1918 is the year that a woman, Edith Gates, was first recorded as being in pastoral charge of one of the churches in our Baptist family. (Read more about Edith here) We’d like to celebrate this centenary by sharing a little about four women who have been called to ministry in our region. One of […]
Calne Baptist Church invites you to join us to explore ways to make our churches welcoming and inclusive to people living with Dementia. Calne Baptist Church, Castle Street, Calne, Wiltshire SN11 0DX Saturday 27th October 10.00am – 1.00pm Coffee and registration from 9.30am – 10.00am Our talks and discussions will help us to understand: What it means to be a Dementia […]
Over the last year a number of church leaders across our network have been meeting to pray and discuss the need to develop new leaders in our churches. A few churches within our Baptist network already run an internship programme. Bristol Baptist College have developed a Wednesday Discipleship formation stream; Seventy-two co-ordinates Forge Training in […]
Cirencester Baptist Church will host Stuart Townend’s Courage Tour on Saturday 29th September 2018, starting at 7:30pm, doors open at 7pm. Tickets are £12 in advance, £14 on the door For more information go to cirencester-baptist.org/stuarttownend or phone 01285 643510
Please consider displaying the attached poster and promoting within your community the idea of Chaplaincy Volunteering in the Bristol hospitals. As you will see from the poster, we are running a programme this autumn for people to explore volunteering as a ward visitor, meeting people in hospital who may or may not express a faith. […]
CYM launch a new Chaplaincy Masters Course in 2018 The Institute for Children Youth and Mission (CYM) is launching a new suite of postgraduate courses in autumn 2018 in Chaplaincy with Children and Young People. This will run alongside their well-established MA courses in Youth and Community Work and Practical Theology, and Professional Practice and […]
Fishponds Baptist Church is holding a ‘ Dougie Dug Dug’s Awesome Bubble show’ at 4-6 pm on Sunday September 16 th 2018 as part of our Messy church programme. This is a free event aimed at primary school children but anyone is welcome . This is a wonderful opportunity to invite your friends who would […]
On 5th May 2018, over 200 leaders from different sectors across Bristol came together at City Hall to focus on some of the social challenges that Bristol faces. This event, organised by Christian Action Bristol and Mayor of Bristol, Marvin Rees, was a unique opportunity to hear about some of the great work being done […]
The WEBA Regional Team have secured a unique opportunity for our pastoral leaders* to sample the Bridge Builders training on Wednesday 4th July. This will be a one day workshop on ‘Handling Conflict Constructively’. Here’s what Alisdair Longwill says about his own experience of Bridge Builders: “I’ve been to countless conferences and events in the […]
Firestarters are conversations involving nine fast growing Baptist churches, with each event offering 24 hours to ‘learn, expect and act’. Firestarters are not conferences with a perceived expert keynoting, as useful as that is. Nor are they retreats with guided self-reflection, as vital as that is. They are conversations hosted by some of these churches experiencing this surprising growth. Two […]
