Home Mission
Put quite simply Home Mission is the Baptist family purse. As a previous General Secretary wrote…
"When we want to do things together then we need to find the money from Home Mission. I want you to be really excited about Home Mission, because it enables us to do an immense range of things together. And all of those activities are inspired by the fact that we are united in wanting to encourage missionary disciples. That is to say, we want to be obedient to the words of Jesus who called us to follow him and to encourage others to do the same." (Revd Jonathan Edwards).
Home Mission provides
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Funding for the thirteen associations
The Baptist Union of Great Britain has thirteen regional associations. Each regional association has a team of regional ministers and administration staff that offer pastoral support to local churches, advise on mission and practical matters and organise training events. The work of the regional associations is funded by giving to Home Mission from local churches and individuals.
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Funding for the national resource
The national resource centre at Baptist House in Didcot, Oxfordshire provides advice or help for all member churches on mission, ministry and communications matters, on legal and financial issues and also provides a variety of useful publications for Baptist churches and colleges. Many staff come from either professional (e.g. accountancy, finance, HR, legal, communications, secretarial, social work) or ministerial backgrounds and are all there to serve the Baptist family.
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Grants to churches and other organisations
Each year around £2m is given to churches and other organisations to help them in their mission. Most Mission Grants are given to fund the cost of ministry but some are given to help start a variety of mission projects. In the SEBA region we offer grants as part of Partners in Mission.
If your church would like one of our Regional Ministers to come and speak on Baptist Home Mission please contact them direct or via our administrator - Steph Tidy.