The fourth annual Grace Baptist Partnership conference took place at Swanwick from 21 to 23 August.
165 people of 20 nationalities from 43 churches met to consider the subject of church revitalisation. The title, Hope for Dying Churches, was realistic and many were indeed seeking such hope.
Ali McLachlan (Edinburgh) began with the unenviable task of stating the problem, that many churches are dying, and some are no longer churches at all. But this was not a miserable week, as successive speakers began to bring positive messages, drawing on God’s Word and illustrated by personal experience.
