The Wales Baptist Ministers’ Conference returns to Swansea next year, on the 15th – 16th of February! Ministers are welcome to join these two days of fellowship, worship, devotions, talks and seminars, based at Waterfront Church, Swansea.
In collaboration with South Wales Baptist Association (SWBA), the theme for the 2027 Wales Baptist Ministers’ Conference is: “Missional Acts: Insights from the early church to inspire and inform our present-day practice”
We are pleased to welcome Revd Dr Daniel McGinnis as our main speaker. and Revd Shayla Waugh as our worship and devotions facilitator.
There is an Early Bird Rate at £90, until 31st December 2026 (£100 thereafter).
Guest Contributors
Revd Dr Daniel McGinnis
Daniel studied History and Religious Studies as an undergraduate at Baylor University in America. He then went on to earn an MA and PhD in Biblical Studies from Sheffield University, focusing on first century Greco-Roman culture, the book of Acts and the church’s mission. He has a background in student ministry and planted a church in Sheffield in 2005, which he led and developed for the next 8 years. After that, he founded
the Leeds School of Theology and was involved in the leadership of St Barnabas Theological Centre.
In January 2017, he became Vice-Principal of St Hild College, focused primarily on St Hild Sheffield. He became St Hild College’s Principal in April 2023. In June 2024, he was ordained within the Church of England and currently serves as a curate in a local parish near his home in Hillsborough.
Daniel enjoys walking in the Peak District, lifting weights, and playing with Lily his cat as well as spending time with his family. Copies of Daniel’s book ‘Missional Acts’ will be available for purchase at the conference.
Revd Shayla Waugh
After adventures as a primary school teacher of children with special needs and in the mainstream, and as a teacher of teachers, Shayla tried to avoid following her father, uncle and grandfather into Baptist ministry … and failed. She has a Welsh degree, tries not to speak French and does speak a rural version of a sub-dialect of Arabic that is only spoken in one country in the world. She lived and worked in the Occupied Territories of Israel and then Jerusalem for half a decade, followed by five years in France and North Africa with BMS World Mission. Having been in pastorate in a small Baptist fellowship in a small Somerset town for five
and a half years (during which time she had the privilege of being the Chair of the Resolutions Committee of the European Baptist Federation) she and others decided it would be a great idea to embark on a practical theology PhD. The “others” still think it is a great idea but she’s not so sure as she juggles family commitments, working in a school for children with autism as a teaching assistant and trying to complete the study!
Shayla is a Companion of the Northumbria Community and passionate about healthy, active, spiritual formation, for herself and others. She has a desire for a fullness of life, lived fully, at home and in relationship with others – in the Baptist family, the wider Christian family, and the human family – wherever connections can be made and nurtured. She is resolutely Baptist and yet resolutely convinced that we have much to learn from other members of our Christian family.
Our programme will be supplemented by workshops and seminars which will be advertised soon.
Provisional Programme
Monday 15th February
10.30 Arrival Tea and Coffee
11.00- 11.10 Welcome, announcements, introductions
11.10 – 11.40 Opening worship and devotions – Shayla Waugh
11.45 – 13.00 Daniel McGinnis 1: Empowered by the Spirit: Pentecost and the Jerusalem Church
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.15 Daniel McGinnis 2: Training and Sending: Paul, Cornelius and the Antioch Church
15.30- 16.45 Workshops choices
17.00 – 17.20 Closing worship – Shayla Waugh
18.15 Evening Meal
Tuesday 16th February
9.30 – 10.00 Opening worship & devotions – Shayla Waugh
10-11.15 Daniel McGinnis 3: Multiplying Movements: Paul’s Journeys and the Ephesus Church
11.15 – 11.30 Tea & Coffee
11.30 -12.45 Daniel McGinnis 4: Missional Suffering – Paul’s imprisonment and the Ending of Acts
12.45-1.45 Lunch
1.45 – 3.00 Workshop Choices
3.00 – 3.15 Tea & Coffee
3.15 Closing Worship and Communion – Shayla Waugh
4.00 Close
Travel and Accommodation
The SWBA team have helpfully compiled a travel and accommodation guide for the Ministers’ conference, available here:
Bookings
Early Bird Rate is £90, until 31st December 2026: book your place sooon!