Scottish Baptist Lay Preachers Association

This is a new feature on our website (a tab on the left hand side) which will list  our lay preachers and where there are preaching this Sunday.  The aim of this is to provide information and to give you an opportunity to pray for our members as they prepare to preach and then for them as they proclaim God’s [...]

Colin Adams (Formerly Associate pastor at Charlotte Chapel) on Unshamed workman blog interviews a Scottish Baptist minister, Liam Garvie, minister at St Andrews. Liam Garvie says about expository preaching:
“I believe preaching, and expository preaching at that, should be considered by pastor and flock alike, absolutely central in the grand scheme of church life. God has spoken, [...]

On Saturday 19 June at Renfield St Stephens, Glasgow, Bishop Graham Cray of Fresh Expressions will be speaking on the theme of 21st Century Disciples. Bishop Graham is a gifted teacher and illuminates Gospel truths helping us to grasp practical illustrations and apply the teaching to our own lives. There will be interactive teaching with [...]

Friday 4th June marks the opening evening of the weekend of events in Glasgow Royal Concert Hall (4-6 June) followed by, for the first time, a concert in Edinburgh’s Usher Hall on Saturday 19th June.  Tickets are selling fast, with Saturday 5th June now almost sold out. But there’s still availability for the other nights – [...]

The Scottish Baptist College take an opportunity to reflect Baptist Union of Scotland Council.On that page it gives an opportunity to Download the two of the papers which were presented there.  The first one Andrew Rollinson’s (Ministry Adviser) which was entitled “Hearing God Communally”. The other is Stuart Blythe’s which was entitled “Who do we [...]

Over the month of June each day (beginning next Tuesday) a different member will reflect on what is relevant or what is relic.  An opportunity to look not just at preaching and communication, but at ‘how’ we do church – traditions that perhaps hamper us, issues that can cause tension – drama in church, dress, use [...]

Often the General Director will be our representative at the assemblies of other denominations assemblies.  
Here the General Director of the Baptist Union reflects  on the Moderator of the Church of Scotland’s outgoing report at the General Assembly and closing remarks regarding the lack of children being integrated into the heart of worship.

Glen Cartwright represented the SBLPA at the recent council residential. In his report about the residential, he said:
“Leaving Gartmore after an inspiring, reflective, challenging and spiritually significant couple of days, I felt in my heart the Lord challenging us as a family of Scottish Baptists to celebrate our Baptist identity, to re-engage with who we [...]

The June Connect will keep you posted about the Baptist Union of Scotland news this month. It leads with the report on the Baptist Union first ever council residential with remit at looking at the future vision of the Baptist Union of Scotland. The key word from that time together being “Building Missional Relationships”.

Preaching is the key way in which we engage with the Bible in a public way. Here is a resource which includes articles from respected Bible teachers, thinkers and preachers.