MISSION AND OTHER LINKS
We are affiliated to
Baptist Union of Great Britain
Baptists believe that churches should not live in isolation from one another but rather be interdependent. Our church is linked locally with the South East Thames Group of Baptist Churches, and regionally through the London Baptist Association, for support and fellowship. We have close links with Sidcup Baptist Church and Foots Cray Baptist Church and other local evangelical churches (St Andrews and Christ Church, Sidcup) for worship and learning together.
Mission
Individual members support a range of Mission activities practically, financially and in prayer. As a church we focus our support on the following.
Our support for BMS World Mission is focussed on our link missionaries, Gill and Harland Rivas-Thurgood in Peru. Working in church-based community development in the town of Iquitos, in the heart of the Amazon region of Peru, Harland is focussing on environmental education, and water and sanitation initiatives. Gill is working alongside church leaders who are responding to the physical, material and spiritual needs of their local communities. To read their latest news click here.
CRIBS (Christian Resources in Bexley Schools) lead assemblies, and deliver a portfolio of specially prepared RE lessons covering all aspects of the Christian faith. They also run lunchtime and after-school clubs focusing on enabling young people to engage with their spiritual side, helping them to think through what that means in practice and encouraging them to explore the Christian faith and way of life. CRIBS also runs parenting classes and outdoor adventurous experiences to identify and develop those personal qualities essential to the education of the whole person.
Baptist Home Mission is the Baptist family purse. It provides:
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Funding for the thirteen regional associations
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Funding for the national resource
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Grants to churches and other organisations