Baptists commission members for long-term mission abroad

|PIC1|BMS World Mission publicly commissioned three of its future long-term workers on Friday night 2 November at the Baptist Assembly in Scotland.

Jenny and Graeme Riddell, as well as Fiona Welsh, were commissioned for mission service at the assembly in Glenrothes by leaders from BMS and the Baptist Union of Scotland (BUS).

Also recognised were BUS ministers retiring from service as well as ministers receiving accreditation to begin serving Baptist churches in Scotland.

Fiona, Jenny and Graeme are all currently studying at BMS' International Mission Centre (IMC) in Birmingham and will all leave for their respective countries of service in August 2008.

The Riddells, from South Ruislip Christian Fellowship, London and Perth Baptist Church, will be involved in advocacy work and education in Uganda.

Graeme says: "We're very excited about going to Uganda to work alongside the lawyers, teachers and local churches. We know there are challenges ahead, but we're finding the training valuable."

|PIC2|Alan Pain, the director of IMC, introduced and commissioned the three future workers before the 400-person crowd last Friday evening.

He said, "We at BMS are very excited about how many of our personnel, both serving abroad and in training, are from Scotland.

"Besides the commitment of these workers, we have half a dozen Action Team members from this country and we are looking forward to more people choosing to serve God in mission."



[Re-printed in Christian Today with the kind permission of BMS World Mission]