a short history… created in 1792 william carey undertook a study formed ‘a society among the...
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A short history…• Created in 1792• William Carey
undertook a study• Formed ‘a society
among the Baptists for propagating the gospel among the heathens’ aka The Baptist Missionary Society
• Went to India and translated the Bible
BMS World Mission today
As a Christian mission organisation we aim to bring life in all it’s fullness to the world’s peoples by…• Enabling them to know Christ• alleviating suffering and injustice• improving the quality of life…with people as our primary agent of change motivating, training, sending and resourcing them.
Mission field
• 200 mission personnel sent from the UK to around twenty countries on four continents
• We work in cities, remote villages amongst the poorest, most marginalised and least evangelised
Areas of ministry
Church plantingDevelopment
HealthEducation
Justice & advocacyLeadership training
Disaster relief
Where do we fit in?
• Joined BMS in 2011• 18 months in Zimbabwe• Ethan 2013• 12 months in France• Samuel 2014• Guinea in July 2015…
Labé
Natural beauty
Spectacular views
EPEGEvangelical
Protestant Church
Culturally sensitive ministry
Labé Team
Plus Biddulphs!
Prayer points
• Preparations…sorting, packing, innoculations, reading
• Time here, goodbyes• Safe travel all the way to Labe• Those first few weeks acclimatising• Health
Support• It costs BMS a lot to
send us to Guinea
• Please help them keep us there!• www.bmsworldmission.org/partners
Keeping in touch
• Blog: www.bradandruth.co.uk• Prayer letters:
www.bmsworldmission.org/brbiddulph• Emails: [email protected]
[email protected]• Best of all…..POST!!!
