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Donald Trump and the heresy of white evangelical Christianity

As Donald Trump leaves the White House in disgrace, the time has come for the evangelical Christians who supported him to examine their consciences and embark on the road to repentance, writes Joshua Searle

We are what we sing

Our theology is often shaped more by our singing than it is by teaching. In this period when many of us have had to start again with our church’s worship repertoire, writing your own hymn is a project that could nourish and sustain your congregation

Blessed to see God’s church responding to his call

Carol Richardson reports on collecting 100 stories of Baptists involved in missional adventure

The Baptist Union and the nuclear weapons debate

Steve Tinning highlights our journey towards a call for nuclear disarmament

Do we have enough hope?

The first legally binding international agreement to ban nuclear weapons enters into force on 22 January 2021. None of the nine nuclear states, including the UK, have signed the treaty. Martin Tiller explains how the church can respond

Peter and baptism

Exploring Peter's understanding of baptism. By Terry Young

Behind the scenes at Fresh Streams

Andy Glover explains how the three-day online event came together

An upside down world

Continuing his exploration of 1 Peter, Terry Young explains how Peter subverts traditional notions of strength

Is your church Hong Kong ready?

The UK is about to welcome hundreds of thousands of people from Hong Kong. Simon Goddard explores how Baptists are responding, and what your church can do

Suffering and glory

Continuing his series on 1 Peter, Terry Young explores how the letter makes the connections between suffering and glory

Want to explore Baptist ministry?

A new document outlines the steps to accredited Baptist ministry - and highlights how the Spirit is increasingly calling different people to different types of ministry

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A time of opportunity, a time of reflection

We remain in the midst of a crisis, one that is not going to pass anytime soon. In exploring how churches have responded so far, Ian Stackhouse expresses both gratitude and concern

Property Paralegal, Support Services team

We are looking for someone to provide support to the Legal and Property Officer and the Legal Services Manager

Children’s, families and youth worker, Gilgal Baptist Church

Do you have experience in discipling children and/or young people and building relationships with those outside the Church?

Free Church Chaplain to the University of Exeter

We are looking for an enthusiastic and creative person with excellent interpersonal skills and pastoral sensitivity, to take up this exciting new post as part of the Exeter University Multifaith Chaplaincy team.

A reflection on the events on Capitol Hill

The strange mixture of religion and politics in the US, and what it has to do with us here in the UK. By Michael Shaw

Alert and sober

The people Peter is writing to are under enormous pressure that boils over regularly into violence against them. Peter’s solution is not to muscle up physically, but develop a mind that copes with the present and hopes for the glory to come

Slow Down, Show Up and Pray

Interview with Baptist pastor Ruth Rice, who has written a timely book on we we can model wellbeing in a period of growing mental health issues

Calling and being called

A new series on what we can learn from 1 Peter, which is written to scattered, suffering communities. This first piece explores calling

A Happy New Year?

How three words might be a better alternative to making resolutions. By Darren Blaney

Imagining a new normal: analogue and digital

How do we integrate old and new into a better future? In this long read, Bruce Murray highlights some of the areas churches may wish to consider

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2020 - it wasn't all bad...was it?

In the spirit of hope and joy that marks Christmas, here is a list of things that weren't so bad about 2020 - things through which we may trace the hand of God at work. By Darren Blaney

Home alone for Christmas?

Sadly, double the number of people as normal are expecting to spend Christmas alone. If this includes you, Louise Morse offers some suggestions for making the day a blessing

In the year of plague

A year end reflection, in the form of a poem

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Review of the year 2020

Highlighting the ten most clicked pieces in The Baptist Times this year

Reflections on the Baptists Together Prayer Broadcast

We have hosted 60 live prayer events since March, and they have created a space for so many gifted and passionate people from across our movement to offer spiritual leadership to us, writes Lynn Green

Ruth Beasley-Murray: 1922-2020

An active church member who took on leadership roles in wider denominational life, Ruth was typical of many ministers’ wives of her generation: first and foremost a ‘home-maker’, she saw her role as supporting her husband George in ministry

The Revd Dr Daniel Hugh Matthews: 1936-2020

'The former Principal of South Wales Baptist College was an outstanding scholar - and a gracious, kind, compassionate man'

Striving... for Sabbath rest

A reflection on the reasons we find it so hard to rest - and why we really must to discover all that God has planned for us. By Ben Lucas

David Young: 1935-2020

Respected electrical engineer with a strong Christian faith who became a member, treasurer and elder of Rising Brook Baptist Church in Stafford

Depth change

Why I feel we need to go deeper in our sermons, so people can grow and grasp the upside down nature of the Kingdom of God. By Michael Shaw

Fill your street with friendliness

Churches can lead the way, in partnership, in embedding a positive experience of community for a post-Covid world. Martin Graham introduces as one, which provides a comprehensive service to help them go about it

Annoying people - and prayer

What do you do about people who annoy you? A reflection by Colin Sedgwick

How must we live to be the church?

Why a group is meeting online to study the systematic theology of James McClendon. By Andy Goodliff

Christmas, care homes and Covid

We have to continue do it at a distance, but let’s share our time, our prayers and our thoughts in practical ways to encourage all in our care homes and other isolated people this Christmas, writes Louise Morse

My story is different and often doesn’t get heard

I am a Baptist minister who accepts the traditional/orthodox teaching on human sexuality. I feel my denomination does not care about my sacrifice and years of obedience - and I'm hurting

'Online worship has fulfilled a long hoped-for dream'

Baptist minister Glen Graham urges churches to continue online services that transform disabled people’s experience of worship

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Peter Briggs: 1926-2020

Teacher, headteacher and magistrate who had a long association with BMS World Mission after serving in Congo

Casting a longer light

A reflection on experiencing and seeing beyond the current darkness. By Shaun Lambert

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