"Friends and strangers lifting our voices together, declaring “Amen” in Jesus’ name." - Kim Miller from Lighthouse Community Church, sharing highlights from the National Prayer Intensive "The Prayer Intensive week took place at the end of February, bringing ministers...
A Year of Growth and Renewal for Carluke Baptist Church : "God Has Really Blessed Us as a Fellowship" 2025 was a very exciting year for Carluke Baptist Church. In June 2024 Trevor Wilson, our pastor for the previous 14 years announced he would be retiring in June...
Presence Worship Night - Glasgow Marc and Abigail, the young adults who started the worship night, share more about the gathering here: “Presence is a monthly worship night where we long to see Sons and Daughters gather together to engage fully in worship to God! The...
Rev Jarod Meenan, Healthcare Chaplain for NHS Grampian, shares with us how transformation can and does occur as encounters with God have physical, social, mental and spiritual impacts! "I have been a Baptist Minister for over 28 years now, 22 in pastoral ministry and...
When Churches Merge - 'a coming together of God’s people for this missional moment' By Manoj Raithatha Following the merger of two Baptist churches in 2024, minister Manoj Raithatha has written a book reflecting on all aspects of the process, including the covenant...
This Advent, discover how Strathendrick Baptist Church created an intentional prayer space right at the heart of the local community! Susan shares with us the creative way the church has developed their initial prayer event ideas and integrated them into a local high...
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 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...
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,...
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...