Scottish Baptist Lay Preachers Association

Our Members Directory has been updated to include our recently joined members.

Dave Murray (Cathcart) has stepped down from his involvment with SBLPA to devote time to his increasing involvement at Cathcart Baptist Church and his studies with the Scottish Baptist College.

Stephen Barton (Culloden) and his family are looking at the possibility of moving to Yorkshire

We are pleased to commend to you and your church our new, updated, 2010 edition of our Members Directory The purpose of the ’Personal Profiles Booklet’, is twofold. Firstly, to paint for Pastors, Church Secretaries, and others responsible for pulpit supply, a picture of the background, experience, church connection, interests and age of individual lay preachers, [...]

A warm welcome to Trevor Brunning who has recently joined the Scottish Baptist Lay Preachers, He is a member of Selkirk Baptist Church.

Looking for someone to preach next sunday.  Our directory is updated regulary giving contact details and a profile about members to give you a bit of a flavour. It can be downloaded here.

Arthur Miles (Mosspark) died on Sunday 27th September 2009. He was one of our longest serving members. He joined the Association in October 1977 when a member at Harper Memorial Baptist Church under the ministry of the then Pastor, Rev Peter Donald, who wrote a most warm letter of commendation in respect of him. Arthur [...]

Our updated Membership Directory can be downloaded here.

This year the third week of the Keswick Convention will be, sadly, remembered for the torrential rains that fell forcing many campers to abandon their tents and go home early! This is a great pity as the Convention lived up to its usual very high standards both from the point of view of the praise [...]

Happy 200th birthday to Charles Darwin born in 1809! On the Origin of Species, the book that set out his theory of evolution, will see its 150th anniversary in November 2009. Imagine a world without Darwin. Imagine a world in which Charles Darwin and others had not transformed our understanding of living things. What do [...]