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The church have agreed to free up half of Jack’s time to build on BiG’s ministry to business people within the city centre, and the Baptist Union of Scotland have kindly offered to fund part of this. We are therefore looking to appoint a part-time pastor (3 days/week) so that Jack can be released to expand our ministry in this way. Jack will still be the Pastor of the church, but will be extending our ministry in a new and exciting way.

We have advertised in the Baptist Times for the weeks of 31 May and 6 June. For further information, please visit our Part-Time Pastor Post page.

Photographer: Paul McSherry

Roderick Buchanan’s ‘Histrionics‘ exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art is a timely reminder that Glasgow’s social history is one tinged with unfortunate associations, which sadly some would want to keep alive.

I visited the exhibition representing the Baptist Union, a co-signatory to the joint statement from the major denominations in Glasgow “How they love one another”. This was a united attempt to demonstrate the Church’s regret in its participation in sectarianism and bigotry in the past with the determined effort that closer co-operation will eventually consign such bigotry to history.

As someone who currently teaches aspiring Baptist ministers on the topic of Sectarianism as part of their degree course at the University of Paisley I was happy to play such a small part in Thursday’s public display of commitment to eradicate sectarianism. The real challenge is of course to remove such attitudes from individual thinking and practice. Perhaps, in time to come…

I never thought I would see the day when Dr Ian Paisley and Martin McGuiness would be pictured side by side thoroughly enjoying the moment of a very historic day. When I think of the many hours that I have spent over the years praying for peace in North Ireland, along with countless thousands of others, and now that God has answered those prayers it is almost impossible to believe it has actually happened.

Of course as the media continually remind us the work of reconciliation hasn’t even really begun yet, there is a long way to go. It is also true of Sectarianism in Scotland and as leading churchmen gather in the Gallery of Modern Art to sign a joint statement at the new Histrionics exihibition next Thursday its a reminder we need to work just as hard in this country to ensure prejudice and bigotry is neither condoned nor encouraged within our own borders.