Scottish Baptist Lay Preachers Association

Our October series will be looking at the Outrageous Generosity of God and what it means for us to live a generous life. This is following the theme of the Scottish Baptist Assembly taking place at the end of October. The Generosity of God                                     Having generous relationships Being generous towards society                      Living a generous lifestyle [...]

Duncan Street Baptist, Edinburgh held their Bible conference took place on Saturday the 24th of September. The theme for this year’s conference is God’s Glorious Gospel of Grace. On the theme of God’s Glorious Gospel of Grace, there will be 3 talks from guess speakers John Brand, Colin Adams and Craig Dyer. If you were unable [...]

Our first Workshop is taking place on Saturday 15th. It is part of a series of six workshops which will help develop excellence in preaching.  These are days worth attending.  The day will be separated into three sessions: Session 1 Sharpening our Knowledge – Preaching from the historical books (Deans Buchanan) Session 2 Preaching – [...]

A song often used in preparation for hearing God’s word:

Congratulations to Jon. Mackenzie (Culloden) who graduated from the Highland Theological College, Dingwall  with a PhD on Friday (24th September).

At the Committee Meeting of the Association at Newton Mearns Baptist Church yesterday, the following members were confirmed as being active members have completed their probationary period with us:- – Marie Cameron (Strathendrick) – Billy Fisher (Carluke) – Ben Laird (St Andrews) – Keith Remnant (Hopeman) – John Toller (Central, Dundee) It’s great to see [...]

At the Committee Meeting of the Association held at Newton Mearns Baptist Church this morning, the following applicants were welcomed as new members:- – Fiona Barnard (St Andrews) – Robert Chisholm (Knightswood) – Vi Chisholm (Knightswood) – Donald Forbes (Stirling) – Lionel Gibbs (Dumfries) – Forbes Hamilton (Drumchapel) – Willie Henry (Newton Mearns) – Willie [...]

Our Committee meet this morning at Newton Mearns Baptist Church. Please pray for them as they meet.

“The exhibition runs until mid October. I cannot imagine a more natural place to take a not-yet believing friend with even just a casual interest in art. This is a place where natural conversations would flow about a Christian perspective of life or understanding of huge topics like eternity, suffering, emptiness, sacrifice, hope and the [...]

The next meeting of the Scottish Baptist History Project takes place on Saturday 26 November at Crown Terrace Baptist Church, Aberdeen. ‘The Dangling Conversation: Baptist-Brethren Dialogue (Neil Dickson) Baptists and the King James Version over 400 years (Brian Talbot) History of Sheddocksley Baptist Church (Stephen Hibbard) Please see here for full details of the programme.