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.

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…

Guinea

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!!!