Following Jesus is a roadmap to reconciliation. We know that God ‘was reconciling the world to himself in Christ’ (2 Cor 5.19). And those who are reconciled by the cross become part of a ‘new humanity’ (Eph 2.15) where old hostilities are put to death.Last Sunday’s National Prayer Livestream** was a…
Ali Laing spoke with Elie Haddad, president of the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary, as part of our prayer live stream a few weeks ago. Listen back to their conversation.
Experiencing Faith, a newly published book by Jim Purves, is now available on our website. Jim takes a fresh look at the life of discipleship through the lens of three guiding principles: Recall, Renounce and Refuel. Listen in to Jim talking with Martin Hodson about...
Yearning for Hope – Stories of Transformation Shaun gave his life to Jesus and was baptised in 2019 at Central Church, Edinburgh. Here he shares the hope he now has through knowing Jesus even in the midst of uncertain and unsettling times. ‘Today I described my life...
Rest & Restore in Cathcart By Karen Gurling, Cathcart BC Just towards the end of 2019, conversations arose within Cathcart Baptist Church around the possibility of opening up the church each week - to be a place for people to come and find a quiet space, a time of...
All under one Canopy! We are pleased to invite you and your church to join in with Canopy on 23-25 October. Canopy is a new online gathering for all Scottish Baptist Churches. Over the weekend we will pray together, listen to God’s word, hear inspirational speakers,...
Canopy 23-25 October Canopy is a new online gathering for all Scottish Baptist Churches. Over the weekend we will pray together, listen to God’s word, hear inspirational speakers, tell stories of what God is doing in his church and expect him to speak into our lives...
The Bible is clear that we should be ‘quick to listen and slow to speak’. In that spirit, at our National Prayer Livestream on June 14 we invited some black and minority ethnic people from Scottish Baptist churches to share their experience and lead us in prayer. As a...
By Eoghan Paterson, Pastor at Dumfries Baptist Church We’ve been running an alpha course online by zoom during Lockdown. We began in February and had completed 5 sessions before Lockdown. We’ve been continuing to run 5 groups with 15 participants continuing out of an...
By Ali Laing, Next Generation Development Coordinator In July 1994 a businessman decided to make a radical change. Whilst safe in a well laid and influential job he began to observe the Dotcom boom. Web-based businesses were springing up literally changing the way...
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Prayer is at the heart of our Union. The prayer calendar is a framework to help individuals or congregations pray for all our churches throughout the year. Every Sunday evening several hundred people from our churches across Scotland join in our National Prayer Livestream.
