604 Luanda ANGOLA Phone: +244 222 44 28 88 Fax +244 222 43 23 71 Email: [email protected] Legal Representative: Kayindo Nzambango General Secretary: Makenda Makuenda General Council Member: Makenda Makuenda FREE BAPTIST CHURCH IN ANGOLA (Igreja Baptista Livre em Angola) Caixa Postal No 10643 Luanda ANGOLA Phone: +244 936 132 015 Email: [email protected] President: João Pedro Kindoki General Secretary: Miguel Kiampuku General Council Member: Dom João Mvemba 12 Antigua and Barbuda ANTIGUA BAPTIST ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 1964 St. Johns ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Phone: +1 268 774 6392 Email: [email protected] Moderator: Mark Azille General Council Member: Mark Azille Argentina ARGENTINE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION (ABA) (Asociación Bautista Argentina) Av. Libertador 1140 Buenos Aires, 1425 ARGENTINA Phone: +54 11 4806 7700 Fax: +54 11 4804 5432 Email: [email protected] Website: www.bautistas.org.ar President: Sergio Ibañez General Council Member: Raúl Scialabba EVANGELICAL BAPTIST CONVENTION OF ARGENTINA (Convención Evangélica Bautista Argentina) Virrey Liniers 42 Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, 1174 ARGENTINA Phone: +54 11 4864 2711 Fax: +54 11 4864 2711 Email: [email protected] Website: www.confeba.org.ar President: Hugo Marquez Executive Secretary: Carlos Pauer General Council Member: Hugo Marquez 13 Armenia UNION OF EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCHES OF ARMENIA Nar Dos str. 90 Yerevan 0018 ARMENIA Phone: ++374 10 57 89 62 Fax: +374 10 57 89 62 Email: [email protected] President: Gagik Tarverdyan General Secretary: Asatur Nahapetyan General Council Member: Asatur Nahapetyan Australia BAPTIST UNION OF AUSTRALIA Ministry and Learning Centre Level 4 5 Saunders Close Macquarie Park, NSW 2113 AUSTRALIA Phone: +61 2 9868 9236 Email: [email protected] Website: www.baptist.org.au President: Steve Ingram National Ministries Director: Keith Jobberns General Council Member: Bill Brown General Council Member: Keith Jobberns Austria BAPTIST UNION OF AUSTRIA (Bund der Baptistengemeinden in Österreich) Krummgasse 7/4A Wien, 1030 AUSTRIA Phone: +43 1 713 68 28 Fax: +43 1 713 68 28 11 Email: [email protected] Website: www.baptisten.at President: Günther Schwarzinger General Secretary: Walter Klimt General Council Member: Walter Klimt 14 Azerbaijan UNION OF EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS-BAPTISTS OF AZERBAIJAN 1st Ippodromnaya 13 Narimanov r-n Baku - AZ1069 AZERBAIJAN Phone: +994 12 465 4269 Email: [email protected] President: Ilja Zenchenko General Secretary: Samir Sadigov General Council Member: Samir Sadigov Bahamas THE BAHAMAS NATIONAL BAPTIST MISSIONARY AND EDUCATIONAL CONVENTION PO Box N 4435 Nassau BAHAMAS Phone: +1 242 325 0729 Email: [email protected] President: Lloyd C. Smith Executive Secretary: A. Shelton Higgs General Council Member: A. Shelton Higgs General Council Member: Lloyd C. Smith Bangladesh BANGLADESH BAPTIST CHURCH FELLOWSHIP 7 Green Corner, Green Road Dhaka, 1205 BANGLADESH Phone: +880 2 964 0058 Email: [email protected] President: Kajal Sengupta General Secretary: Leor P. Sarkar General Council Member: Tapan Chowdhury General Council Member: Leor P. Sarkar 15 BANGLADESH BAPTIST CHURCH SANGHA (BBCS)
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