In cel­e­bra­tion of Spir­i­tu­al Shouter Bap­tist Lib­er­a­tion Day, Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar is prais­ing the Bap­tist com­mu­ni­ty for their con­tri­bu­tion to na­tion­al de­vel­op­ment, as she asks them to pray for peace and uni­ty for Trinidad and To­ba­go.

In a re­lease yes­ter­day, she said, “On be­half of the Gov­ern­ment and peo­ple of Trinidad and To­ba­go, I ac­knowl­edge with deep re­spect the en­dur­ing con­tri­bu­tion of the Spir­i­tu­al Bap­tist com­mu­ni­ty to our coun­try’s de­vel­op­ment. Your jour­ney stands as a tes­ta­ment to the sus­tain­ing pow­er of faith. As the Holy Bible af­firms: ‘God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trou­ble.’ (Psalm 46:1) That truth has sus­tained your com­mu­ni­ty and con­tin­ues to up­lift our coun­try. May God con­tin­ue to bless you, your fam­i­lies, and your com­mu­ni­ty, and may His hand al­ways guide, pro­tect and strength­en our beloved na­tion.”

The Prime Min­is­ter added, “To­day, the Spir­i­tu­al Bap­tist com­mu­ni­ty con­tin­ues to make a sub­stan­tial con­tri­bu­tion to na­tion­al life, strength­en­ing com­mu­ni­ties and shap­ing our moral foun­da­tion through faith, ser­vice, and cul­tur­al ex­pres­sion, with its im­pact seen across ed­u­ca­tion, pub­lic ser­vice, cul­ture, health­care and com­mu­ni­ty life. At a time of se­ri­ous na­tion­al chal­lenges, that ex­am­ple car­ries par­tic­u­lar weight. I en­cour­age the com­mu­ni­ty to con­tin­ue to up­hold its tra­di­tions of faith, dis­ci­pline, and ser­vice, and to lift our na­tion in prayer for peace, heal­ing and uni­ty.”