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The latest from The Baptist Union of Wales

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Easter Baptisms across Wales!

As Baptists we love to celebrate the public commitment of faith in the Lord Jesus that people make when they get baptized! A host of Baptisms took place across Wales over the Easter weekend. Here’s a snapshot …

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Gather / Worship / Eat

A typical Gathering evening now sees thirty or so young people come together on a Sunday evening once a month to spend time getting to know Jesus better in an informal atmosphere – up from an initial gathering of only a dozen or so youth…

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Going Wild in Talgarth! 

Many members at the chapel had long since felt that something more could be done of their location in the mountains to engage with the wider community – but were unsure what…

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Signs of Spring? 2025 Ministers’ Conference

While there is much change within society, our Baptist identify has something key to offer at this time. Our roots are in being a people of ‘movement’ and not an ‘institution’. We can use this to help us adapt in a changing world, rather than to hold the status quo…

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New Life! 2024 Baptisms across Wales

The Holy Spirit is at work in Wales, with the highest number of baptisms in years across our churches, and many chapels telling us they have baptised new believers for the first time in decades…

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A cafe – in the vestry

Tabor church decided to use the chapel building to create a new community hub – and have been blessed themselves by doing so. As you walk into the vestry of this North Pemb church you are welcomed with a visual feast quite unlike any other vestry in Wales…

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A new lease of life

‘There is a new sense of enthusiasm in the church, and a feeling of excitement about our future!’ Glyndwr Prideaux, one of the officers at Penuel Newydd Baptist Church, Gorseinon explains. The reason for this is…

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