South West Baptist Association (SWBA) Archive

Despite being a financially poor church, we have sought to live generously, offer hospitality and act joyfully in all we do

The Driftwood, Lyme Regis Baptist Church

A café, fashioned from recycled materials, to explore life’s deeper questions – and where the love of God is manifest

‘Ancient ideas all revved up’

A pioneer church planter has created a suite of resources to help people better understand the timeless story of Jesus

'Deep empathy for those who don't know Christ'

Sergeant Mike Hudson had very little exposure to Christianity - but now he's on track to becoming a Baptist minister

SWBA Home Mission Stories

Examples of how Home Mission funds are being used in the South West Baptist Association

What difference can I make?

Izzy Sibley recounts her progression from concern for God’s creation to concerted environmental action

Pioneering in Looe, Cornwall

The first joint initiative between mission agencies Urban Expression and Rural Ministries has been announced

Six teenagers baptised in St Austell

A huge celebration took place at St Austell Baptist Church recently, when six teenagers were baptised

Baptist church on Songs of Praise

A Baptist church whose minister is battling cancer was featured on Songs of Praise last weekend

Summer mission in Plymouth

This year a group of young people from Buckinghamshire came to inner city Plymouth for a mission week

A chaplain... in an accountancy firm

It is thought only one accountancy firm in the UK employs a chaplain. Minister Joe Haward explains his role

Together in the face of fire

Churchgoers defended their buildings during the Exeter Blitz by standing on their roofs - all captured in a new play

Hope rises from cancer despair

Cancer-stricken Baptist minister experiences burst of creativity resulting in a series of songs about God and faith

Bringing Christmas To Exeter City centre

Candles and lanterns lit Exeter City Centre as South Street Baptist Church joined with its Catholic neighbours

Restoring the lives of trafficked women

How a Devon charity is working with slavery victims to ensure they can live an independent life again

Church encouraged by school welcome

A church which meets in its local school was pleasantly surprised by the latter's upgraded welcome sign

'We vandalised it with wool and creativity'

Minister shares an initiative that has brightened up the main shopping street

'We’re asking people to engage with Jesus'

People are being invited to get on board an exciting Baptist-led missional community in the South West

'What God has joined together...'

The opening of a new church building in Devon would lead to an unexpected and delightful union

From Torquay to Cambodia

Barton Baptist Church recently undertook a mission trip to Cambodia involving the whole church. Minister Richard Matcham reflects

Easter arts week in Devonport, Plymouth

How an idea to use a community arts space in Holy Week came to fruition for a small Baptist church

How larger churches can support small

How can big churches support smaller churches? Baptist minister Michael Shaw shares eight ideas

'Among first churches for new eco award'

Lyme Regis Baptist Church, which had a front-row view of England's violent storms, has scooped one of the first Eco Church awards

Different approaches to covenant

At Watchet Baptist Church we moved to a more covenantal system of church membership about five years ago

Caring for a loved one with dementia

Baptist church member writes candidly of his experiences of caring for his mother - and receives endorsement from the Prime Minister

How a church solved its boiler problem

What do you do when you have an urgent need for a new boiler but no money?

Sharing her voice to 100,000

Ventriloquist Dawn Getley of Mutley Baptist Church and friends are popular with young and old alike

Revelation, art and outreach

Work on a spectacular textile artwork portraying the book of Revelation is in full swing, with crowdfunding campaign in tow

Torquay church's Cambodian mission

Members of a Torquay Baptist church are preparing for a major mission trip in South East Asia

From Torbay to Chad: meet Claire

New BMS World Mission worker Claire Bedford hates dust and heat... but is going to live in the desert

Parliament lobby on climate change

Thousands of Christians, including from the South West, will gather to speak up for the things which could be lost as a result of climate change

We are partners in the Gospel

A new DVD focuses on individuals who have seen the benefits that have come to a community as a result of Home Mission support

Marathon effort to give people a home

Baptist accountant to run 40 marathons in 40 days and provide homes for families in Sierra Leone slum

Hope for Devonport and Stoke

A developing church unity in a neglected area of Plymouth culminated in the first ever missions week

New chapter for church in the pub

Boost for outreach work as Torquay church secures greater use of the pub where it worships

Practical demonstration of faith

A Somerset town benefited when 40 young people from Spring Harvest visited to make a difference in the community

City centre chaplaincy launches in Exeter

A city centre retail chaplaincy has been launched by churches in Exeter.

Floods - long term prayer needed

It's going to be a long haul, say Baptist ministers at the heart of communities affected by the floods

Nigel Manges - new Regional Minister

Nigel is an experienced minister who has led Cemetery Road Baptist Church in Sheffield since 2001

I know I owe everything to God

Testimony of Lydia Dockray, who was baptised on Sunday 13 October at Barton Baptist Church in Torquay.

A new hope

It meets in a house. On a Saturday. Its minister can hold his own on a pool table. The church’s Easter Sunday service began with a cooked breakfast.

'Very humble, with servant heart' - church says goodbye to popular minister

A church has marked the retirement of its popular minister in style. More than 500 people gathered at Moriah Baptist Church in Risca near Newport recently to say thank you to the Revd John Hayward and his wife Ann, after a distinguished and happy...

Hundreds gather to give fitting farewell to murdered Baptist

More than 350 people crammed into Albany Road Baptist Church, Cardiff to give a fitting farewell to Peter Lewis, who was murdered nearly two months ago.

Award for university chaplaincy team

The 'outstanding' contribution of the chaplaincy team at the University of Glamorgan has been recognised with an award.

Pyjama Party at Church Sunday Service Raises Money for Children in Need

Anyone attending the morning service at Creech St Michael Baptist Church on Sunday (18 Nov) might have been mistaken for thinking they had had walked in on a pyjama party November 2012

Christian Presence at Popular Music Festival

A team from a Baptist church in Somerset teamed up with other churches to run a prayer tent at a local musical festival over the August bank holiday weekend August 2012

A New Hope

It meets in a house. On a Saturday. Its minister can hold his own on a pool table. The church’s Easter Sunday service began with a cooked breakfast. April 2012

Secretary Retires after 50 years Continuous Service in Baptist Churches

John Parsons, who started attending Shirehampton Baptist Church at 18 years old, became a deacon in 1962 and has been actively involved in church life ever since June 2013

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