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 planting Development Health Education Justice & advocacy Leadership training Disaster relief
Where do we fit in? Joined BMS in months in Zimbabwe Ethan months in France Samuel 2014 Guinea in July 2015…
Guinea
Labé
Natural beauty
Spectacular views
EPEG Evangelical 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!
Keeping in touch Blog: Prayer letters: s: Best of all…..POST!!!