PRESS RELEASE:
Honolulu (BWA) — The 20th Baptist World Congress closed on a celebratory note on August 1 as more than 4,000 Baptists from 105 countries ended five days of worship, study, mission, and fellowship.
The emphases of the five days of gathering drew heavily on the theme of the Congress, "Hear the Spirit." It recognized, among other things, the "vital importance of living and leading" a life "in the anointing of the Holy Spirit," and the need "to share the power of the gospel of Christ to rescue those living without the hope of Christ." Baptists at the Congress committed themselves to spread "the truth of God in Jesus Christ as the hope of the world, develop greater familiarity with the teachings of Christ, cultivate a rich prayer life, bear witness to the Gospel of salvation through Jesus Christ," and "provide examples of godly living reflecting the values taught by the Lord of the church." In attendance from the North American Bap