Church Vacancy in Wick

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We received this letter from our friends at Wick Reformed Baptist Church / Harbour Mission and are happy to bring this need to a wider audience.

We are the only confessionally Reformed Baptist Church north of Inverness and subscribe (in the main) to the 1689 2nd London Baptist Confession. The church has been faithfully proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom since the early 1960s and it is the heartfelt desire of the members to continue as a functional church in the town of Wick in Caithness. Our congregation has benefitted from the ministry of our Pastor – Gilbert
McAdam – since 2017. Pastor Gilbert is due to retire this coming spring and by May 2026, the charge is expected to be vacant. As the only other male member of the church, I have been asked if I would
approach a variety of organisations who might assist us in our hour of need.

Although our total number of formal members is low (currently 2 men and 6 women) , we do have a number of additional adherents and regular attendees, particularly on Sunday evenings. Our low membership will be further compounded with the likelihood that I and my wife will also be leaving the area in the near future. I therefore feel the weight of responsibility to make every effort to ensure that this faithful church of sixty years continues to be a Gospel witness.  In terms of practical assets, the church has a very pleasant and centrally located hall adjacent to the Harbour in Wick. The building is well known and prominently displays the message ‘Christ died for our sins’ across the Wick River. The hall itself has good facilities including a variety of adjacent rooms which have served as ‘in house’ accommodation for our pastor and his family these last 8 to 9 years.

The church has long established links with local primary schools and under the banner of Scripture Union we have members who are very active in ministry to the school pupils in each of the two local primary schools. We regularly host afternoon teas on Thursdays which involve hymn singing and a brief exposition of scripture. These are very well attended and much appreciated by a number of senior ladies.
We are however a church in desperate need of revitalisation and so we are exploring every opportunity to source a pastor who has a zeal for evangelism who might consider ministry at Wick Harbour Mission.

We would ask that you consider our need and if you feel you can support or assist us, or are aware of a pastor who might consider our pending vacancy, then we really would value your input. We do thank you for taking the time to read of our situation and we pray that God would be gracious to us as we seek to continue to proclaim the Gospel as a functional church here in the far north of Scotland.

Yours in Christ,
Roddy McBoyle

(If anyone would like to make contact with Roddy, please email us and we’ll pass any messages on)

EBC Webinars: Romans in a Day

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We recently publicised a new series of study days, each of which would cover a book of the Bible.  Based on responses we have received, we have decided to amend our plans and make these a new series of EBC webinars, part of a new strategy to bring good Bible teaching to you, alongside our ongoing programme of training.

The first of these monthly webinars will be on Thursday 29th January when our Principal, John Brand, will be teaching Romans in a Day.

Between 9.30am and 4.00pm on the 29th, with, of course, some breaks, John will take you through Romans, with opportunities for questions and discussion. We have produced a 34 page study booklet to accompany the day’s teaching and this will be available for £6.50 including postage.

Registration is essential and can be done here.  If you have already registered for this study day, you don’t need to do anything, and we will contact you to confirm details.

There is no charge for this webinar and by doing this we hope to be able to make good, inspirational Bible teaching available to more and more people, whatever their circumstances, and wherever they live.

We do hope you will join us for this and future webinars and if you have any questions, please email us at webinars@edinburghbiblecollege.co.uk

What Has Christianity Ever Done For Scotland?

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Paul James-Griffiths is an Adjunct Lecturer at EBC, and his latest book is due to be published by Christian Focus in the new year.  Our Principal, John Brand, was asked to write a commendation for it, and said, “Having had a hunch for a long time that Scotland was, as they say, punching well above its weight in its influence around the world – now I have the proof!  In this well researched and well written book, Paul James-Griffiths documents the remarkable story of how God has, in so many ways, used this small nation disproportionately, in terms of its population, to herald the good news of the kingdom to the end of the earth.  This book will both inform and inspire you as well as burden you to pray that what God has done in the, he might be pleased to do again.”  We cannot recommend this book to highly

John recently interviewed Paul about his book:

 

 

Preachers on Preaching

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There are two blessings, among many, that I get out of doing these interviews. One is that in some cases I get to touch base with brothers I haven’t had meaningful contact with for many years. The second is to learn from some men who have laboured faithfully in the trenches of ministry over many years and who share their wisdom and experience. Dr Eryl Davies of Wales fits into both those categories.