World Mission

World Mission

It is wonderful to have a firm foundation and solid rock on which to stand – Jesus whom we proclaim.

As a church, we have a deep and ongoing commitment to send, support and pray for those who declare that salvation is found in Jesus alone to the corners of the world. Here’s some of the ways that we apply this in practical and prayerful support.
Missionaries we have sent from our church

Simon & Victoria, with their two children, have been working in Tanzania since 2017. Simon works as a co-ordinator with the local Assemblies of God churches whilst Victoria works on a Government supported vaccine trial.

For more information read the latest update or visit the Emmanuel International UK website.

Tim & Gemma with their two girls are working around Mkushi in Zambia, helping to develop & run a training programme in evangelism with YWAM and supporting local churches and schools. More information read the latest update.
You can keep up-to-date with what the family are doing through their blog, where you can also find details of prayer requests.
You can also find them on Facebook, where they have a private group that you can ask to join, at Mills in Mkushi – updates from Zambia.

Sarah grew up in our church and through her parents’ involvement in CAR met and subsequently married Danny, a Romanian. They now live in Carand with their two children, leading a church there. The British charity CAR supports them and Danny’s parents.

For more information read the latest update or visit the Community Action Romania website.

Tony is a surgeon specialising in facial surgery, Ann is a nurse. Since retiring from hospitals in the UK they have supported medical missionary work, mostly in Africa.

More information read the latest update.

Moses is undertaking a discipleship training programme in Zambia during the summer/autumn of 2023.

For more information read the latest update or visit his website.

Colin is an Elder in our church but also fulfils a role as a community chaplain in Leighton Buzzard and Dunstable. He has piloted on behalf of the charity “Counties” the concept of Neighbourhood Chaplaincy as a way of engaging with local communities.

More information read the latest update.

Missionaries we have close links with

Anand is the senior pastor of a church planted in the United Arab Emirate of Sharjah. We support him and his staff team and church leadership.

For more information read the latest update or visit the Grace Church website.

Hanna and his wife Lina lead an Arab Baptist church in Nazareth. In September 2024 we learned that our partner Philip Saa’d, who lead one in Haifa, was called home to be with his Lord. We will update this 2023 leaflet soon to reflect this change.
Mission Agencies we support

The BMS links British baptist churches with initiatives world-wide, sending missionaries and providing financial support to locally led evangelism, outreach and compassionate ministries.

For more information read the latest update or visit the BMS website.

Both Tear Fund and World Vision specialise in bringing relief to situations where people are in desperate need owing to famine, natural disasters and the effects of war.

For more information read the latest update or visit the Tearfund or World Vision websites.

MAF provides light aircraft and pilots to support other mission agencies in locations where land based transport is slow and/or dangerous.

For more information read the latest update or visit the MAF website.

The Baptist Union, through its Home Mission Fund, supports church planting and creative outreach initiatives and helps keep baptist churches running in various parts of England and Wales.

For more information read the latest update or visit the Baptist Union website.

Welcome Churches is an initiative that is helping many churches across the UK, including ours, to provide a welcome to refugees from various parts of the world, but particularly from Hong Kong and Ukraine.

For more information read the latest update or visit the Welcome Churches website.

There are more details about our church’s mission interests displayed on posters in our church building, as well as a digital screen giving current news, which is updated regularly.