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17-499: The district lies just to the East of Butare city, along the border with Burundi . Gisagara district is divided into 13 sectors ( imirenge ): Gikonko , Gishubi , Kansi , Kibilizi , Kigembe , Mamba , Muganza , Mugombwa , Mukindo , Musha , Ndora , Nyanza and Save . The Mugombwa refugee camp is home to over 7300 Congolese refugees. A Turi Kumwe Centre, housing "a Police post as well as migration and camp management offices"

34-866: A forum for collaboration. In 2003, the International Baptist Convention , an international association of English-speaking churches, became a member. In 2004, the messengers of the Southern Baptist Convention voted to withdraw from the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) over issues regarding the alleged adoption of liberal stances such as the inclusion of conventions that allow same sex marriage as well as perceived anti-American sentiment , which were partly attributed to Alliance Secretary General Denton Lotz's visits to Fidel Castro in Cuba. A year later, two state denominational members of

51-687: A world gathering of Baptists. John Howard Shakespeare , editor of The Baptist Times and Freeman , London, endorsed the proposal. In October 1904, the Baptist Union of Great Britain passed a resolution to invite a Congress to meet with them in 1905. At the Congress, a committee was formed, which proposed a Constitution for a World Alliance . The Baptist World Alliance was founded in London , during this first Baptist World Congress in July 1905. Every five years since,

68-795: Is involved in ecumenical dialogues with the Roman Catholic Church and the World Methodist Council , among others. One series of International Conversations between the BWA and the Catholic Church took place from between 1984 and 1988 moderated by the Reverend Dr David T. Shannon, sometime President of Andover Newton Theological School , and the Most Reverend Bede Heather, Bishop of Parramatta. While this dialogue produced

85-542: The 1920s and named the city Astrida , in honour of Queen Astrid of the Belgians . The government of Rwanda changed the name of the city when it gained independence in 1962. The University of Rwanda Butare campus was founded in 2013. Before that, the Butare campus went by the name of National University of Rwanda subsequent its foundation in 1963. Due to the large number of university students and student-centered activities in

102-844: The Anglican Church of Rwanda ( Anglican Communion ), Union of Baptist Churches in Rwanda ( Baptist World Alliance ), Assemblies of God , Church of the Nazarene. There are also Muslim mosques. The city is served by Butare Airport , a small civilian airport, administered by the Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority . Baptist World Alliance The Baptist World Alliance ( BWA ) is an international Baptist association of Christian churches with an estimated 51 million people from 266 member bodies in 134 countries and territories as of 2024. A voluntary association of Baptist churches,

119-599: The BWA accounts for about half the Baptists in the world. 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. The roots of the Baptist World Alliance can be traced back to the seventeenth century when Baptist leader Thomas Grantham proposed

136-457: The BWA has 266 participating Baptist fellowships in 134 countries, with 178,000 churches and 51,000,000 baptized members. These statistics may not fully representative, however, since some churches in the United States have dual or triple national Baptist affiliation, possibly causing a church and its members to be counted by more than one Baptist association, if these associations are members of

153-424: The BWA holds a Baptist World Congress in different locations around the world, and multiple international meeting and programs are held in the times between Congresses. The gathering was referred to as an "alliance" and not a council in order to establish the nature of the dialogue as a meeting. This means that the body wields no authority over participating churches or national Baptist unions, serving only as

170-467: The BWA. The Alliance has a Baptist confession of faith . The Alliance is divided into six regional or geographical fellowships: North American Baptist Fellowship, Caribbean Baptist Fellowship, Latin American Baptist Union, European Baptist Federation , Asia Pacific Baptist Federation , and All-Africa Baptist Fellowship. Each regional fellowship is served by an Executive Secretary. In

187-697: The Southern Baptist Convention—the Baptist General Association of Virginia and the Baptist General Convention of Texas —affirmed their continued support and applied for membership in the Alliance, and were subsequently admitted. In 2020, the Argentine Pastor Tomás Mackey succeeded South African Pastor Paul Msiza as BWA President. According to a census published by the association in 2024,

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204-530: The city, Butare is often regarded as a university city. It also held the Nyakibanda Seminary and the Rwandan National Institute of Scientific Research . The city of Butare has long been regarded as the intellectual capital of the country, while Kigali holds most political power. The Groupe Scolaire Officiel de Butare is the largest secondary school in Rwanda. The Ethnographic Museum

221-457: The concept of a congregation of all Christians in the world that are "baptised according to the appointment of Christ." Similar proposals were put forward later such as the call of John Rippon in 1790 for a world meeting of Baptists "to consult the ecclesiastical good to the whole." It was, however, only in 1904 when such congregation became a reality. John Newton Prestridge , editor of The Baptist Argus , at Louisville, Kentucky called for

238-518: The initial stages of the Baptist World Alliance, the role of General Secretary was split into two geographical regions. In 1928, these positions were merged into a single general secretary role. Baptist World Congresses have been held every few years since 1905. The Global Baptist Mission Network has 23 member mission organizations. BWAid supports humanitarian aid projects. BWA Forum for Aid and Development (BFAD) brings together 30 Baptist humanitarian agencies. The Baptist World Alliance

255-598: The report called Summons to Witness to Christ in Today's World , the second phase did not push through because of opposition from within the Baptist World Alliance itself. Negotiations continued, however, so that a series of consultations transpired from 2000 to 2003. During this period the Baptists and Catholics discussed important doctrines that divide these denominations. These second series of conversations resulted in formal meetings between 2006 and 2010. The current Co-Moderators are Paul Fiddes , Professor of Systematic Theology in

272-604: Was built in the early 1990s and is a source of information on the cultural history of the country and the region. The city has one professional football team competing in the top-flight of Rwanda football – Mukura Victory Sports , currently playing in the Rwanda Premier League . It plays its home games at Stade Huye . Among the places of worship , they are predominantly Christian churches and temples : Roman Catholic Diocese of Butare ( Catholic Church ), ( Lutheran Church of Rwanda ( Lutheran World Federation ),

289-548: Was opened in the camp in 2014. 2°37′S 29°51′E  /  2.617°S 29.850°E  / -2.617; 29.850 Butare Butare ( Kinyarwanda: [βú.tɑ́.ɾe] ), also known as Huye and formerly known as Astrida , is a city with a population of 62,823 (2022 census) in the Southern Province of Rwanda and the capital of Huye district . It is the seventh largest town in Rwanda by population . The Belgian colonial rulers established it in

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