Most popular features/interviews 2018

**Edith Gates; a clothing company with social responsibility; welcoming Iranian asylum seekers: these were the most read features in The Baptist Times in 2018**

1 Edith Gates: A Baptist Pioneer
A century ago, Edith Gates was the first woman to be recognised as being in pastoral charge of an English Baptist church. What do we know about her?

2 'A clothing company with a social responsibility'
More Lord is a clothing company with a difference. Interview with founder and CEO JD Vance, a member of The Gate, a Baptist church in Reading

3 Welcoming Iranian asylum seekers
Minister Jonathan Keyworth shares how life at Heywood Baptist Church has been transformed

4 Develop a healthier relationship with food
Dr Deborah Lycett introduces a new church-based programme for people who struggle with food in some way

5 The loneliness of the long distance carer
A recent study explored the lives of churchgoing carers of people with dementia – and revealed several lessons

Baptist Times, 31/12/2018

New edition of The Bible Course offers 'pathway of discovery' to Christianity

A new edition of The Bible Course has launched, created by theologian Dr Andrew Ollerton and his team at Bible Society. Around 140,000 people took part in the original

What does it mean to be fully alive? An interview with Elizabeth Oldfield

The former Theos director and host of the Sacred Podcast talks seasons of withdrawal, living in community - and the Church becoming the kind of people the world needs. Interview by Baptist minister Shaun Lambert

Planes and plans, war and peace

Gary Clayton gives thanks for the extraordinary life and legacy of MAF (Mission Aviation Fellowship) pioneer Jack Hemmings, who died earlier this year aged 103

'Let's work towards never again'

National conference hosted by the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence (CSBV) will explore harmful legacies left by abusive Christians in positions of power

Spring tour for It is Well with My Soul

A musical written by a Baptist evangelist which tells the story behind the beloved gospel hymn heads back out on tour in April

A story of human suffering and enduring love

Baptist minister and chaplain Paul Allen introduces his debut novel Major Tom the Early Years, which documents life's highs and lows - and asks questions about the foundations of our lives

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Features

New edition of The Bible Course offers 'pathway of discovery' to Christianity

Posted: 19/05/2025

What does it mean to be fully alive? An interview with Elizabeth Oldfield

Posted: 07/05/2025

Planes and plans, war and peace

Posted: 30/04/2025

'Let's work towards never again'

Posted: 09/04/2025

Spring tour for It is Well with My Soul

Posted: 08/04/2025