Our General Director has recently moved on, and any enquiries relating to BUS will be dealt with in the interim by BUS National team.

If you have a specific enquiry you can find contact details for staff below.

Recruitment for a new General Director will begin soon, and we will keep the website updated as the process progresses.

 Ali has led Younger Generations work with BUS for over ten years- an Accredited Minister and previously a high school teacher,  Ali served Queens Park Baptist for 6 years as youth pastor before working nationally across Scotland for Alpha and Onelife.

Ali aims to live authentically as a follower of Jesus and is passionate about inviting, equipping and encouraging young people to join the adventure of following Christ. Ali is committed to seeing youth and young leaders raised up across Scotland and serves on the Magnitude Leadership team, Deep Impact Conference Planning group and is on the council of reference for PowerPoint.

Lisa’s role is Deeper Church Lead, drawing on around 30 years of local church leadership, involvement on the Spring Harvest Leadership team and life experience as a follower of Jesus.

In Lisa’s role she is about encouraging us all in starting where we are (not where we think we ought to be!); to be Growing Deeper in our devotion to the Lord, Growing Deeper in our formation as followers of Jesus together, and Growing Deeper in the transformation of our everyday lives so that knowing Jesus makes a difference to every part of who we are. 

Glenn has been Pastor at Portobello Baptist Church, Edinburgh since 2018 and is now sharing his time between ministry life and in his BUS role as Future Church Lead. Glenn spent 10 years in Aberdeen involved in church planting, and prior to that he was at Regents College, Vancouver, Canada where he completed his theological studies.

Glenn’s role as Future Church Lead is to facilitate and encourage our family of churches as we go together on mission into the future. He is working to resource and equip churches for church planting; supporting churches in areas of innovation, and facilitating experiments in new forms of church.

Lyndsay’s role as Communications Lead focuses around promoting the togetherness of our network. Her role is varied and in addition to National team involves developing our social media and online content;  producing Connect, our BUS digital newsletter; editing the website, designing marketing and graphics for our projects, and gathering and sharing stories of what God is doing in Baptist churches across Scotland.

Lyndsay also loves a chat over coffee so and is keen to hear about what’s happening in your Baptist churches!

Brian is our new Finance Director, and also serves as an Executive Director on the Board of Directors and acts as our Company Secretary. His work involves attending to our financial and regulatory responsibilities as a company and a charity, managing the financial affairs of the Union including preparing our annual accounts and budgets, and monitoring the use of our restricted and designated funds.  

Brian’s also seeks to develop relationships with our church treasurers and serve as a support and encouragement to them.  

Katy has recently joined the team and provides administrative and organisational support to the General Director, National Team, Council and AGM. Katy is also the Prayer Coordinator and compiles the daily prayer guide.

Katy’s role is wide and varied, and she brings her background and expertise from working at one of Glasgow’s busiest colleges to the BUS.

Katy is involved at her local Baptist church, helps run a men’s futsal (indoor football) club, as well as enjoying coffee (and cake!) with friends and family.

Ivy is the main administrative support for all areas of Ministry.

Ivy has been a key part of the team since she joined the BUS in 1998, serving in a number of roles before becoming our Ministry Administrator in 2011.

Ivy is responsible for administering our Board of Ministry, Pre-accreditation process, Continuing Ministry Development, Sabbatical Grants and Settlement. Ivy is happy to receive all enquiries relating to ministry. 

Carly joined BUS in 2022 and her role involves supporting the team through administration, both in day-to-day office upkeep and in wider Baptist Union involvements

Working p/t, Carly providing administrative support for both the Lead Academy sessions held here in Scotland, and Training Hub, our young leaders development programme.  She keeps the BUS database up-to-date, deals with bookings for our holiday accommodation in Findochty and with our retirement properties and their related matters.

Kim joined the team in 2023 after moving from the island of Guernsey. Based in East Lothian, Kim has settled into a local church and is excited to be involved with the wider vision of the Baptist Union across Scotland.

Kim is responsible for the day to day operation of the BUS finance systems and general finance and payroll admin. This includes supporting the finance director in keeping up to date records of contributions received, along with gifts and loans to churches. She is available to contact if you have any finance related queries.

Alan has been our law agent and solicitor since 1996, having worked in house for the BUS since 2018.

The twin strands of law and Christian service have woven their way throughout Alan’s career, including studying at the Scottish Baptist College, serving the Lawyers Christian Fellowship, and working in private practice legal firms, large and small.

Alan has progressively specialised in the unique complexities of church title deeds, combining this with charity law knowledge to pilot unincorporated churches through the process of re-structuring as SCIOs. Alan serves many using his legal knowledge and skills and also has his own firm, Diakoneo Legal Services, serving churches and related charities in Scotland.