Baptist Womens Union of Africa

THE CONFIDENT WOMAN I would like to share with you the summary of an article on the 6 secrets of Pastor Joyce Meyer who, while travelling the world has noted that millions of women suffer from a sense of uselessness and lack of confidence. As was her case, she experienced this feeling herself after experiencing childhood sexual abuse. In this holiday season, Women Baptists, let us not relax our commitment to serving God, but turn to HIM in order to find the path and principles that enable us to overcome our difficulties. 1.   A CONFIDENT WOMAN REFUSES TO LIVE IN FEAR Fear is a feeling that prevents us from moving forward and developing our talents … Fear of failure, fear of judgment, fear of criticism. Even if fear is eating us up, we must learn to tame it and constrain it to adapt to us, instead of us adapting to it. 2.   A CONFIDENT WOMAN IS POSITIVE Whatever the challenges, we need to look at the bright side and say that they’re going to get better. We mus...

MESSAGE DE PÂQUES DE LA PRESIDENTE Recevez mes chaleureuses salutations au nom puissant de Jésus Christ, notre Seigneur et Sauveur. Suite à la question de Jésus Christ à ses disciples « Que dites-vous que je suis ? », la déclaration de Simon-Pierre : « Tu es le Christ, le Fils du Dieu vivant » (Matthieu 16 :15-16) ne nous amène pas au salut. C’est certes une révélation divine. Mais, nous avons aussi besoin de connaître personnellement Christ et de croire dans nos cœurs qu’Il a été envoyé par Dieu   « afin que les brebis aient la vie et qu’elles soient dans l’abondance. » Jésus Christ dit encore : « Je suis le bon berger, le bon berger donne sa vie pour ses brebis.» (VLS Jean 10 :10-11) Malgré l’Evangile de salut de Jésus Christ, il a été crucifié puis enseveli. Au 3ème jour,   il est ressuscité des morts. Ce jour, les femmes se sont rendues au tombeau avec les aromates qu’elles ont préparés pour accomplir le...

Arise, Shine, Woman, Model of Encouragement  Thessalonians  3 : 1-5 Introduction My dear Sisters, we give thanks to God for His mercies and love throughout 2018. As we are privileged again to celebrate the Africa Day of Prayer the 1st Thursday of February, we take the opportunity to express to Him our gratitude and wish you once more, happy new year 2019. I join the Executive Committee of the Baptist Women’s Union of Africa and bring warm greetings to you in the precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Africa Day of Prayer is a time women come together to praise the Lord and intercede for the advancement of the God’s Kingdom in our continent. This year, we want to claim our desire to be inspired by His action and be models of encouragement for each other. 2018 Program stressed on “Forgiveness”. I was actually about promoting peace through tolerance and indulgence. This year the program deals with « Encouragement ». To encourage means t...

September 4, 2018 Nominations now open for 2019 BWA Denton & Janice Lotz Human Rights Award The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) has begun the process of accepting nominations for the 2019 Denton and Janice Lotz Human Rights Award. Nominations will close November 30, 2018. The award is intended to recognize and give visibility to women and men who have done outstanding work in defending and promoting human rights as defined by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights . Any Baptist individual, church, or organization can submit a nomination and any Baptist is eligible to receive the award. Persons may not make nominations on their own behalf. The nominations form is available for download on the BWA website at www.bwanet.org . The awardee will be annou...