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Features articles in 2014  

Dementia: hell or foretaste of heaven?
A Christian mental health professional explains how understanding dementia shed new light on her faith
Film: 12 Years A Slave - a reflection
A personal reflection on the issue of slavery and its impact on the current generation by Israel Olofinjana
People of peace: the Gospel challenge
An interview with Ernie Whalley, who gives his insights into peacemaking and reconciliation
The challenge is to love them
How can local churches best support their young people? A response by Gavin Calver
The Big Question: conflict at work
How Christians can respond when there are issues of conflict in the workplace? Four responses
Crossing borders with Orphaned Land
Their complex blend of musical cultures is popular with young Christians, Muslims, and Jews - so who are Orphaned Land?
Review: Orphaned Land (live)
'Dramatic and complex weaving of Arab folk, rock and neo-prog is a thing of wonder'
The voice of rescue in Nazi Europe
Remembering the Kinder refugees - the 10,000 children given refuge in the UK from Nazi Europe
Baptist service in war-torn South Sudan
Dávid Gál of Hungarian Baptist Aid reports on a Baptist church service at the heart of the conflict in South Sudan
Explaining the Crucible Course
Christians across western culture are facing challenges - and opportunities. How the Crucible Course can help
Truth, Lies and the Spirit Level
York conference looks at poverty and inequality in Britain today, and the rhetoric surrounding them
Returning to work after severe depression
Doctor Cathy Wield shares her journey back to treating patients after recovering from her own ill-health
BMS church plant blossoms in Sri Lanka
A church planted by BMS World Mission workers over 200 years ago is now sending workers to the mission field
Italy Action Team: a different type of mission
Ever wondered what mission in Europe looks like?
Five women inspiring change
To celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March, here are five inspiring women working on the mission field
Black Baptists: Their Contributions to Mission
Peter Stanford was born into slavery in Virginia, but would become the first black Baptist minister in Britain
British Baptist pastors wanted overseas
The International Baptist Convention has several vacancies in Europe and beyond
'Such a stimulation and support for ministry'
Ministry Today, an organisation committed to providing resources to help ministers thrive, is 20 years old
Baptist Union Council: March 2014
A report of Baptist Union Council: March 2014.
PEPE: educating mind, body and soul
Children who attend one of the many PEPE schools in Mozambique are being given a well-rounded education
Toilets for churches in Kenya 
Why a local pastor sees better toilets as a way of carrying a spiritual message to the community
Spiritual children of western missionaries
Recognising that reverse mission is possible thanks to dedicated efforts in Africa, Asia and South America
Thank God for Facebook
Examples of churches engaging with new media
Joseph Kony and the pigs of healing
A year-long pig rearing project has bonded Ugandan communities torn apart by Joseph Kony and the LRA
Why a Guinea elder became a Christian
Funerals, taxis, a broken bridge and quitting smoking all played a role in Ansuman's conversion
Next time... I'm going to duck!
Standing for what's right and bearing the consequences - the day I asked a young man to turn his music down
Rehabilitation, rescue, preventing exploitation
Baptists are working on the ground in Moldova in the fight against human trafficking
A new narrative for Africa
Rejecting ostentatious homes and inflated salaries, a new generation of faith-filled leaders is emerging
John Wilson: Apostle to Woolwich
John Wilson Street, synonymous with the murder of Lee Rigby, was named after a significant Baptist minister
Thailand: The baby in the box
An encounter one night in Mae Sot, Thailand, left BMS World Mission workers heartbroken
'It's changed the way we see the world'
An insight into life on a gap year programme in Uganda with Smile International
Going digital - interactive Bible stories
An interview with Fiona Veitch Smith, whose children stories have recently been converted into interactive e-books
4-4-2: Praying for Brazil in the World Cup
During the World Cup, pray for the host nation by using BMS World Mission's 4-4-2 prayer points
Hugh Stowell Brown, man of the people 
Famous preacher, social activist, church planter - a 19th century Baptist who touched the lives of many
God still works amid the hopelessness
A thriving Baptist church in Gaza, and why Christians are called to speak out against injustice in Israel-Palestine
Whispering Death – stress, anxiety, burnout 
Shaun Lambert remembers his experience of the condition which forced England batsman Jonathan Trott home last year
An African Evangelist in Europe
Israel Olofinjana tells the extraordinary story of John Jea, likely founder of the first black majority church in the UK
Does your church have a vacant pulpit?
But cannot afford to fill it? Help could be at hand from the United States
How we welcomed the Tour de France
Lockwood Baptist Church in Huddersfield celebrates God's generosity in a party for all
A poem of lament for both sides in Gaza
Yohanna Kanatacho believes that our tears can bring transformation to the crisis in Israel-Palestine
Ministering in the Third Space
Baptist Carolyn Skinner's ministry has a particular emphasis on the leisure industry
Review: Kansas, Shepherd’s Bush
A rare UK gig for the legendary American rock band with an unusual thread of genuine faith-searching
Baptist soldiers in the First World War
Jonathan Barr unearths stories of Baptists who fought on the frontline
Children and the First World War
What can churches do to mark the 100th anniversary of the First World War?
Strengthening the soldiers
Hazel Southam recounts the remarkable story of her great-grandfather, who headed for war aged 59
How The Baptist Times reported the war
Round-up of The Baptist Times' First World War coverage
A minister in Germany as war breaks
A Baptist minister's 'thrilling' summer holiday in Germany took in multiple arrests and only ended in December
The First World War and Baptists 
What can we learn from our predecessors and how they responded to the conflict?
Drawing strength in the darkest hour
Hazel Southam relates how the Bible influenced the lives of a Baptist soldier and a female pacifist
Woodbine Willie - forgotten, but relevant
In his attitude to money and the poorest, there is much to learn from the First World War chaplain
Peace and justice commitments
Peace was a major theme at the General Assembly of the Ecumenical Forum of European Christian Women
Travelling light: Greenbelt 2014
A very different venue, but still the same desire to challenge, question, and enlighten
Tracing the shifts in Global Mission
Black Majority Churches are now involved in significant global missions to reach the unreached
University challenge - students and churches 
What impact does university have on Christian faith and how should churches respond?
How are you shaped as a Christian? 
Several people talk about what has influenced their faith journey
Pioneering: How do I join in?
Two very different examples of Baptist Christians in pioneering situations. By Graham Doel
God wants a covenant in partnerships...
.. rather than just a bit of collaboration - exploring how the majority world can partner with British Christians
Coping with a life-changing illness 
Emily Ackerman was a doctor for before illness struck - but over the years has discovered new ways of living well
Communism, creation care and Catalyst Live 
An interview with Helle Liht, Assistant General Secretary of the European Baptist Federation
Stories of Christian discipleship
Looking for a Christian internship, gap year or year-out? DNA is a unique programme
Love Beyond The Musical
Wembley Arena saw a West End cast deliver a heart-stopping retelling of the Bible in music and dance
'My hope is that we will glorify God'
Members of BMS Action teams heading overseas this week share their thoughts about the year ahead
Faith, fun, flavours and challenges
Thirty young people are setting off on BMS Action Teams for six exciting months of mission around the world
Sharing Jesus on the margins
Steff Rooney is encouraged at the recent Inhabit Conference
Lives from a Black Tin Box 
Prudence Bell and the story of her great-grandparents, missionaries killed in China's Boxer Rebellion
'Pray for the Persecuted Church'
Difficulties faced by a Baptist pastor in Cuba highlighted ahead of international day of prayer
Baptist Union Council: November 2014 
A report from Baptist Union Council November 2014
Three views on giving money to the poor
BMS World Mission workers explain how they deal with this issue
Exploring Advent - and its mission significance
Israel Olofinjana looks at how the various gospel accounts describe the birth of Jesus, and what it means today
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