The Covid Situation in Bangladesh and Nepal
The Covid Situation in Bangladesh and Nepal By Jenny Wilson, Connect Editor We have all recently seen footage of the heartbreaking situation in India with hospitals being overwhelmed with Covid-19 patients and, sadly, the many deaths of people from this terrible...
Phone Call at Dedridge
Phone Call at Dedridge By Kieran Banks, Minister of Dedridge Baptist Church Kyle has kindly given us permission to share his story. The phone rang and an anxious, uncertain voice introduced itself. Kyle lives near our church, and during lockdown began to feel a...
Armed Forces Chaplaincy
Armed Forces Chaplaincy By Rev (Maj) Chris Withers Army Chaplain to 6 Regt Royal Logistics Corps, North Yorkshire. In our next Chaplaincy profile, we hear from Rev (Maj) Chris Withers as he shares about his role and ministry as an Army Chaplain. Unlike any other form...
Who are we as we come out of Lockdown?
Who are we as we come out of Lockdown? By Ali Laing, Next Generation Development Co-ordinator Summer 2021 seems to be marking a time that we begin to get something resembling normality. Despite some small increases in infections hospital admissions seem to have...
Looking Backwards, Forwards, & Upwards
Looking Backwards, Forwards, & Upwards By John Toller, Minister at Carnoustie BC At the beginning of March we had a wonderful weekend celebrating the 10th anniversary of Carnoustie Baptist Church. It was a little strange being on my own in the church building to...
Creativity Flourishing at South Leith Baptist
Creativity Flourishing at South Leith Baptist By Bill Cowie, Interim Moderator at South Leith BC South Leith Baptist Church are starting a project to reach young people in the community, through providing free tuition in drama, dance, music and multimedia. The project...
Supporting The Local Church – Our Burning Desire
Supporting The Local Church – Our Burning Desire By George Thomson, SBLPA Events Secretary In common with most organisations across the nation, the Scottish Baptist Lay Preachers’ Association has found this period of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions challenging to...
We Can’t Do Without It
We Can’t Do Without It By Jim Purves, Mission & Ministry Advisor ‘I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.’ (Luke 24.49) Easter is a glorious time! It calls us to focus on the...
Council Digest – March 2021
Council Digest - March 2021 In order to help me prepare this article, I have been re-reading the Minutes of our Council meeting, which took place fully on-line at the beginning of March. I find myself astonished once again: first of all at the breadth of the business...
What Does An RAF Chaplain Do?
The next role we are looking at in our series on different types of Chaplaincy, is Chaplaincy within the RAF. Here, Revd Philip Craven, one of our RAF Chaplains speaks about what his role involves. Please note that this RAF video was filmed prior to Covid-19. [video...
Let’s just say it’s personal!
Let's just say it's personal! By Barbara Henderson, Inverness Baptist Church We hear about the idea that gained traction at Inverness Baptist to handwrite over 400 Easter cards for the local community! The Easter team at Inverness Baptist Church were quick and united...
Join Us For Easter Prayer Live!
Ali Laing share with us some exciting information about Easter Prayer Live, which includes an interview with Nicky Gumbel from HTB. [video width="1920" height="1080"...
Project Pants
Project Pants By Andy Harding, Executive Pastor, Central Church, Edinburgh As a church, we have felt that this season has been as hard as it has been challenging. We have tried to ensure we mature in our faith but also share the good news and prioritise those who are...
Kirkintilloch Baptist Serving Scotland on The Service
Kirkintilloch Baptist Serving Scotland on The Service The BBC recently filmed a 30-minute service from Kirkintilloch Baptist (KBC) for their series of televised church services, The Service, broadcast on BBC Scotland. Rev Mark Fyfe, minister of Kirkintilloch Baptist...
Centre Stage
Centre Stage By Martin Hodson, BUS General Director This last year God has helped me see how prone I am to putting myself centre-stage. A few other people have told me they have been on the same journey. We’ve been telling the story of the last 12 months in terms of...
30 March 2021
City Gates, Edinburgh - We pray today for City Gates Church in Edinburgh as they continue to strive to be a community where they care and share together as a church family and as they walk alongside people in the local community.