Scots Baptists encouraged

Nicola Laver  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  1 Jun 2023
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Brian Talbot

Despite a difficult period within the Church of Scotland, evangelicals within the Baptist Union of Scotland (BUS) have reported great encouragement, with significant increases in church attendance and membership.

There is a ‘great sense of unity of vision and purpose’ among the conservative evangelical family of 155 BUS churches, said the Revd Dr Brian Talbot, minister of Broughty Ferry Baptist Church. Dr Talbot, who serves on the BUS Board of Ministry, said they are ‘greatly encouraged by the sense of both spiritual and numerical growth’ during 2022.

His comments follow a BUS Council Meeting in Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire, in March where General Director Martin Hodson reminded delegates of their ‘vision for increase’ over the next decade.

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