Born again peanut farmer runs for president’ was the headline on the front cover of Time magazine in 1976 after Jimmy Carter announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States. Very few ...

Dr Francis Collins is a physician-scientist. He came to prominence as head of the Human Genome Project. From 2009-21 he was Director of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), serving under three ...

The YBA Executive and Staff Team are pleased to be able to share the news of the appointment of Revd Leoné Martin as Regional Minister in the YBA. Leoné will be joining the YBA team in April 2025 ...

What memories will stay with you from the last year? Perhaps it’s Rishi Sunak announcing the general election in a torrential downpour, a fitting image for the UK’s coolest summer for a decade. Or ...

Nominations for the President in 2026-7 are now closed. Please look out for further information later in January. Our current President is the Revd Dr Steve Finamore. Please do look at Steve’s article ...

The children were buzzing and there was a lovely atmosphere at Laird Street Baptist Church as they engaged in the many Christmas craft ideas, writes Cathy Buntin Laird Street Baptist Church in ...

A small-but-dedicated group of leaders from a range of streams and denominations gathered at the CCX offices in the shadow of St Paul’s Cathedral, London earlier this autumn Convened by the National ...

Non-conformist traditions have a particular place in the rich, muddled history of carol singing (as do many others). Charles Wesley himself gave us the words of Hark! The Herald Angels sing. Well, ...

This form can be sued to apply for a 2025 CMD grant. Applications must be submitted by 31 January 2025. Each minister engaged in CMD meets with a colleague once a year to discuss their CMD in a ‘CMD ...

Much in the news at the moment is the treatment of women. This book looks back to the late 1800s and a woman whose ground breaking work seems to have been forgotten, even though it was praised by ...