The Grace Baptist Partnership provided an overview of its work in Scotland in the last few months.
In Livingston, west of Edinburgh, outreach events have seen over 100 unbelievers attending. A church plant is needed in this town of 56,000 that had no ‘church’ space included in the town planning. After Easter, Bible study will commence. However, a venue is needed to help gather people around those Christians who already live in Livingston.
Premises that are both affordable and visible are also required for Grace North church (pas-tored by Ali McLachlan). Membership doubled over 2016, and they earnestly pray for conversions and for the witness there to grow.
Planting in Poland
A couple, Mariusz (Max) and Agnieszka (Agnes) Bartkowski, are being sent to church plant in Poland during Summer 2017. Max (an ordained Baptist pastor) is doing an internship with Ali, learning how to church plant from scratch. In March, Max and Ali will attend a Polish Church Planting Round Table in Dunstable with others working in Poland and among Polish people in the UK. In April, they will journey from Gdansk to Wroclaw to discern the most advantageous site for the new church planting work in the Summer.
