EBA Council Summary 30 June 2025 EBA Trustees – with one apology met for the EBA Council meeting on 30 June 2025. We welcomed both Jess West new co-option and Gordon Hindmarch newly elected trustee to their first meeting. Lou Webber (EBA Moderator) welcomed everyone. In opening the meeting Lou read from Psalm 95 Reminding us that we should focus on the things that we can be thankful for. June Love, Moderator of the grant committee, joined the meeting for the first two items on the agenda. The first bringing the recommendations of the grant committee for 2026 grants. June was present to offer the reasons behind some of the decisions and to answer any other questions. Trustees accepted the recommendations. Grant applicants will be written to in the next week or so. The second item was a report on the review of grants and the grants system which was …
EBA Council Summary 12 May 2025 EBA Trustees – with two apologies met for the EBA Council meeting on 12 March. Lou Webber (EBA Moderator) welcomed everyone. In opening the meeting Lou read from John 10. Reminding us that our job is to follow Jesus, hear Jesus and listen to Jesus. Richard (EBA Treasurer) presented the financial summary up to April 2025, stating that there are no surprises in the accounts and it is all as expected. Hayley Beckett (EBA Company Secretary) brought the Administration Report which included an update on the received trustee nomination. Lou and Hayley will be meeting with the candidate later in May before names are released for the election. David Mayne (RMTL) presented the team report, saying that there have been 3 conversations with churches who may wish to become members balanced with some more difficult situations. At a previous meeting council had agreed …
EBA Council Summary 29 March 2025 EBA Trustees – with three apologies and Gale Richards and Gillian Jones as invited guests – met for the EBA Council meeting on 29 March. Lou Webber (EBA Moderator) welcomed everyone. In opening the meeting Lou read from Matthew 8:23-27 (Jesus calms the storm) Do we feel like we are working hard to keep things going, at what point do we see the need to wake Jesus up. Jesus is already there – what is it that we feel we need to be waking Jesus up for? David Mayne (RMTL) presented the team report, this included feedback from the trustee information evenings, minister’s conference. The report covered all the churches and ministers that the team has met with over the last few weeks and a list of those who had been inducted or ordained recently. The council were encouraged that a small number of …
EBA Council Summary 27 January 2025 EBA Trustees – with three apologies – met for the EBA Council meeting on 2 November 2024. Lou Webber (EBA Moderator) welcomed everyone. In opening the meeting Lou read from Mark 2: 1-5, In the act of the paralysed man being lowered through the roof, Jesus recognised faith that was seen Jesus saw people who cared, who were persistent, he saw love and saw partnership – what does this look like for the EBA? Following on from the 4 suggested areas of Association reform and the actions from November, David provided updates on developing networks and discussions with London Baptists and Southwest Baptist Association about area minister programmes. More details will be shared at the Minister’s conference in March. Hayley presented proposed changes to the byelaws related to task groups, with a view to agreeing these in March for the final proposals to go …
