News & Events

News & Events

The latest from The Baptist Union of Wales

Church

Bills …and blessings

The rising levels of utility bills are presenting our churches with opportunities we have been slow to take up in the past. Our little group of three rural chapels has…

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Church

Safeguarding Sunday 2022

For the first time ever this year the Baptist Union of Wales is thrilled to be a part of ‘Safeguarding Sunday’ on 20 November. This is a special opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of safeguarding in our churches…

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Church

The fruit of prayer

Ten short years ago, Bethel Baptist church in Pembroke Dock had dwindled to a group of eight or so elderly members meeting in the vestry. The transformation that has taken place since then is down, above all, to faithful prayer…

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General

Getting to know: Janet Matthews

I was actually brought up in Bristol as an Anglican! And despite confirmation as a teenager, I drifted away. But then I met my husband, Terry, who was from Blaenavon and had a clear desire to go into Baptist ministry. And that changed my life…

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General

Women’s World Day of Prayer 2022 

For more than 70 years, sisters in Christ have united in prayer for the Baptist Women’s World Day of Prayer hosted by Baptist World Alliance Women. What a legacy to honor and a history to join as we gather once again to pray this year in homes, churches, and communities around the world! 
The 2022 theme is “Victorious Life”…

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Church

A space for the church – and the community

Mount Pleasant Baptist Church is a group of a hundred or so Christians of all ages drawn from in and around the town of Pembroke, that have been meeting in a local school for the best part of a decade. But now a BUW Corporation loan has enabled their building project…

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Mission

Missional Ministry in Dolgellau

‘This is our life’s work now,’ muses Danni as we sit in a café off the central square in Dolgellau. ‘I believe strongly that God is committed to this place and its people, and that is our calling too…’

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Church

Missional prayer

The world, and our realities for ministry and mission, continues to change uncomfortably quickly. So it is essential that we undergird everything with prayer. 

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Mission

Laying new foundations

The Welsh Baptist Union Corporation has a new vision for chapel buildings after the church closes – one that can lay the foundations for future Baptist witness in Wales…

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