Report from EBA Council May 2023 The meeting was held on Zoom, all trustees were present, and we began with a time of open prayer. Binny Jaichander, a deacon from Braintree Baptist church, had shown an interest in being on the trustee board and had attended the council as an observer for the last two meetings. Council members voted unanimously to co-opt Binny onto Council for a two-year term. The Secretary reminded the Council that we now have a total of 3 co-opted members out of a possible 5 allowed within our constitution. The Home Mission Resilience Task Group has been formed and their first meeting is planned for early June. Letters were received from Churches for discussion and prayer. The council’s response will be drawn up by appointed trustees and sent to the respective churches. We paused to pray for each of the churches and all concerned. Richard (EBA …
Report from EBA Council 01/04/2023 We have been asked if it is possible to circulate the minutes of the EBA council and following discussion of this, it was agreed that we would release a short report with some of the key decisions and information from each meeting. You can find out more information about the council on the EBA Website. The EBA Moderator, Rev Fiona Heddle opened the meeting by reading Luke 18:31-34 and Luke 19:32-40 and reminding us that as we enter a period without a Regional Minister Team Leader, we will need to have courage in Christ and trust on Him. Council discussed an application for membership and made the decision to welcome this new church. Church@TheMegacentre in Rayleigh will be formally welcomed at the AGM later this year. Council heard reports from the recent BU Council, which included the report of the BU finance review and Ministerial …
Eastern Baptist Association Regional Minister-Team Leader Due to retirement, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a new Regional Minister: Team Leader to the EBA. This is a full time, paid role. Are you asking the question, how does the church meet the challenges of a new season and continue to make Jesus known? Are you a collaborative, visionary leader able to inspire, lead and implement vision, radical change, and new ways of operating in a changing world whilst continuing to develop and strengthen relationships and networks at national, association and local church level? If this describes you, and you are sensing God’s call to Regional Ministry we would love to hear from you. For further detail: RMTL Application Pack 2023 Application Form RMTL 2023 The closing date for applications is the 29th of May 2023 and interviews will take place mid to late June 2023.
We have created a series of eight short videos which explore the Easter story. The videos are 2-4 minutes each and they can be used by churches and individuals to share on social media and also to use in services and events. You can view all eight videos on our YouTube channel in this playlist or through the individual links below. During Holy Week, we will be releasing these videos daily on our Facebook page starting on Palm Sunday and it would be encouraging if as many churches and individuals as possible could share these. We are grateful to all those who have made these videos and to Rob Hughes for creating the animations and for editing these videos. The Eight Videos are: Palm Sunday: In this first video, Keith Tarring from Comberton Baptist Church helps us to explore Palm Sunday. Cleansing the temple: In this second video, Esther Day …
