Praying for Japan and South Korea

Thank you for joining us this week as we at the Baptist World Alliance pray for our global Baptist family and for God's work around the world. If you pray along with us weekly, you will pray for every country in the world in 2025.

Praises and prayer requests listed for each country are provided by local BWA member partners when possible. Statistics provided are reflective of latest data received.

Japan

4 BWA Member Partners

Japan Baptist Conference

11 Churches
476 Members

Japan Baptist Convention

316 Churches
13,218 Members

Japan Baptist Union

67 Churches
3,116 Members

Okinawa Baptist Convention

33 Churches
2,059 Members

Women gathered for the celebration of Baptist Women's World Day of Prayer.

Praise:

Please join us in thanking God for the leadership of Vesekhoyi ‘Vee’ Tetseo, BWA Regional Secretary of the Asia Pacific Baptist Federation, who currently resides in Okinawa.

Prayer:

Pray for the ongoing witness of Baptists serving in a context where less than 1% of the population is Christian.

South Korea

1 BWA Member Partner

Korea Baptist Convention

3,559 Churches
550,000 Members

The Far East Broadcasting Company Korea Children's Choir are pictured singing at the 23rd Baptist World Congress in July.

Praise:

Join us in thanking God for the leadership and ministry legacy of former BWA President Billy Kim and the outreach of the Far East Broadcasting Company.

Prayer:

Join us in prayer for the Lord's continued provision so that the strong global mission-sending efforts of churches will experience even greater growth.

Please also join us in prayer for the people of North Korea.

A Christmas Message from the Baptist World Alliance

We hope you enjoy this Christmas message from General Secretary Elijah Brown and invite you to join us in prayer for the Lord's continued blessings on the ministry of the Baptist World Alliance in the year ahead.

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A Prayer from Japan

Eternal God,

We say good morning to you.

Hallowed be your name.

Early in the morning, before we begin our work, we praise your glory.

Renew our bodies as fresh as the morning flowers.

Open our inner eyes, as the sun casts new light upon the darkness

which prevailed over the night.

Deliver us from all captivity.

Give us wings of freedom like the birds in the sky,

to begin a new journey.

Restore justice and freedom, as a mighty stream

running continuously as day follows day.

We thank you for the gift of this morning,

and a new day to work with you.

(Masao Takenaka, first president of the Asian Christian Art Association, Japan. BAE p.62.)

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