“This Isn’t the Future Church, this IS the Church!”
"This isn't the future church, this IS the church"! Over a picnic bench at Magnitude festival this conversation with one of our Baptist church leaders got my attention. I had just come from the Hub tent, where over 150 young people age 11-18, from Baptist churches and...
Nourish, Discover & Reach at the Scottish Baptist College
By Graham Meiklejohn, Lecturer and Communications Officer at Scottish Baptist College & UWS If you’re in the west of Scotland as we are, you’ve probably noticed a lot of activity in the garden over the past couple of months. With a combination of typical Scottish...
ESOL Reaches Over 20 Nationalities at Dennistoun Baptist
As many Baptist churches around Scotland are hosting summer outreach programmes and holiday clubs we hear what God has been doing through Dennistoun Baptist Church... 'Dennistoun Baptist Church took the gospel to its local community through a packed week of summer...
Training Hub Says Goodbye to 21/22 cohort… and Hello to ???
By Mae Moore, BUS Training Hub and Comms Support We have reached the end of our Training Hub course for 2021-2022 and what a year it has been! Despite the fact that the cohort has been scattered between Edinburgh, Glasgow and Broughty Ferry, plus the challenges of...
Canopy Online- SAVE THE DATE!
WHEN: October 28/ 29/ 30 WHERE: Online We are absolutely delighted to announce after the success of Canopy Summer, that this October 28/ 29/ 30 we will be hosting Canopy Online, an opportunity to gather virtually from every nook and cranny of Scotland! This weekend...
Making All Things New
Wild flowers are one of my favourite things about summer; the variety of colours, shapes, sizes and scents remind me of the beauty in diversity, and the ways in which we are all so unique. Recently our National team spent 24 hours away together on a retreat. During...
Increase Vision; a word from Martin Hodson
At Canopy Summer, Martin Hodson, General Director of the Baptist Union of Scotland, shared passionately the vision for Increase that God has placed on his heart. Along with the National team and BUS Council we are really excited and hopeful in this new season, and...
Cost of living crisis: the hidden cost
Cost of living crisis: the hidden cost By Charis Scott, Christians Against Poverty, Scotland Promotion and Engagement Manager Over the last couple of years many of us have experienced what it’s like to feel trapped and lonely. Through lockdowns and periods of self...
Hybrid Baptism at Hillhead
We are a church based in the West end of Glasgow, of over 15 nationalities who, after two full years of worshipping on Zoom, began Hybrid Church at Easter 2022. Around equal numbers meet at a hotel and on Zoom, and we delight in how that is working out. Earlier this...
Gather
Over the last few months we have been prayerfully planning ahead for our Canopy Summer gathering, on Sat 11th June, at Dunblane High School. When we were preparing the content and considering what this gathering space could look like we felt a real sense of God...
Training Hub: Applications now OPEN!
TRAINING HUB This exciting opportunity is a discipleship and leadership programme designed to enable you to become more transformed into the person God created you to be. It runs over 10 months and is built on 3 key areas: discipleship, mission and leadership. We want...
Canopy: Invite from Martin Hodson
It’s going to be amazing to worship together, engage with the word of God and reconnect with one another face to face. We have an exciting programme full of activities for children, young people and adults as well as time for all of us together! We hope there is...
Tilly Community Larder, Grown from Love
By Eileen Armstrong, Tillicoultry Baptist Church John 13:34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. Tilly Community Larder grew from Love... Love from Jacqueline Primrose for her...
Transformations for 5 at Thurso Baptist
What a joy to welcome over 30 extra visitors (family and friends) to a 4-hour celebration of praise, testimonies, gospel message and oodles of fantastic food and fellowship, for the baptism of five precious friends who had chosen to publicly profess their faith in...
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...