News & Events

News & Events

The latest from The Baptist Union of Wales

General

Glyn Nest Open Day

Glyn Nest Care Home extends a warm welcome to anyone in the area (or beyond!) to come to their open day at the end of

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Church

Giving Chapel Buildings a New Future

For some years now BUW has been pursuing a new strategy of redeveloping buildings where possible when a church closes and a chapel building loses its original purpose. Now this strategy is starting to bear fruit, with encouraging examples developing in different parts of the country…

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Mission

New Missional CIOs 

BUW’s Honorary Legal Counsel, Iwan Davies, tells us about exciting plans afoot to establish new regional Charitable Incorporated Organisations across Wales focusing on mission…

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Event

Annual Ilston Service – in Gower

All are welcome to BUW’s annual commemorative Ilston service. This year’s service will be on the theme of ‘Tarian Ffydd / The Shield of Faith’, with contributions from local churches and ministers, and under the care of Rev Rob Nicholls…

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Mission

Esgyn 2025 – bookings open now!

After welcoming a crew of young people to Treharris twice in 2024, the Esgyn team are excited to announce that the next weekend will be held in November 2025! Booking forms are now live and will close when places are full…

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Mission

Opening Doors in the Rhondda?

Morwenna Thomas was raised in Tonypandy in the heart of the Rhondda Fawr valley. As she puts it, “I’ve always felt a clear call to community – which for me, means these communities.”  
In the face of the slow closure of chapels across the valley, the East Glamorgan Baptist Association wanted to support missional ministry…

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