The Baptist Union of Great Britain : Baptists Together magazine articles

Tim Judson shares a brief overview of the biblical and historical tradition of lament

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Chat and Catch is a framework created by Parenting for Faith that encourages children to communicate with God on their own terms – and then to hear from Him. Kate Irvine, Parenting for Faith Support Coordinator, explains more

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Prayers

Taken from the Baptist compilations Prayers of the People (2011) and Gathering up the Crumbs (2020)

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Praying for our Children

How would those who lead our children like us to pray for them? And do they have recommendations on how we can encourage our children to cultivate a prayer life?

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Praying Through an activation

One of Matt Holman’s favourite ways to pray is by using an ‘activation’, which simply means hearing God through an activity. He introduces one here.

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Raising the spiritual temperature in Portishead

New Baptist initiatives are beginning to emerge in north Somerset - Lindsay Caplen explains why prayer has been key

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Scripture recognises there are different kinds of prayer

Nike Adebajo is a Regional Minister with the Yorkshire Baptist Association. Having helped facilitate ecumenical prayer gatherings in Sheffield, she emphasises the value in learning from other traditions – including from the global south and east

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We are sharing Jesus with people

Interview with Allan Barbazza, singer-songwriter and minister of King’s Cross Baptist Church in London

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Prayer at a Renew space

“A simple and accessible way of people meeting Christ” – interview with Ellen Price of Renew Stocky in Derby

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We are activists held together by contemplative prayer

With Sally Mann and Bonny Downs Baptist Church

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Church growth, vibrant ecumenical relationships

David Evans highlights the impact of prayer walking

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Pilgrimage: Prayer on the move

Paul Revill walked more than 500 miles from his old home in the north east in preparation for a new ministry in Portishead. He explains why pilgrimage walking is an intentionally prayerful activity

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The power of evangelistic prayer

Why prayer is at the heart of evangelism – and three evangelistic prayers anyone can commit to. By Chrissy Remsberg

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Tarry Awhile

Selina Stone introduces the Black Christian spiritual practice of ‘Tarrying’, in which believers actively wait to experience a manifestation of God’s presence. It has much to teach us in the life of faith, she writes - we are all tarrying for something.

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I want to encourage us ALL

A reflection by incoming President Steve Finamore in which he introduces his themes for the coming year

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Why Hope?

In a world which seems to be spiralling more rapidly into chaos with every passing year, how can we pray with hope? Baptist scholar Helen Paynter offers three biblical reasons

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Creating a Culture of Prayer Videos

A conversation between Lynn Green and Pete Greig

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Creating a Culture of Prayer: a conversation

General Secretary Lynn Green met Pete Greig, the founder of 24-7 Prayer, and asked him a range of questions about prayer

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Summer 2024 edition

Articles from 'When we pray'

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Mission in the Metaverse

What is the Metaverse? In what ways is Christ incarnate within this new world? Peter Phillips highlights these and other questions as we explore how we do mission in the digital age

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What have they done?

A poem by Tim Presswood - Baptist Union President 2023-24

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The Consultation process - an update

By Jonny Hirst, on behalf of the Consultation Steering Group

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Prayers

Prayers written in response to the themes of this edition

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From internet cafes to international Zoom coffee

As technology has evolved, so it has impacted the lives of mission workers. Megan and Alan Barker, who have served long-term in Nepal with BMS, and the Chad-based Claire Bedford share their experiences

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Gen Z: The art of living in a digital age

Jane Shaw introduces a multi-authored book which offers insights into Gen Z

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Parenting in a Digital Age

During lockdown, many of us threw the rulebook in the air as regards boundaries for technology in the home in order to survive. Now is a brilliant time to reset those guidelines, writes Katharine Hill

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‘The most effective digital evangelism platform in the UK’

Around 1500 people visit the website Christianity.org.uk each day - and more than a quarter of new enquirers are people looking to become Christians. It’s easy and free to link from your own church website, writes Cherry Hamilton Bond

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Welcome to Godsquad

A church for video gamers has existed since 2016 – and Alice Cheeseman is a volunteer there.

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Social media is a way of collaborating with him

Femi Onanuga is a youth pastor, minister-in-training and former London Baptists intern – and he has a passion to see people use their social media for evangelism.

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Sharing Jesus through my Facebook page

Baptist church member Paul James created an evangelistic Facebook page that initially saw many turn to Christ, and which is now developing in new ways.

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‘If others are blessed by it, then good’

Much to his surprise, Baptist minister-in-training Simon Clay has developed a following on TikTok

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‘Technology has been a game-changer in enabling my connection with the church’

How digital technology has blessed the life and ministry of Derby Urban Church in many unexpected and positive ways, with Chandra Morbey and Graham Watkins

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A hybrid church community

Week by week we gather ‘onsite and online’ at Hillhead Baptist Church, a hybrid community of all ages and stages, yet one congregation doing our best to be one community. By Catriona Gorton

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The whole truth and nothing but the truth?

AI, and how it relates to the gospel, was the focus of a guest service at Kendal Road Baptist Church in Gloucester earlier this year. Minister Steve Ayers explains why.

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Artificial

Exploring AI in art and the questions it raises through a Christian lens. By Mike Lowe

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The Church making change digitally

What would it look like to be an online presence for the gospel? Introducing the Change Makers Media project, a new digital Baptist missional resource to empower the wider Baptist family to be a part of the digital revolution

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Time for a defrag?

Simon Goddard and Nathan McGuire are helping to shape an online Baptist missional community called transform.church – and want to ask deeper questions about what it means to be a church in the digital sphere

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