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South West Baptist Association (SWBA) Archive

What difference can I make?    
Izzy Sibley recounts her progression from concern for God’s creation to concerted environmental action
Pioneering in Looe, Cornwall  
The first joint initiative between mission agencies Urban Expression and Rural Ministries has been announced
Six teenagers baptised in St Austell
A huge celebration took place at St Austell Baptist Church recently, when six teenagers were baptised
Baptist church on Songs of Praise 
A Baptist church whose minister is battling cancer was featured on Songs of Praise last weekend
Summer mission in Plymouth
This year a group of young people from Buckinghamshire came to inner city Plymouth for a mission week
A chaplain... in an accountancy firm
It is thought only one accountancy firm in the UK employs a chaplain. Minister Joe Haward explains his role
Together in the face of fire 
Churchgoers defended their buildings during the Exeter Blitz by standing on their roofs - all captured in a new play
Hope rises from cancer despair
Cancer-stricken Baptist minister experiences burst of creativity resulting in a series of songs about God and faith
Bringing Christmas To Exeter City centre 
Candles and lanterns lit Exeter City Centre as South Street Baptist Church joined with its Catholic neighbours
Restoring the lives of trafficked women
How a Devon charity is working with slavery victims to ensure they can live an independent life again
Church encouraged by school welcome
A church which meets in its local school was pleasantly surprised by the latter's upgraded welcome sign
'We vandalised it with wool and creativity'
Minister shares an initiative that has brightened up the main shopping street
'We’re asking people to engage with Jesus'
People are being invited to get on board an exciting Baptist-led missional community in the South West
'What God has joined together...'
The opening of a new church building in Devon would lead to an unexpected and delightful union
From Torquay to Cambodia 
Barton Baptist Church recently undertook a mission trip to Cambodia involving the whole church. Minister Richard Matcham reflects
Easter arts week in Devonport, Plymouth
How an idea to use a community arts space in Holy Week came to fruition for a small Baptist church
How larger churches can support small
How can big churches support smaller churches? Baptist minister Michael Shaw shares eight ideas
'Among first churches for new eco award' 
Lyme Regis Baptist Church, which had a front-row view of England's violent storms, has scooped one of the first Eco Church awards
Different approaches to covenant
At Watchet Baptist Church we moved to a more covenantal system of church membership about five years ago
Caring for a loved one with dementia
Baptist church member writes candidly of his experiences of caring for his mother - and receives endorsement from the Prime Minister
How a church solved its boiler problem
What do you do when you have an urgent need for a new boiler but no money?
Sharing her voice to 100,000
Ventriloquist Dawn Getley of Mutley Baptist Church and friends are popular with young and old alike
Revelation, art and outreach
Work on a spectacular textile artwork portraying the book of Revelation is in full swing, with crowdfunding campaign in tow
Torquay church's Cambodian mission 
Members of a Torquay Baptist church are preparing for a major mission trip in South East Asia
From Torbay to Chad: meet Claire
New BMS World Mission worker Claire Bedford hates dust and heat... but is going to live in the desert
Parliament lobby on climate change
Thousands of Christians, including from the South West, will gather to speak up for the things which could be lost as a result of climate change
We are partners in the Gospel   
A new DVD focuses on individuals who have seen the benefits that have come to a community as a result of Home Mission support
Marathon effort to give people a home
Baptist accountant to run 40 marathons in 40 days and provide homes for families in Sierra Leone slum
Hope for Devonport and Stoke
A developing church unity in a neglected area of Plymouth culminated in the first ever missions week
New chapter for church in the pub 
Boost for outreach work as Torquay church secures greater use of the pub where it worships
Practical demonstration of faith
A Somerset town benefited when 40 young people from Spring Harvest visited to make a difference in the community
City centre chaplaincy launches in Exeter
A city centre retail chaplaincy has been launched by churches in Exeter.
Floods - long term prayer needed
It's going to be a long haul, say Baptist ministers at the heart of communities affected by the floods
Nigel Manges - new Regional Minister
Nigel is an experienced minister who has led Cemetery Road Baptist Church in Sheffield since 2001
I know I owe everything to God
Testimony of Lydia Dockray, who was baptised on Sunday 13 October at Barton Baptist Church in Torquay.
It meets in a house. On a Saturday. Its minister can hold his own on a pool table. The church’s Easter Sunday service began with a cooked breakfast.
A church has marked the retirement of its popular minister in style. More than 500 people gathered at Moriah Baptist Church in Risca near Newport recently to say thank you to the Revd John Hayward and his wife Ann, after a distinguished and happy...
More than 350 people crammed into Albany Road Baptist Church, Cardiff to give a fitting farewell to Peter Lewis, who was murdered nearly two months ago.
The 'outstanding' contribution of the chaplaincy team at the University of Glamorgan has been recognised with an award.
Anyone attending the morning service at Creech St Michael Baptist Church on Sunday (18 Nov) might have been mistaken for thinking they had had walked in on a pyjama party November 2012
A team from a Baptist church in Somerset teamed up with other churches to run a prayer tent at a local musical festival over the August bank holiday weekend August 2012
It meets in a house. On a Saturday. Its minister can hold his own on a pool table. The church’s Easter Sunday service began with a cooked breakfast. April 2012
John Parsons, who started attending Shirehampton Baptist Church at 18 years old, became a deacon in 1962 and has been actively involved in church life ever since June 2013
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