What is happening to Christianity in the United Kingdom is heading to the United States, one British theologian believes. And U.S. Christians can benefit from the lessons the English have learned as they continue to struggle with changes in a post-Christian world.
Lynn Green, the first woman elected to lead the Baptist Union of Great Britain, began work Sept. 9, the same day as the group, which includes Baptists in England and Wales, launch of a new website, magazine and brand name — all reflecting a new
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The Baptist Union of Great Britain will downsize its national staff from 46 to 32 employees and change the way it works with associations and Baptist colleges to improve how it serves local churches in the 21st century.
LONDON (ABP) – A pastor and former college principal was elected [http://www.baptisttimes.co.uk/home.htm] April 3 as vice president of the Baptist Union of Great Britain.
SWANWICK, England (ABP) – The Baptist Union of Great Britain faces likely cutbacks as leaders project that financial support from Baptist churches will continue to decline.
LONDON (ABP) -- Baptists and other Christian leaders in the United Kingdom are urging the government to scrap plans to replace its fleet of nuclear-armed submarines.
DIDCOT, England (ABP) – The Baptist Times, an award-winning newspaper published weekly for British Baptists for 156 years, will cease both print and digital editions at the end of the year.
FAIRFAX, Va. (ABP) – A former British Baptist pastor was sentenced July 22 to eight years in prison for sexually abusing two boys while visiting a family friend in the United States.
LONDON (ABP) – An annual assembly of British Baptists called on the government to crack down on strategies used by multinational corporations to avoid paying taxes in the Third World.