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Three months in Dhaka
"What about the children?" is a question many people ask themselves when considering serving with BMS World Mission. But, as Fiona Priestnall discovered, the experience of working overseas can have a profoundly positive effect on young minds.
Gamble delivers quality
GDQ school for the children of mission workers in Tirana, Albania, has added IGCSEs to its curriculum, in a bid to improve the situations of mission families working in Albania.
“God doesn’t do waste”
A new book by A Rocha’s Dave Bookless
Finding love again
The testimony of Gabriel, a young Romanian man who has recently found Christ again at a Baptist church in Lyons
Volunteers are China-bound
Two teachers start a new chapter in September
Work begins on new hospital
BMS workers Mark and Andrea Hotchkin have taken preliminary steps towards the opening of a new hospital that the Cutting Edge Foundation is opening along with BMS in N’Djamena, Chad.
Fancy dress, tandems and space hoppers
How can you unite 30-plus young adults from three different countries? Simple: if they’ve got a passion for Jesus
Photo Competition Winners
Twenty-five young British Christians are at the end of a year they will never forget. In all of these experiences, Action Teamers captured on camera something of what they were living through. The top ten images are shown here, in the fourth annual photo competition.
From wanting to die to wanting to help
A young man who wanted his life to end finds a way to help improve other people’s lives
Nuts about mission!
BMS World Mission worker Simon Wood tells us about eating the kola nut - a special nut with spiritual, social and stimulating effects
Making a difference in Nepal
Paul Chhetri is a BMS supported partner worker in Nepal. Paul, who is seconded to the United Mission to Nepal, talks about himself and shares an account of his challenges and achievements as a Cluster Leader in the deprived community of Mugu.
A broken life restored
A woman trafficked for sex recounts her horrific ordeal and Jesus' ability to save
Rai's your hands... for occupational therapy
A Nepali woman beats thousands of hopefuls to take part in an occupational therapy course
Afghanistan uncovered
A BMS worker gives an insight into everyday life in Afghanistan as she describes the people she passed on the way to a picnic.
"He found me in my abandonment!"
BMS mission worker Justine met Vlora Bytyqi, a believer from Kosovo, who despite a difficult childhood and being made a refugee in the Kosovo war, found new hope in Jesus Christ.
Earth photos
Earth photos by Chiara Goia
Jatinder's got talent
National team call-up for Indian street child
A shot at justice?
Two BMS volunteers working with the Jamaican Baptist Union (JBU) tell us how the current violence in the country has affected their lives, and the lives of those around them.
Have you got Redemption?
Have you got the BMS Harvest resource 2010: Redemption?
Shane Claiborne podcast
Shane Claiborne podcast: an interview with author, speaker and justice campaigner, Shane Claiborne.
Wanted: teachers in Albania
wanted: teachers in GDQ school, albania
"Cannibalism" in Congo
Children accused of "cannibalism" in D R Congo
Thailand tension increases
Escalating violence in Bangkok leads to overnight curfews
Shami Chakrabarti talks to BMS
This video interview, produced for the 2010 Baptist Assembly in Plymouth, addresses some of these questions while examining the overall issue of our faith�s place in a changing society.
"Been there, done that... bought the t-shirt"
How this year's Baptist Assembly production crew helped give freedom to women in Kolkata
Sharing the mission vision
All the BMS news from the Baptist Assembly in Plymouth
A bank that helps people?
How a Brussels Baptist church is ministering to the poor through the gift of food
Baptisms in Brazil
BMS workers in Brazil discuss different attitudes surrounding a baptism.
Devon-sent
Baptists in Plymouth for annual Assembly
New hope in Kosovo
In the midst of social challenges, God is changing lives
Money matters
Can God be glorified through accountancy? BMS workers in Uganda think so!
Persecution in Azerbaijan
Indigenous mission faces challenges
How do you choose where you give relief grants to?
Steve Sanderson explains how we arrange relief grants
Rio rainfall: heaviest for 50 years
Major floods and landslides in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro
Blood, sweat and tears
Megan Barker, a BMS health worker in Nepal, tells the story of Dhan, a man she’ll never forget.
Agabus unchained
A man called Agabus receives legal aid in Uganda from a BMS worker
Hope for healthcare
Community work in Nepal
Unto us a child is born in danger
The tragic story of an Afghan girl who was raped
Game on!
An Action Team inspires football and more at a Brazilian church
Cosham gets creative for street kids
The weekly ‘Kidz Klub’ at Cosham Baptist Church in Portsmouth recently created a banner for the Street Child World Cup.
Marriage supporting mission
How did Darren and Rita Painter's wedding help further the work of BMS World Mission?
Mixed blessings
BMS-supported students tell of the joys and pains of devoting their lives to God’s work
Kick-off for street kids
South Africa football tournament to advocate for children’s rights
Realising potential
Training teachers at a Christian school in Bangladesh
Justice for all?
Riots in Uganda, resulted in many innocent people being arrested. BMS mission personnel are working to bring justice and freedom to the innocent.
Motson commentary notes
Motty is Onside for BMS
Legendary BBC commentator is the voice of summer football video
Mugu magic
BMS partners in Mugu, north-western Nepal, are changing lives through several programmes.
I was blind, now I’m free
BMS worker, Elizabeth, talks to Afghan women whose lives have been changed by a project providing literacy education and business training.
“Humans shouldn’t be treated this way”
Promoting positive change about disability in Tunisia
Event: Quest for liberation 13 - 16 April
This conference marks both the historical contribution of the Sam Sharpe in the fight against slavery and also reflects on the present-day concerns of oppressed groups in different parts of the world.
Blown away
São Paulo Action Team visits nearby projects and churches
School supports Street Child World Cup
Students at a Portsmouth school have been creatively learning about street children, thanks to the efforts of a local Baptist minister.
New year, new role, new vision
Mark and Suzana de Azevedo Greenwood usher in a new vision for social action among Brazil's poor, in a new role within the Brazilian Baptist Convention.
Relief grant for Peru
BMS workers help victims of landslides
Care and compassion
Katrina Butterworth, a BMS doctor in Nepal, writes about how an inspirational woman in her church works hard to help hospital patients in remote areas of the Kathmandu valley.
A safe haven
Indian women find freedom through Freeset
May our generation see this
BMS grant funds sanitation in Burma after Cyclone Nargis
Relief grant after Albania flooding
BMS helps partners distribute food and clothes to homeless
Further Haiti relief grant
Aid money sent to BMS partner, Haiti Hospital Appeal
Relief grant for Haiti
BMS World Mission has sent a relief grant of $US 30,000 (approx £18,400) to help bring urgent aid to survivors of last week’s devastating earthquake in Haiti.
New wall, new loos, new year! Thank you!
School in Bangladesh thanks BMS supporters for grant to rebuild walls and latrines
We are not dogs, we are human beings!
BMS workers in Sicily report on violence and discrimination.
Afghanistan update
Togo team attacked
Separatist group causes concern over security during African Cup, held in Angola
Severe flooding in Albania
Lives and homes at risk after heavy rain in the north
Summer Team
Medical mission goes online
Chandraghona hospital in Bangladesh launches website
50 die in Brazil mudslides
Mudslides in Brazil have caused the deaths of over 50 people, and displaced another 3,000 from their homes
Does the baby really look like this inside?
Educating Nepali women about health issues
Different year, same borders
Lizz and Pete Maycock gave us a glimpse last month of why Christmas in Thailand is such a wonderful time.
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