Baptist World Alliance Sunday in July!

2022 Annual Gathering

Let’s join in prayer as Birmingham hosts the 2022 Annual Gathering July 10-15 at Samford University. Baptist leaders from around the world will meet for this powerful time of prayer, fellowship, learning, and planning together.

Sunday, July 10th

Guest Preacher: Rev. Karl B. Johnson, BWA 1st Vice President (Jamaica)

On Sunday, July 10th, we’ll celebrate the Baptist World Alliance and our participation in the global Baptist community. The Baptist World Alliance is a global network of 49 million Baptists in 128 countries and territories unified by a mission to impact the world for Christ. The highlight of Baptist World Alliance Sunday will be the preaching of Rev. Karl Johnson, BWA 1st Vice President.

BIO: The Rev. Karl B. Johnson has been an accredited minister of the Jamaica Baptist Union (JBU) since 1992. Ordained to the Christian Ministry in September 1992, the Rev. Mr. Johnson currently serves as pastor of the historic Phillippo Baptist Church in Spanish Town, Jamaica, having recently demitted office as the General Secretary of the JBU, a position he held for twenty (20) years.

Mr. Johnson is a graduate of the United Theological College of the West Indies (UTCWI) and is a much sought after preacher/teacher nationally and internationally. The Rev. Mr. Johnson is known as a public theologian who is a committed ecumenist, passionate nationalist and regionalist and whose views on topical issues are sought regularly.

His service extends beyond the church and religious circles in Jamaica and touches the wider Caribbean and the world through his leadership in many spheres and membership on several international bodies including the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) and the World Council of Churches (WCC).

He is married to Yvette and they have three sons, Nicholas, Joel and Nathan.