Join us in prayer for Baptist Union Council 23-24 October

Baptist Union Council is meeting next week and we invite you to join us in prayer. 

You will see from the agenda we have dedicated a significant amount of time to discuss and reflect on the Project Violet commitments.  We will also reflect on Mission across Baptists Together, including verbal reports from Diane Watts, Mission Forum, Joint Public Issues Team and others .

We will also be receiving an update on our Financial position and the Financial Model Review. Dave Gregory will be bringing an update from the Baptist Union Environment Network.

Should you wish to discuss the agenda before Council meets please contact your local representative which you can find here.

For those of you who would like to understand the role of Council, our Governance Report outlines the role of Council as follows: 

The key location of strategic leadership and oversight for the Union should be with the Council. This is the body that is representative of the churches through their Associations and colleges, and where the full diversity of the denomination can and should be fully expressed. The leadership and oversight of others will be discerned and held accountable here. As we envisage it, it will be: 

• the body which exercises spiritual and strategic oversight of the affairs of the Union; 
• the place where the rich diversity of our membership will be expressed and empowered and leadership exercised; 
• the forum in which the complex relationships of Union life will be valued and mutual trust be encouraged and enabled; 
• the meeting at which key decision-makers, such as appropriate association officers, will play a part alongside prophetic voices and spiritual leaders.

Further reflections and decisions from Council will be communicated in the following week.

Lynn Green, General Secretary of Baptists Together