Baptist World Alliance
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The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) is an international Baptist association of Christian churches with an estimated 51 million people in 2023 with 253 member bodies in 130 countries and territories. A voluntary association of Baptist churches, the BWA accounts for about half the Baptists in the world. It is the eighth largest Christian communion.[citation needed]
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Baptist World Alliance | |
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Classification | Evangelical Christianity |
Orientation | Baptist |
General Secretary and CEO | Elijah M. Brown, since 2018 |
President | Tomás Mackey, since 2020 |
Region | 130 countries |
Headquarters | Falls Church, Virginia, U.S. |
Origin | July 1905 London, United Kingdom |
Congregations | 176,000 |
Members | 51,000,000 |
Missionary organization | Global Baptist Mission Network |
Aid organization | BWAid |
Official website | baptistworld |
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The BWA was founded in 1905 in London during an international congress of Baptist churches. Its headquarters are in Falls Church, Virginia, United States. It is led by General Secretary and CEO Elijah M. Brown and by President Tomás Mackey.