2024 BWA Baptist Vulnerability Index

The BWA Baptist Vulnerability Index brings attention to those within our global family living in the most vulnerable and challenging countries in the world. It is defined by the four key factors outlined below and with additional BWA regional leadership input. It o ers a global reflection based upon a unique scoring metric in order to highlight these challenging realities and to call the global Baptist family to stand together in prayer and solidarity.

TOP 10 COUNTRIES Where BWA Baptists Are Most Vulnerable

(Based on unique BWA Index, Scoring 0-10)

13 MILLION

25,378

14% of all BWA Baptist Churches

28

BWA BAPTIST VULNERABILITY INDEX WATCH LIST

Drawing from the index’s statistical sources, the following countries are flagged on a Watch List as possible future entries to the Top 10 Countries where BWA Baptists are most vulnerable. Please pray for these countries also facing significant challenges.

SUSTAINED AREAS OF CONCERN

Note: In an ever-changing global context, the data presented is not exhaustive and merely representative of the statistical data accessible at the time of publication.

MILLION BAPTISTS

MYANMAR UKRAINE

continue to live with the many challenges resulting from the 2021 military coup

METHODOLOGY

104K

1.7 BAPTISTS

continue to live with the far-reaching impact of the ongoing war that began in 2022

The BWA Baptist Vulnerability Index is a global reflection based upon a unique scoring metric. It intersects annually updated BWA membership data with other global indexes and BWA regional leadership input: (1) Hunger and the Global Hunger Index; (2) Livelihood (measuring life expectancy, education and income) and the United Nations Human Development Index; (3) Violent Conflict and War and the Global Peace Index; (4) Religious Freedom Challenges (measuring both government restrictions on religion and social violence based on religion) and Pew Forum Research; and (5) BWA Regional Leadership Input on the degree to which Baptists directly experience these challenges. All 130 countries and territories home to a BWA Member Partner are scored from 0 (least vulnerable) to 10 (most vulnerable).

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