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Meaningful worship was an important element of the 15th Baptist Youth World Conference in Leipzig, Germany
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BWA OFFICERS
David Coffey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . President
Neville Callam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .General Secretary
BWA EXECUTIVE STAFF
BWA REGIONAL SECRETARIES
Harrison Olan’g (Acting) . . . . . All Africa Baptist Fellowship
Tony Peck . . . . . . . . . . . . . European Baptist Federation
Peter Pinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caribbean Baptist Fellowship
Alberto Prokopchuk . . . . Union of Baptists in Latin America
P. Bonny Resu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asian Baptist Federation
Alan Stanford . . . . . . . . . North American Baptist Fellowship
Patsy Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Women
Emmett Dunn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Youth and Congress
Eron Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communications
Paul Montacute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BWAid
Ellen Teague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finance/Administration
Kathe Traynham . . . . . . . . . . . Promotion and Development
Fausto Vasconcelos . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Evangelism/Research
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CONTENTS
5 BWA NEWS IN BRIEF
Stories of inspiration, challenge, tragedy and praise from our diverse Baptist family around the world.
10 ANNUAL GATHERING 2008
At the BWA's Annual Gathering, this year in Prague, Czech Republic, hundreds of
Baptist leaders and theologians gathered for study, worship, and fellowship, as well as
discussion and decisions on issues important to our worldwide Baptist family.
Don Sewell, former liaison to Baptist bodies for the Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT), has
been appointed as a consultant to the BWA General Secretary in the area of Mission Advancement.
Among his responsibilities with the BGCT was enlisting Texas Baptists for volunteer positions for causes
related to the BWA. Sewell is a member of the Baptist World Aid Committee.
Callam praised Sewell for his “long and well-established commitment to the BWA” and stated that he
expected Sewell’s “partnership with the organization to be very benefi cial.”
Sewell replaces Alan Stanford, former Director of Mission Advancement, who left the position to fulfi ll
a desire to return to full-time pastoral work. Stanford, who was appointed to the position in 2006, previously
served the BWA as Director of Promotion and Development.
BWA General Secretary Neville Callam lauded Stanford as “an innovator and a gifted networker” and
praised his “contribution to the worldwide Baptist movement.” The BWA leader expressed his best wishes
to Stanford as he returns to the full-time pastorate.
Sewell took up his appointment on September 1.
NEW APPOINTMENT TO MISSION ADVANCEMENT
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