Leigh Road Baptist Church, Leigh-on-Sea, by the seaside in Essex are seeking to appoint a… Children & Families Worker • Do you have a passion to introduce children to Jesus and help them grow as his disciples? • Do you have a heart to help a church reach children & families across a town? • Are you able to lead, envision and empower other leaders? Leigh Road Baptist Church (LRBC) is expanding its children’s and families work across the church and local community and is looking for a person (or persons) with enthusiasm, experience and creativity to be hands on and mobilize and lead a team of volunteers. The aim is to see children and families encounter God and become lifetime followers of Jesus. This is a key appointment for LRBC at an exciting time as we take a fresh look at the shape of this ministry. The purpose of …
The Eastern Baptist Association is seeking to appoint two new roles, a full time Regional Minister and a part time (.5) Regional Minister. Each individual will be committed to building strong relationships through collaborative working with our regional team, churches and ministers, as well as expanding existing support networks between churches. We are seeking persons who are missionally minded and able to communicate, lead and inspire others to engage in mission and help the association fulfil its vision of “Growing healthy churches in relationship for God’s mission in the East of England”. These individuals need to be forward thinking and be willing to encourage and lead theological debate, in order to help resource and support our churches for the challenges of the 21st Century. You will have significant experience of ministry within a Baptist church. You will be a good communicator, possessing effective pastoral and relational skills. As a growing disciple of …
As part of our EBA rhythm of prayer we are inviting you to join in our Week of Prayer from 17th – 21st May, which is the week running up to Pentecost Sunday Those of you who were at the Ministers’ Conference of 2020 may recall that Beth preached on the topic of ‘Don’t Pitch your Tent to early’ on the last morning. Having revisited this sermon recently we feel that it is really pertinent for where we find ourselves as churches right now. Obviously it was preached to a group of ministers, and so some of the sermon references this, but we believe all of this is transferable for all of our churches as we begin to enter a new season. We would encourage you to use this sermon in your churches, either on Pentecost Sunday or at another time in the coming weeks and months. It has a …
Since March 2020 the Eastern Baptist Association has been unable to provide face to face safeguarding training due to Coronavirus restrictions. The Baptist Union National Safeguarding team have now produced an Excellence in Safeguarding Update film. The film is a temporary measure until we are able to return to face-to-face training. The Safeguarding Update film covers the key points of both Level 2 and Level 3 training and is accompanied by a Resources Pack that comes as a PDF. The film lasts for 90 minutes and there is a break point in the middle. Throughout the film there are four ‘Stop and Consider’ points that encourage you to pick up paper and pen and reflect on the themes that have been covered as well as thinking about safeguarding practice in your church. It includes specific guidance about the impact of coronavirus and the ways in which churches might respond to …
