All Africa Baptist Fellowship

The Chair of Baptist World Alliance (BWA), Rev. Karl Johnson, Continental President of the All Africa Baptist Fellowship (AABF), Pastor Elias Apetogbo and the Chairman of AABF West Africa as well as President, Ghana Baptist Convention, Rev. Enoch Thompson were joined by other leaders of the Baptist family in Ghana on a courtesy visit to the President of Republic of Ghana, His Excellency, President John Dramani Mahama at the Jubilee House, Accra on Wednesday, 28th January, 2026 as part of the official visit of Rev. Johnson to Africa on the invitation of Pastor Elias Apetogbo. The President of the Republic joined the Baptist leadership with joy and excitement as he sits to listen to the introduction of the Baptist delegation. Rev. Enoch Championed the introduction and described the President of the Republic as a gift of impact.  He went on to appreciate him for the 2025 year-end gift offered to the Baptist family that was used to deliver 200 bed mattresses for a Baptist-owned institu...

  The second edition of the Young Preachers’ Contest, organized by the children's ministry arm of the All Africa Baptist Fellowship, has come and gone, with Sunday David Oladipupo from Nigeria emerging as the continental champion. The contest started nearly one year ago with 32 contestants who applied from different countries. The jury members were carefully selected to reflect Africa, and they did thorough work from the first round to the final phase. The competition was conducted online through video submissions under a very strict code of conduct. The participants were required to showcase the name of their churches in every submission. They also preached in church settings, while most of the productions were produced by the media department of the churches. We deeply appreciate the strong commitment of our Baptist pastors in preparing the children for the contest. The AABF team visited Union Baptist Church, Agege, Lagos, Nigeria, on Sunday, 18th January, 2026 to present the...

  "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." (Acts 1:8) We extend a warm welcome to the year 2026, and we pray that it will be filled with glorious and lasting harvests in Jesus name. The Lord has greatly assisted the All Africa Baptist Fellowship (AABF) in achieving significant milestones in 2025. We highlighted some of these accomplishments in our previous edition, and we are grateful to God and our partners across Africa and beyond for their unwavering support. As adopted during the 2025 Executive Council Meeting, our theme for 2025-2027 is "Beyond Jerusalem" (Acts 1:8). Last year, we embarked on this journey, and it received widespread acceptance. This year, we call on every Baptist individual, family, local church, convention, union, and association to take the gospel beyond Jerusalem. The AABF, through the African Baptist Mission ...

  A CALL FOR UNIFIED HUMANITARIAN ACTIONS The All Africa Baptist Fellowship (AABF) is using this medium to call on our Baptist individuals, Churches, Ministries, Conventions, Unions and Associations to join us in responding to the urgent calls from Burundi. Here is the latest call from one of our Baptist bodies in Burundi:   Alert for Congolese refugees in Burundi!!! Dear Rev., AABF Continental President, Happy New Year to you and family. The Baptist Union of Burundi send this alert to AABF to see if you can support us to help Congolese refugees from Eastern in Burundi who fled the country at the end of the last year 2025 due to the war near Burundi. Now they are facing many challenges of food, shelters, cooking items and bad health situations. Particularly children and old people are dying every day. Among them they are Baptists! Please help us to spread this alert to different Baptist organizations and others. The government and NGOs are overwhelmed by the situation. Rev. Ma...

  Colossians 1:16-17 “For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things subsist.” Our Africa is in turmoil. A general catastrophe with upheaval where the compass struggles to find its bearings. The world is changing upside down. The ubiquity of lies, deception, cunning, duplicity, falsehood, and hypocrisy is almost at its zenith. Betrayal, disappointment, violence, dirty tricks, and attacks are commonplace. Greed, dissatisfaction, avarice, and selfishness are on display. Social, moral, economic, and physical violence and brutality are justified and supported by the law of the strongest.  Values that were once more or less respected, even revered, no longer mean anything. The fear of God is dying. Man, still a creature of God, in his fragility and vulnerability, cheerfully deludes himself into ...

T he Lord is good, all the time. This year marked a very significant phase in the ministry of the All Africa Baptist Fellowship. We experienced the goodness of God across the four regions and departments of the All Africa Baptist Fellowship (AABF) under the leadership of our Continental President, Pastor Elias Apetogbo. The Baptist family on the continent travelled length and breadth of the world and our continent doing ministry and we attest to God’s faithfulness. So, like the Psalmist, we say of a truth that ‘’ For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endure to all generations.’’ (Psalm 100:5).   The move of God manifested strongly in the areas of Missions with countless testimonies, the Lord sent forth His Words across Africa through the Youth Mission Year (YMY) project with eight young missionaries settling in Ghana, The Gambia, Guinea Conakry, South Africa and Namibia to win the lost to Christ and Disciple infant Christians to maturity. The call al...