The Baptist Union of Scotland has been partnering with LeadAcademy since 2017 to deliver focused training courses for Church Leadership Teams. These have been a catalyst for transforming how leaders develop more effective ways of working as a team and...
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Easter Baptisms for Aberdeen Asylum Seekers
By Gary Smith, Crown Terrace Baptist Church, Aberdeen In response to the Baptist Union's call for baptisms last year, we took a step of faith and promoted and planned for a baptismal service on the 21st November last year. We did not have anyone lined up. In the end...
Mae Moore and April’s Training Hub update
Training Hub, April Update By Mae Moore I can’t believe another month has been and gone at Training Hub already! Since last month’s update we were able to meet together in Glasgow to hear from Ruth and Stevie McLaren all around our Myers Briggs Type Indicator. One of...
Solas, Perth Baptist and Overcoming the Awkward Conversation!
Solas is a Dundee-based Christian ministry – which works alongside local churches and student groups across the country in evangelism and evangelism-training. Our director, Dr Andy Bannister leads a small team of evangelists/apologists/trainers who travel the country,...
Homes for Ukrainian Refugees
Homes for Ukrainian Refugees By Martin Hodson, General Director, BUS After a month of war in Ukraine we continue to cry out to God for protection for people under threat, for safety for those who are displaced and for peace to be restored. Some familiar words of...
Training Hub- is it for you?
Mae Moore, Training Hub and Comms Support, shares with us what has been happening in Training Hub this month! We would also love to hear from you if this is an opportunity you would like to know more about, all the info is here at: Training Hub. I have recently been...
TryPraying (on a bus near you)
Boxes, Booklets, Banners and Buses... This week on the school run I threw my phone at my 8 year old, yelling, 'Quick, take a picture, there's one of the buses..!' It was the first local advert I have seen for the new TryPraying movement across Scotland, which many of...
Refurb & Foodbank for the Atholl Centre, Pitlochry
The Atholl Baptist Centre in Pitlochry was founded on the giving of Baptists in Scotland and Europe just over 50 years ago. It has an amazing history and the Lord has blessed them greatly over these 50 years, but particularly over the last two years despite all the...
The Power of Prayer Walking, Bristo Baptist
When Garry Ketchen and Christopher Anderson committed to prayer walking from their church, Bristo Baptist, around the local community, they had no idea what it would lead to! Christopher shares with us here about the power of prayer walking and the amazing impact...
School Chaplaincy: the Unseen Glue
Nick Blair is in a unique position having been Chaplain at Merchiston Castle, a boarding and day school for boys age 7- 18, Edinburgh for the last 18 years. Here he shares with us why helping pupils ask questions rather than telling them what they should think is they...