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Baptist World Alliance

Baptist World Alliance
ClassificationProtestant (Evangelical Christianity)
OrientationBaptist
General Secretary and CEOElijah M. Brown, since 2018
PresidentTomás Mackey, since 2020
Region134 countries
HeadquartersFalls Church, Virginia, U.S.
OriginJuly 1905
London, United Kingdom
Congregations178,000
Members51,000,000
Missionary organizationGlobal Baptist Mission Network
Aid organizationBWAid
Official websitebaptistworld.org

The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) is an international Baptist association of Christian churches with an estimated 51 million people from 266 member bodies in 134 countries and territories as of 2024. A voluntary association of Baptist churches, the BWA accounts for about half the Baptists in the world.

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.


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