The Revd. Jonathan Forman ( Blaenau Gwent Baptist Church, Abertillery) has become a new trustee of the Baptist Union of Wales English Language Wing. He has been a pastor at Blaenau Gwent for the last six years. His father was a minister of a church at Farnham, Surrey and Jonathan was a student at Moorlands […]
Dear Friends, It is a huge honour to be writing to you as the newly-appointed President of the Gwent Baptist Association. Thank you to those of you who joined us for our first ever ‘online’ Autumn Council Meeting (AGM ) where we were privileged to hear from the Revd. Dr. Arthur Brown from […]
“Lebanon may be one of the most strife-torn countries in the world and its capital Beirut one of the most dangerous cities but God is still doing amazing things there through His church”, the Revd. Dr Arthur Brown, BMS World Mission director for mission, told the Gwent Baptist Association’s autumn council meeting held on 8th […]
Risca-based Pastor Tim Moody has been inducted as the new president of the Gwent Baptist Association. Part of the Baptist Union of Wales, the Association serves 34 churches and chapels in its area providing spiritual and practical help and advice in addition to financial support, where appropriate, for spreading the gospel in local communities and […]
AN EASTER MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE GWENT BAPTIST ASSOCIATION, THE REVD. DR SUZANNE ROBERTS. Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Normally, so much happens in Holy Week, perhaps beginning on Palm Sunday with the children’s’ excitement as they follow a real donkey along the road. Whether or not there are other meetings during […]
AN EASTER MESSAGE FROM BAPTIST UNION OF WALES GENERAL SECRETARY THE REVD. JUDITH MORRIS “Christ has risen! He has risen indeed!” Whilst the Easter message is the same every year, our context this year means that our celebrations will be somewhat different as the COVID-19 casts its shadow over us. When Mary Magdalene went to […]
Normally, so much happens in Holy Week, perhaps beginning on Palm Sunday with the children’s’ excitement as they follow a real donkey along the road.
But there is an important day we may miss out. For the disciples it involved self-isolation – not from fear of disease but from the terror of anticipation that the authorities might do to them what they had done to Jesus.