by Alan Milnes | Dec 2, 2021 | eConnect, News
Written By Martyn Link As the eyes of the world turned to Glasgow for the 26th Conference of Parties (COP) the question on the world’s lips was “can we keep 1.5 alive?” For some of us this cryptic question may well leave us cold, I have heard some ask “why bother with...
by Alan Milnes | Dec 2, 2021 | eConnect, News, Online Advent
I want to open a door…! Welcome to the first ever Scottish Baptist Online Advent Calendar 2021! This year Baptist churches from around the country will be surprising us from behind our daily doors! Click to open a door every day of Advent to hear about...
by Alan Milnes | Dec 2, 2021 | eConnect, News
By Mark & Irene, Westwood Baptist Church, East Kilbride “It required a wholesale change in the DNA of the church…” Prior to lockdown we, as a church, had been re-considering our Church Mission Statement and then working through together what...
by Alan Milnes | Nov 5, 2021 | Canopy, eConnect, News, Prayer
‘A problem only exists in the absence of the right conversation…’ I first heard this quote from a good friend of mine, Jim McNeish, and whenever I feel things are going round in circles or the same perceived problem keeps being revisited it often springs to mind. As...
by Alan Milnes | Nov 4, 2021 | eConnect
Alan Donaldson, General Secretary of EBF, shares about both the growth and challenges from across Europe, and how our Scottish churches can play a significant role in God’s kingdom. “The Lord gave me a picture of you and Ruth travelling together with just a few...
by Alan Milnes | Nov 4, 2021 | eConnect, News
Written by Cara Wightman and the Renew Wellbeing Team at Cathcart. Renew Wellbeing Cathcart was just launched on Thursday 28th October 2021! Before the launch there has been significant journey and a stirring of the Holy Spirit amongst several people about the need to...
by Alan Milnes | Nov 4, 2021 | eConnect
Ruth Rice, Director of Renew Wellbeing and Coordinator for Scotland, shares the incredible springboard our BUS conference, Canopy 2020, provided as 20 new centres are launched around Scotland! Renew Wellbeing helps churches open spaces of welcome and inclusion in...
by Alan Milnes | Nov 2, 2021 | eConnect
COP26 is a massive opportunity for churches around Scotland to really engage with the issues of climate change and there are plenty of insightful and creative resources around for you and your churches to engage with. On the BUS website we have a whole section with...
by Marc Fraser | Oct 6, 2021 | eConnect, News
It’s good to talk! By Jenny Wilson and Lyndsay Cameron-Ross Those of us of a certain vintage will remember the TV adverts from the mid-90s for a telecommunications company with actor Bob Hoskins saying ‘It’s good to talk!’ And so it is! I am sure in this last season,...
by Marc Fraser | Oct 6, 2021 | eConnect, News
Finding a Home in Jesus By Rev Charles Maasz BSc Hons BD Hons, CEO Glasgow City Mission Some will have noticed that I have rather embarrassingly written a load of incidental prefix and postfixes along with my name and job title. I have never done that before and I may...
