Scottish Baptist Lay Preachers Association

SHARING GOD’S WORD IN A YOUTH CHURCH IN THAILAND I spent 18 days in February at the Philadelphia Church in Fang, northern Thailand, base of Kids Life Ministry, a home for poor and abandoned children. It is overseen by Pastor Jay, a Chinese Thai, and his wife, Kruh Dah. There are currently 84 young people [...]

Hello China’s!   David Murray Active Member (Cathcart) Sorry this isn’t a sketch from francie and josie, for those of you old enough to remember the gallus two from Glasgow. Trying to capture China in a brief sentence or two is like trying to explain the trinity to a, well, anyone really! You can give [...]

Wow, what a country! I’m not exaggerating when I say it’s exotic and spectacular in many ways. It’s the fifth largest in the world in terms of population and landmass and occupies more than half of the South American continent. For us Brits that’s 34 times the size of mainland Britain ! So, what was [...]

Nimal Wihesinghe is currently in Sudan and would appreciate prayer he says: “In The Sudan with protection from the hot sun and insects. Also provided with armed services escort in case Darfur rebels decide to visit. About to take a GARMIN GPS fix on a point on a cleared receiver line. The orange costume was [...]

香港宣教會恩光堂 Peter Trotter, Active member, Glasgow On Sunday 9 November 2008 I had the wonderful privilege of preaching at two services at the Yan Kwong [Grace Light] Church in Fanling, Hong Kong, a Chinese fellowship which is part of the Hong Kong Evangelical Church, originally established by missionaries from the faith mission OMS International. One [...]

  At the beginning of November, I had the privilege of visiting the Duncan Hospital in Bihar in North India. This Christian hospital was built by Cecil Duncan a Scottish Surgeon in 1930 in Raxaul, a town bordering Nepal. I found Bihar, one of the poorest states in India, to be a fascinating mixture of [...]

Professor Emeritus Jim Parratt, Active Member Castlehill Road Baptist Church Bearsden – Formerly Honorary President of SBLPA A few weeks ago my wife Pam and I said ‘goodbye’ to our many friends in Hungary – for the third time! This is a country I first visited forty years ago, in communist times of course, and [...]

Stephen Marr (Newton Mearns) Going on a Mission trip/preaching tour to the USA does sound fairly impressive, but you have to factor in a few things. Firstly, getting to the airport at a time when any good Baptist should be fast asleep! Secondly, having to take 3 separate flights to get there (and the same [...]

 By Professor Emeritus Jim Parratt, Active Member Castlehill Road Baptist Church Bearsden – Formerly Honorary President of SBLPA. The request from Philip and Glen to contribute to the SBLPA website came as my wife and I were about to celebrate our Golden Wedding anniversary. This so happened to also coincide with the celebration of fifty [...]