Features articles in 2014

Dementia: hell or foretaste of heaven?

A Christian mental health professional explains how understanding dementia shed new light on her faith

Film: 12 Years A Slave - a reflection

A personal reflection on the issue of slavery and its impact on the current generation by Israel Olofinjana

People of peace: the Gospel challenge

An interview with Ernie Whalley, who gives his insights into peacemaking and reconciliation

The challenge is to love them

How can local churches best support their young people? A response by Gavin Calver

The Big Question: conflict at work

How Christians can respond when there are issues of conflict in the workplace? Four responses

Crossing borders with Orphaned Land

Their complex blend of musical cultures is popular with young Christians, Muslims, and Jews - so who are Orphaned Land?

Review: Orphaned Land (live)

'Dramatic and complex weaving of Arab folk, rock and neo-prog is a thing of wonder'

The voice of rescue in Nazi Europe

Remembering the Kinder refugees - the 10,000 children given refuge in the UK from Nazi Europe

Baptist service in war-torn South Sudan

Dávid Gál of Hungarian Baptist Aid reports on a Baptist church service at the heart of the conflict in South Sudan

Explaining the Crucible Course

Christians across western culture are facing challenges - and opportunities. How the Crucible Course can help

Truth, Lies and the Spirit Level

York conference looks at poverty and inequality in Britain today, and the rhetoric surrounding them

Returning to work after severe depression

Doctor Cathy Wield shares her journey back to treating patients after recovering from her own ill-health

BMS church plant blossoms in Sri Lanka

A church planted by BMS World Mission workers over 200 years ago is now sending workers to the mission field

Italy Action Team: a different type of mission

Ever wondered what mission in Europe looks like?

Five women inspiring change

To celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March, here are five inspiring women working on the mission field

Black Baptists: Their Contributions to Mission

Peter Stanford was born into slavery in Virginia, but would become the first black Baptist minister in Britain

British Baptist pastors wanted overseas

The International Baptist Convention has several vacancies in Europe and beyond

'Such a stimulation and support for ministry'

Ministry Today, an organisation committed to providing resources to help ministers thrive, is 20 years old

Baptist Union Council: March 2014

A report of Baptist Union Council: March 2014.

PEPE: educating mind, body and soul

Children who attend one of the many PEPE schools in Mozambique are being given a well-rounded education

Toilets for churches in Kenya

Why a local pastor sees better toilets as a way of carrying a spiritual message to the community

Spiritual children of western missionaries

Recognising that reverse mission is possible thanks to dedicated efforts in Africa, Asia and South America

Thank God for Facebook

Examples of churches engaging with new media

Joseph Kony and the pigs of healing

A year-long pig rearing project has bonded Ugandan communities torn apart by Joseph Kony and the LRA

Why a Guinea elder became a Christian

Funerals, taxis, a broken bridge and quitting smoking all played a role in Ansuman's conversion

Next time... I'm going to duck!

Standing for what's right and bearing the consequences - the day I asked a young man to turn his music down

Rehabilitation, rescue, preventing exploitation

Baptists are working on the ground in Moldova in the fight against human trafficking

A new narrative for Africa

Rejecting ostentatious homes and inflated salaries, a new generation of faith-filled leaders is emerging

John Wilson: Apostle to Woolwich

John Wilson Street, synonymous with the murder of Lee Rigby, was named after a significant Baptist minister

Thailand: The baby in the box

An encounter one night in Mae Sot, Thailand, left BMS World Mission workers heartbroken

'It's changed the way we see the world'

An insight into life on a gap year programme in Uganda with Smile International

Going digital - interactive Bible stories

An interview with Fiona Veitch Smith, whose children stories have recently been converted into interactive e-books

4-4-2: Praying for Brazil in the World Cup

During the World Cup, pray for the host nation by using BMS World Mission's 4-4-2 prayer points

Hugh Stowell Brown, man of the people

Famous preacher, social activist, church planter - a 19th century Baptist who touched the lives of many

God still works amid the hopelessness

A thriving Baptist church in Gaza, and why Christians are called to speak out against injustice in Israel-Palestine

Whispering Death – stress, anxiety, burnout

Shaun Lambert remembers his experience of the condition which forced England batsman Jonathan Trott home last year

An African Evangelist in Europe

Israel Olofinjana tells the extraordinary story of John Jea, likely founder of the first black majority church in the UK

Does your church have a vacant pulpit?

But cannot afford to fill it? Help could be at hand from the United States

How we welcomed the Tour de France

Lockwood Baptist Church in Huddersfield celebrates God's generosity in a party for all

A poem of lament for both sides in Gaza

Yohanna Katanacho believes that our tears can bring transformation to the crisis in Israel-Palestine

Ministering in the Third Space

Baptist Carolyn Skinner's ministry has a particular emphasis on the leisure industry

Review: Kansas, Shepherd’s Bush

A rare UK gig for the legendary American rock band with an unusual thread of genuine faith-searching

Baptist soldiers in the First World War

Jonathan Barr unearths stories of Baptists who fought on the frontline

Children and the First World War

What can churches do to mark the 100th anniversary of the First World War?

Strengthening the soldiers

Hazel Southam recounts the remarkable story of her great-grandfather, who headed for war aged 59

How The Baptist Times reported the war

Round-up of The Baptist Times' First World War coverage

A minister in Germany as war breaks

A Baptist minister's 'thrilling' summer holiday in Germany took in multiple arrests and only ended in December

The First World War and Baptists

What can we learn from our predecessors and how they responded to the conflict?

Drawing strength in the darkest hour

Hazel Southam relates how the Bible influenced the lives of a Baptist soldier and a female pacifist

Woodbine Willie - forgotten, but relevant

In his attitude to money and the poorest, there is much to learn from the First World War chaplain

Peace and justice commitments

Peace was a major theme at the General Assembly of the Ecumenical Forum of European Christian Women

Travelling light: Greenbelt 2014

A very different venue, but still the same desire to challenge, question, and enlighten

Tracing the shifts in Global Mission

Black Majority Churches are now involved in significant global missions to reach the unreached

University challenge - students and churches

What impact does university have on Christian faith and how should churches respond?

How are you shaped as a Christian?

Several people talk about what has influenced their faith journey

Pioneering: How do I join in?

Two very different examples of Baptist Christians in pioneering situations. By Graham Doel

God wants a covenant in partnerships...

.. rather than just a bit of collaboration - exploring how the majority world can partner with British Christians

Coping with a life-changing illness

Emily Ackerman was a doctor for before illness struck - but over the years has discovered new ways of living well

Communism, creation care and Catalyst Live

An interview with Helle Liht, Assistant General Secretary of the European Baptist Federation

Stories of Christian discipleship

Looking for a Christian internship, gap year or year-out? DNA is a unique programme

Love Beyond The Musical

Wembley Arena saw a West End cast deliver a heart-stopping retelling of the Bible in music and dance

'My hope is that we will glorify God'

Members of BMS Action teams heading overseas this week share their thoughts about the year ahead

Faith, fun, flavours and challenges

Thirty young people are setting off on BMS Action Teams for six exciting months of mission around the world

Sharing Jesus on the margins

Steff Rooney is encouraged at the recent Inhabit Conference

Lives from a Black Tin Box

Prudence Bell and the story of her great-grandparents, missionaries killed in China's Boxer Rebellion

'Pray for the Persecuted Church'

Difficulties faced by a Baptist pastor in Cuba highlighted ahead of international day of prayer

Baptist Union Council: November 2014

A report from Baptist Union Council November 2014

Three views on giving money to the poor

BMS World Mission workers explain how they deal with this issue

Exploring Advent - and its mission significance

Israel Olofinjana looks at how the various gospel accounts describe the birth of Jesus, and what it means today

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