Baptist Assembly 2015

Reports, photos, blogs and tweets from the 2015 Baptist Assembly in Peterborough

Stories

Baptist Assembly 2015 opens

President Jenni Entrican's address

iOpener Prayer Session - Led by the young people in the Innovation programme

It all starts with God - Closing Celebration

Baptist Union Market Place sessions (including AGM)

The BMS World Mission AGM

Communion in community - The Big Picnic

Children at the Baptist Assembly

Inspiring stories - BMS World Mission staff shared three ways BMS is transforming lives around the world

Politics, and staying involved - The recent resource “Love Your Neighbour – Think Pray Vote” caught the imagination. Phil Jump reflects on where the church might go next following the Public Issues Market Place session

Market Place: Word and World

Market Place: 21st Century Disciples

Market Place: Mission and Ministry

Photos

Baptist Assembly 2015 - a Baptist Union Flickr album

Blogs on the Assembly

Small (Baptist) World - Catriona Gorton
BUGB / BMS Baptist Assembly 2015 - Neil Brighton

#bap15 - your tweets

Stop expecting our communities to come to us and get involved in what your community is doing #bap15
— Neil Boulton (@whatanumptee) May 16, 2015

Back from #BAP15. Definitely a fan of the new "assembly light" and the way it managed to be genuinely all age.
— Beth Allison-Glenny (@BethjAllison) May 16, 2015

If I were to give constructive feedback? A timetable with what different sessions included and longer AGMs (did I really say that?!) #bap15
— Beth Allison-Glenny (@BethjAllison) May 16, 2015

@gemmadunning I greatly enjoyed the day, a real family time with the young people strolling on and off the platform like they owned it!
— Wokingham Baptist (@WokinghamBap) May 18, 2015

Home after the long drive back to Devon. Good times @baptistassembly Great catching up with friends. #bap15 #JesusisLord
— Joe Haward (@HawardJoe) May 16, 2015

@baptistassembly I loved the fact that I wished both @baptistuniongb and @BMSWorldMission AGMs had been longer! #bap15
— Andrew Openshaw (@andjope) May 16, 2015

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NextUp - a new Baptist learning community for 18-35s

NextUp will help participants explore God’s calling on their life, learn about the breadth of mission, and make deep connections with Baptists in this age group

'Strong Christian presence in elite football' - new research

Seventy-five per cent of professional football clubs across England and Wales have Christian players in their first-team squads, according to study commissioned by Christians in Sport ahead of the World Cup

'A church toolkit for resisting the far right'

A new book that aims to offer strategies to church leaders to respond to the rise of Christian nationalism has been published

Listening26

Assembly reflects on the mission resolution

Delegates at the 2026 Baptist Assembly paused to review and shape the evolving mission resolution, marking the second year of a three-year collaborative journey towards a shared understanding of mission

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Detectives on a mission: children at the Baptist Assembly

Children were invited to step into the role of "Lost and Found Detectives" to explore the mission of Jesus at the Baptist Assembly

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The Meeting of the Assembly

Messages from the General Secretary; finance updates; administrative resolutions - the Meeting of the Assembly took place on Friday afternoon

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