The Baptist Union of Great Britain : The Baptist Times

This is a key role, providing interim leadership to the work of the Faith and Society specialist team based in Didcot and participating in the wider collaboration and leadership of Baptists Together

October 2019

Have we lost our dissenting roots? Plus 'You're never too old, there's more to come'

Have we lost our dissenting roots?

There were few Baptist voices at Extinction Rebellion. As Baptists, have we lost our non-conformist and dissenting roots, asks Michael Shaw?

Church Manager, Streatham Baptist Church

We are seeking to appoint a Church Manager who will play a key role in the ministry of the Church by managing the overall administration of the church and church owned premises.

You have been weighed

The desire to measure and value everything in monetary terms always tends to dehumanisation. As people of a gracious God surely we know that the most important things in life are free?

'No real doubt about the existence of Jesus'

Next time you come across an article questioning some aspect of Jesus’ life, remind yourself that what we read in a modern opinion piece is not necessarily the judgement of experts

Where have all the prophets gone?

On climate change, the church should be the voice calling from the wilderness, writes Michael Shaw. We need to be bolder

A Token Man

Text of the address given by Andy Goodliff, the 'token man' at the 5 October event celebrating 100 years of ordaining women to Baptist ministry

The Mirror that Speaks Back

Christians are not immune to the pressure of never being or having enough. How do we re-establish our identity in God’s love?

Black History Month resources

A selection of resources, events and articles to help Baptists reflect on and mark Black History Month

Why do Christians idolise the traditional family?

With more and more people living alone, the Church really needs to explore its past and widen its thinking, says writer and broadcaster Vicky Walker

Captives in the shadows

Social justice and deliverance ministry in the Baptist church. The need is growing, writes Jayne Irlam

The Revd Peter Dennis Chevill: 1924-2019

Written by Peter in January 2008 and updated by his daughter Elizabeth in September 2019

Why we still know so little about dementia

Stigma has been reduced but the dread surrounding dementia is still high. The biggest hope, and the biggest myth-buster, is having accurate information and acting on it, writes Louise Morse

Home Mission: Here's the reality

General Secretary Lynn Green looks at the challenges ahead for Baptists Together

'The sheep found me'

Allan Finnegan, minister of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Netherton, on a baptism due to take place in November

The Revd Gerald (Gee) Christopher Hemp: 1953-2019

Missionary, minister and chaplain

My brother from another century

Wayne Clarke introduces his biography of Hugh Stowell Brown, a towering Victorian-era Baptist minister

General Secretary/Executive Director, The International Baptist Convention

IBC is a fellowship of 64 English-speaking international churches in 24 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Central and South America

Modern worship and fast food

Why I am cynical about the approach of modern worship, writes Baptist minister Michael Shaw

Why we celebrate Harvest

'A wonderful opportunity to be reminded of the many things we can take for granted,' writes Baptist minister

September 2019

The Parable of the French Teacher

And Now for Something Completely Different

Retired Baptist minister Joe Story explains why he's set up an alternative publishing house - with several books on baptism

Growing an appetite for singing

For more than 30 years I've witnessed the power of singing, writes Andy Bodkin. Here's why

The Parable of the French Teacher

One way a language teacher can serve God is by challenging the underlying consumerist messages in their text books

A new year, new possibilities

September is a good time to consider the deeper change God longs for in our churches, writes Trevor Neill

'A smouldering wick he will not snuff out'

Jesus is in the business of re-igniting the stuttering candle, not pressing his thumb on it. Are we?

Understanding the teenage mind

Former Christian counsellor and school nurse Mary Weeks Millard focuses on a troubled teenager in her latest novel

August 2019

Deconstruction; bad things in God’s word

Changes to Baptist Insurance cover

Advice from Baptist Insurance outlining changes to their Terrorism and Legal Expenses Cover

Linking lives across the UK

Many lives across the country are now being touched through what started as a small church-based community project

Is chasing after stuff making you sick?

Faith offers some practical and ancient medications which help to treat the global outbreak of consumeritis

Why I welcome the deconstruction process

Is deconstruction back sliding? My faith has been strengthened by questioning the assumptions I grew up with

Bad things in God’s word

What are we, as followers of Jesus, to make of the horrible passages of the Bible? A reflection on Judges 19

July

Chris Evans, Cinnamon award

Women in Ministry: still a sticking point?

Ali Taylor was invited to create a mosaic at the recent Baptist International Conference on Theological Education

Wellspring Wirksworth Service of Commitment

In a truly ecumenical service celebrating our Baptist and Methodist roots 13 year old Tillie Palfreyman was baptised by the Revd Kevin Price

Why I'm excited about tax justice

The church can support some of the most vulnerable in society by joining the campaign for tax justice

Churches: centres of reconciliation?

Bridge Builders is a Christian charity committed to transforming conflict, peacemaking and reconciliation

Together: Re-imagining, Re-reading HERstory

A reflection by Gale Richards on the recent Baptist International Conference on Theological Education

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