Most popular features/interviews 2018

**Edith Gates; a clothing company with social responsibility; welcoming Iranian asylum seekers: these were the most read features in The Baptist Times in 2018**

1 Edith Gates: A Baptist Pioneer
A century ago, Edith Gates was the first woman to be recognised as being in pastoral charge of an English Baptist church. What do we know about her?

2 'A clothing company with a social responsibility'
More Lord is a clothing company with a difference. Interview with founder and CEO JD Vance, a member of The Gate, a Baptist church in Reading

3 Welcoming Iranian asylum seekers
Minister Jonathan Keyworth shares how life at Heywood Baptist Church has been transformed

4 Develop a healthier relationship with food
Dr Deborah Lycett introduces a new church-based programme for people who struggle with food in some way

5 The loneliness of the long distance carer
A recent study explored the lives of churchgoing carers of people with dementia – and revealed several lessons

Baptist Times, 31/12/2018

Connecting the Bible together: an accessible foundation

Jo Acharya has been working with people with learning disabilities for many years. Her latest book aims to give a basic understanding of the ‘big story’ of scripture - and she believes accessible resources can help churches disciple a diverse community

Hope for Lebanon: our part in God’s plan

Steve Finamore, the 2024-2025 President of Baptists Together, offers this reflection after visiting BMS World Mission’s partner, Thimar, in Lebanon

The light we long for: finding the Gospel in our Christmas traditions

Imagine the impact if our familiar Christmas customs—the tree, the treats, the films—stopped being mere distractions and became clear cues for sharing the hope we find in Christ. A new booklet may help, writes Chris Frost

The inspiring story of Amy Carmichael

The faithful work and witness of Amy Carmichael, an Irish Christian missionary who rescued children from religious prostitution in India. By Mark Roques

Have you ever heard of the Lausanne Movement?

Baptist minister Helen Wordsworth has recently been appointed as a Co-catalyst for the health network of the Lausanne Movement. She explains why the Movement - a global missions collective - can inform the ministries of UK Baptist churches

The message of reconciliation in a polarised time

Rita Yoe introduces three habits from a free discipleship resource to help communities pursue a more peaceful, reconciled world - modelled on the life of Jesus

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Features

Connecting the Bible together: an accessible foundation

Posted: 09/12/2025

Hope for Lebanon: our part in God’s plan

Posted: 08/12/2025

The light we long for: finding the Gospel in our Christmas traditions

Posted: 24/11/2025

The inspiring story of Amy Carmichael

Posted: 18/11/2025

Have you ever heard of the Lausanne Movement?

Posted: 17/11/2025