About Us

The Baptist World Alliance, founded in 1905, is a fellowship of 283 conventions and unions in 138 countries and territories comprising 53 million baptized believers in 178,000 churches. 

Extending to every part of the world, the BWA exists as an expression of the essential oneness of Baptists in the Lord Jesus Christ. Together we share a common confession of faith in Jesus Christ and are bonded together by God’s love to support, encourage, and strengthen one another while proclaiming and living the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit before a lost and hurting world.

For more than 100 years, the Baptist World Alliance has networked the Baptist family to impact the world for Christ with a commitment to strengthen worship, fellowship and unity; lead in mission and evangelism; respond to people in need through aid, relief, and community development; defend religious freedom, human rights, and justice; and advance theological reflection and leadership development.

In anticipation of the 2000th anniversary of the birth of the Church, the Acts 2 Movement seeks to mobilize the whole of the Baptist family in prayerful pursuit of a global Pentecost, that in the Holy Spirit, overflows in church renewal and holistic Gospel witness in every language around the world.