Continuing Ministerial Development as core to our understanding of Baptist Ministry and Leadership No pastoral leader can operate in isolation from the support, friendship and advice of others in ministry. A healthy approach to ministry involves a commitment to both ongoing learning and accountability. This benefits the pastoral leader themselves, their families and their congregation […]
When we recently heard about Norman and Pat Fuggle’s wonderful ministry among seniors in the retirement village where they live, we asked them to tell us more. Here’s their story… Six years ago we were in our 7th year of retirement living in Yate. Norman was an elder at Chipping Sodbury Baptist Church with responsibility […]
Over the past year, we’ve all experienced a measure of isolation and restriction. 2020 had us all floored, it had me at times. We’ve met as scattered believers; doing church at home and online, masked and worshipping in silence; few of us could have predicted how much could change. But what if isolation, restriction were […]
When we pray, God hears. As we enter into this new year, probably more than any other year, I’ve become very conscious there are so very few constants I can rely upon. As I write, my wife Maggie is planning to return to school, but we’re aware that could all change before I even complete […]
2020 was a challenging year for all of us involved in church leadership. Many of us have had to learn new skills very quickly and under difficult circumstances in order to respond to a constantly changing situation. Challenging times can affect our wellbeing and so we wanted to begin the new year with some opportunities for […]
As we come towards the end of this quite unprecedented year, we’d like to say thank you for your faithfulness in praying for and giving to our Home Mission churches, our emerging expressions of church, and towards resourcing others in the mission of God. We’d also like to share with you and celebrate some of […]
‘Glimpse’ is the latest song to be released by Luke Wareham and Rachel Mason, two worship leaders and songwriters from Clevedon Baptist Church. The song has been produced by brothers Tim and Jonny Stephenson and was released on the 20th of November 2020. Luke and Rachel released their first EP ‘Whisper’ in March this year with […]
Face to face training is not possible for the foreseeable future. The Excellence In Safeguarding Update film is therefore a temporary measure until we are able to return to face to face training, and we will make sure that all churches are made aware as soon as it is possible to resume our normal training […]
I could be biased, but of all the groups of people to minister among, I think I’ve got the best one. Since 2019 it’s been my privilege to be the Ministry Team Leader for Senior Adults at Clevedon Baptist Church. At CBC we call Seniors those who have had 70 or more birthdays. We have […]
The Regional Team are seeking to support churches and ministers in webnet in practical ways and through prayer as we face these challenging times together. We strongly urge everyone to monitor the advice from the Government regarding coronavirus. From Thursday 5 November until Wednesday 2 December, the Government is taking the following action to help control the […]
