Continuing his exploration of 1 Peter, Terry Young explains how Peter subverts traditional notions of strength
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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
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Continuing his series on 1 Peter, Terry Young explores how the letter makes the connections between suffering and glory
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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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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
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We are looking for someone to provide support to the Legal and Property Officer and the Legal Services Manager
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Do you have experience in discipling children and/or young people and building relationships with those outside the Church?
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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A new series on what we can learn from 1 Peter, which is written to scattered, suffering communities. This first piece explores calling
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How three words might be a better alternative to making resolutions. By Darren Blaney
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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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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
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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
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A year end reflection, in the form of a poem
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Highlighting the ten most clicked pieces in The Baptist Times this year
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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
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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
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'The former Principal of South Wales Baptist College was an outstanding scholar - and a gracious, kind, compassionate man'
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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
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Respected electrical engineer with a strong Christian faith who became a member, treasurer and elder of Rising Brook Baptist Church in Stafford
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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
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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
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What do you do about people who annoy you? A reflection by Colin Sedgwick
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Why a group is meeting online to study the systematic theology of James McClendon. By Andy Goodliff
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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
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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
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Baptist minister Glen Graham urges churches to continue online services that transform disabled people’s experience of worship
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Teacher, headteacher and magistrate who had a long association with BMS World Mission after serving in Congo
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A reflection on experiencing and seeing beyond the current darkness. By Shaun Lambert
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Baptist theologian Paul Fiddes explores the forms covenant, fellowship and body are taking virtually
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In the wake of the departure of Dominic Cummings from Downing Street, Martin Sweet reflects on Genesis 24 and what it means to think beyond the box
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A look at four reasons why our minds are struggling in these strangest of times
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Making the connection between the Christmas story and the ever present plight of refugees around the world - in the form of a new collection of cards
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It’s Remembrance-tide once more; but I wish that it wasn’t. Here's why, writes Andrew Kleissner
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Interview with Peter Laws, an ordained Baptist minister who talks horror, Halloween - and how more Christians are acknowledging a spooky gene
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Black Lives, Truth Matters; Covid conspiracy; mental health
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