Autism and the Church
By Lyndsay Cameron-Ross Last weekend I spent my Saturday afternoon with some absolutely brilliant humans, at a workshop and lunch entitled Autism and the Church, with the author and theologian Erin Burnett. As leaders who organise and facilitate a wide range of...
Erin’s Training Hub deep dive
Training Hub so far... By Erin Hibbard, BUS Training Hub and National Team Assistant We’re excited to report that this year’s Training Hub is well under way with five passionate trainees joining us for an intentional year of discipleship! The 2023/24 cohort are eager...
Online National Prayer Gathering, March
Increase National Prayer Gathering (on Zoom) March 14th 2024, 7.30pm One of our key priorities with the Increase Vision is Prayer and especially praying together. In a couple of weeks time there is going to be an Increase Prayer intensive and as part of that, there...
Church Planting Course & Conference
Church Planting is just one of the ways the BUS is responding to God's calling to pray and equip his people for Increase in our nation. Glenn Innes, BUS Future Church Lead, is involved in both the new Scottish Church Planting Network, hosting their first training...
CAP at KBC- 85 lives, £1 million debt cleared & 1 life-changing carpet!
85 individual lives transformed... £1 million of debt cleared...& 1 carpet that changed life for a client and his daughter! "The CAP Debt Centre at KBC recently surpassed the milestone of £1 million in debt cleared and currently sits at just under £1.2 million!...
Ukrainian Church Plant Partnership Update
Since January 2022, the BUS have been supporting a Church Planting Project “Open Heart” in Zollotonosha, Ukraine under the leadership of Pastor Yura Fedoruk. Yura has shared this incredible update with us just this week, and we would encourage you to continue praying...
Zak Swan: A New Thing
We really appreciate hearing from Zak Swan, who is part of Training Hub this year, as he tells us how God has changed his life in the last couple of years... "Earlier this year I got baptised on Easter Sunday. It came after a few months in which God really began to do...
Letters of Blessing, by Joan McDowell
We are privileged this month to share another creative outpouring from one of our BUS members, Joan McDowell. Joan has served as a key part of Adelaide Place Baptist church, along with her family, for many years, as well as serving on the Board of Scottish Baptist...
New Worship Album, Live from Central
New Worship Album- Have Faith, Live at Central Hall We are always excited to hear fresh expressions of worship coming out of Scotland, so imagine our joy to discover one of the BUS churches has recorded a whole album! We just had to find out more and invited Zak Robb...
Catriona Gorton: Reflections on Time in BUS
At the end of August Catriona Gorton left her role as Minister of Hillhead Baptist Church to begin a new ministry down south. This is a bivocational role in which she serves half time as Tutor for Ministerial Formation at Northern Baptist College and half time as...
The Liturgy Collective// Our Next Gathering: ‘Waiting & Longing’
Background Over a year ago some of us sensed the need to give more care to the craft of worship and the souls of those who lead. Our sense then was that encouragement and skill could increase among those who give out a lot if we simply found sacred space to seek...
‘From Small Acorns’, by Glen Cartwright
FROM SMALL ACORNS Fifty years ago in a small Sunday School class in Carluke Baptist Church, a man called Ian planted a seed. Ian was my Sunday School teacher. The seed he faithfully planted, like a small acorn, took root and began to grow. Fast forward fifty years,...
First Church Planting Program Launched!
'Through the pouring rain, we gathered in Inchinnan, just outside Glasgow, from around the country to begin a year-long journey of learning about Church Planting. Our first Baptist Union of Scotland cohort to join our training partnership with Forge Scotland...
Increase Gatherings: from a mustard seed…
Well almost from the furthest south to the furthest north, & from west to east in one month - gathering together across our churches to worship & pray together remembering that though the seeds we are planting in prayer may feel as small as a mustard seed - in...
The September Mental Load: how is yours?
The September heatwave seems to have passed, maybe officially leaving summer behind, and I have noticed the phrase 'September Mental Load' being mentioned over coffees, and explored on social media. As courses begin, church clubs start up again, volunteers re-shuffle,...
The Unquenchable Fire; a new book by Rev John Greenshields
The Unquenchable Fire, by Rev John Greenshields Many of you will know John from his time in ministry and in his role here at BUS before retiring, and we are pleased to share that he has recently published a third devotional book, drawing on the writings of Dr. Luke. ...