1. What are the most burning issues you are facing regarding the role of the churches in your society?

• Evangelism in a very pluralistic and increasingly church-skeptical society                                 

• World Peace/Religious Liberty                                   

• The Formation of Disciples                                                            

• North-American Baptist-Muslim dialogue                                

• Domestic Immigration policy reform/World Migration Issues

• Human Trafficking

2. How can the fellowship of member churches support the churches in the situation you are facing?

• Focus on evangelism/discipleship in Western cultures                                

• Opportunities for international engagement on peace concerns

• Joint efforts on dialogue with Muslims, human migration root causes, humantrafficking

3. In which regard and how can your experience enrich and be of relevance to the fellowship?

We have a long and rich history in advocating religious liberty.   Baptist communities around the world are actively working for peace and are eager to link with others about various situations including the Middle East, Northeast India, Burma, Sudan, the Republic of the Congo, etc.   We are blessed with one of the world's foremost experts and activists around the issue of human trafficking.