FBBI Gathering 2025: Reflections from Wales
FBBI Gathering 2025: Reflections from Wales By Marc Fraser, BUS Invest & Increase Assistant At the end of October, Ali and I travelled down to Wales to take part in the Fellowship of Baptists in Britain and Ireland (FBBI) gathering. If you’ve not heard of FBBI...
Open Heart Church, Ukraine: Update Autumn 2025
Open Heart Church, Ukraine: Update Autumn 2025 As a family of Scottish Baptist churches we support Open Heart Church, Ukraine, which is led by Pastor Yura Fedoryuk, who serves there with his wife Nina and children Emiliya & Benjamin. We would encourage you to read...
Prayer
Praying Across Scotland! 24/7 Week, National prayer gathering and voices from every corner of Scotland! By Rev Lisa Holmes, BUS National team "Ephesians 6:18 reminds us: "Pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind,...
🔦 SOCIALS SPOTLIGHT
Seeing and sharing stories of what God is doing around the BUS network is one of the most encouraging and inspiring aspects of being part of our family of churches, and many of your churches share updates on social media! Here is a small window into some of the...
BUS Staff Changes & General Director Update
STAFF CHANGES This summer, after ten years of service, our General Director, Martin Hodson, felt the call to move on from his role with the Baptist Union of Scotland. During his time in post, he has led with wisdom and steadiness through significant seasons, including...
SBC News: The Beginning of a New Chapter!
The Beginning of a New Chapter By Dr Graham Meiklejohn, Lecturer & Academic Director (Scottish Baptist College) "I have worked at the Scottish Baptist College now for 10 years and every year the start of term is exciting. Part of my remit as Academic Director is...
Nairn Renew: An Answer to Prayer!
A NEW SEASON IN NAIRN- The Opening of our Space on the High Street By Jonathan Turner, Minister at Nairn Baptist Church "Some may remember a short prayer video that I made when we were in the stage of hope that Nairn Baptist Church could have a leased property on the...
‘Through the Roof’ Disability Awareness championed at Peebles Baptist Church
Christine Drummond is one of three 'Roofbreaker disability champions' from Peebles Baptist Church, working to break down barriers for people who live with disability, illness or impairments. Through the Roof is a registered charity that exists to Transform lives...
New Book ‘Spiritual Warfare’: an interview with Al Cuthbert
This month Lyndsay caught up with Alistair Cuthbert to find out more about his brand new book, Spiritual Warfare! Alistair (Al) joined the College in September 2025 having previously been the minister of Falkirk Baptist Church in central Scotland since July...
Quiet Revival Event
An invite from the Pastors of Newton Mearns Baptist Church and Queens Park Baptist Church to hear and learn about ‘The Quiet Revival’. On Sunday 17th August, 7pm - 8:45pm Including refreshments on arrival from 6:30pm Venue: Queens Park Baptist Church Something is...
A Call to Increase
The vision of the Baptist Union at this time is summed up in the word Increase. The vast majority of voices in our country are predicting the inevitable decline of the church and the absolute triumph of secularisation, but we believe God has given us a different word....
A Home for Good in 2025?
One of the amazing charities that many of you in our Scottish Baptist churches have linked up with is Home for Good. Their Scotland Lead, Tamsyn Radmall, has worked as part of the team at Central Church, Edinburgh for several years, and very openly shares with us here...
We Took our Frustrations to God in Prayer…
Over the last few years we have been, as a network, pursuing God's call to Increase, but what do we do when there appears to be limited signs of growth or movement? Rev Dave Lazonby shares a story of encouragement from Newton Mearns Baptist Church, around the...
Training Hub Spring: 4 Exclusive Day Events!
📣 TRAINING HUB: BRAND NEW EVENTS for SPRING 2025! This Spring 2025 we invite you to join us for our brand new Training Hub Days! These 4 one-day training opportunities are an exciting way for young adults to engage in a dynamic day of teaching, worship, Q&A, small...
EA launches new course to help Christians talk about sexuality
EA launches new course to help Christians talk about sexuality The Evangelical Alliance has recently developed some new resources to support Christians talk about sexuality. Gavin Calver, CEO says: "In my role, one of the biggest issues we get asked about is human...
Where do you see Him?
A few weeks ago many of us were treated to the wonders of the Northern lights again as they danced across our Scottish skies (high fives to all of you also freezing in your pyjamas in the back garden!). It was a spectacular sight to behold as the heavens really did...