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Market Place: Mission and Ministry, Present and Future 

Details and links about the Mission and Ministry (Present and Future) stream in the afternoon Market Place session
 

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Session Leader:  Laura Gill 

Through the Dignity initiative BMS and Baptist churches across the UK are raising awareness of gender based violence and the work that is underway to bring hope to survivors in communities worldwide. 
 
Watch the powerful Introducing Dignity film:


 

Ministries Project

Session Leader:  Phil Jump

What will define Baptist ministry for this generation and the generations to come? An opportunity to share, think, pray and participate.

 

Hope into Action 

Session Leader: Ed Walker   
 
How your church can make a genuine difference to the poorest homeless: Hope into Action enables churches to house the homeless.

Hope for the UK's homeless: read this Baptist Times article about Hope Into Action.
 

 

North Korea  - beyond the news headlines 

Session Leader: David Kerrigan 

North Korea remains a focus of prayer for BMS through the Project Cyrus initiative. While Pyongyang was once referred to as the ‘Jerusalem of the East’, mainline news stories about North Korea today are often infrequent and less than positive. Yet, is this the full picture?
 
The session uncovered stories of hope, opportunity and challenge from North Korea.
 
 

BUGB Mission Forum - "Fishing with nets or rods?"

Session Leader: Stuart Davison 

Should mission be left to individual effort and opportunity or can a local church have a strategy to work together?
 

Parish Nursing

Session Leader: Helen Wordsworth  
 
Looking for a new and effective way to reach your local community? Wondering how to add more spiritual value to your church’s current social activities? 
Needing some back-up support for your pastoral visiting scheme?   Then how about health ministry?...
 
For more information about Parish Nursing, have a look at this article from the Baptist Times, or see the Parish Nursing website.
 
 
 

Baptist Times, 19/05/2015
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