The President of the Baptist Union of Great Britain is elected annually and usually takes office at the annual Baptist Assembly.  Our current President, Steve Finamore, took office on 18 May 2024.

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President: The Revd Dr Steve Finamore
Vice President: vacant

Steve Finamore was Principal of Bristol Baptist College for 17 years and is now Principal Emeritus. Steve has been a lawyer, led a community development project in inner London and worked for a rural development project in the Andes of northern Peru. He trained for Ministry and read theology in Oxford, and was pastor of Westbury-on-Trym Baptist Church. Steve has written a number of books.

Read more about Steve's theme for his presidential year in the article he wrote for the Summer 2024 edition of Baptists Together magazine.

 

 

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Click here to access a list of former BUGB Presidents

Tim Presswood's theme for his year as President 2023-24 was 'Sharing Christ's Banquet'.  Read more about this theme in the article he wrote for the Summer 2023 edition of Baptists Together magazine.

Hayley Young's theme for her year as President 2022-23 was 'Building a Bigger Table'. Read more about this theme in the article she wrote for the Summer 2022 edition of Baptists Together magazine.

Geoff Colmer's theme for his year as President 2021-22 was 'Being attentive to rhythms of grace'.  Read more about Geoff’s theme in the article he wrote for the Summer 2021 edition of Baptists Together magazine.

Find out more about Yinka Oyekan's theme for his year as President  2020-21 at www.howdowegrowfromhere.com

Ken Benjamin's theme for his year as President 2019-20 was Where do we grow from here?   Ken also produced a series of videos and studies for small groups to follow the theme