Baptist World Alliance

Baptist World Alliance
Classification	Evangelical Christianity
Orientation	Baptist
General Secretary and CEO	Elijah M. Brown, since 2018
President	Tomás Mackey, since 2020
Region	130 countries
Headquarters	Falls Church, Virginia, U.S.
Origin	July 1905 London, United Kingdom
Congregations	176,000
Members	51,000,000
Missionary organization	Global Baptist Mission Network
Aid organization	BWAid
Official website	baptistworld.org

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The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) is an international Baptist association of Christian churches with an estimated 51 million people in 2023 with 253 member bodies in 130 countries and territories. A voluntary association of Baptist churches, the BWA accounts for about half the Baptists in the world. It is the eighth largest Christian communion.^{[citation needed]}

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.