News Articles

On this page we publish recent news items or reports of church activities. Please bookmark this page, and check back here regularly for News & Views, and updates on what is happening in the life and work of the church fellowship.

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20/07/2008      PRESS RELEASE :: All Star Line-up for Youth Event

Some of the leading names in Northern Ireland’s Christian Youth scene came together on Friday 13th June in the newly built Ballymena Baptist Church located on Hill Street/Mount Street in the town. The youth event, called ‘Celebrate’, featured Crown Jesus Ministries, Pete Kernoghan from Bluetree and the highly acclaimed worship read more »



20/07/2008      PRESS RELEASE :: Ballymena Baptist is Heading Home

The last 18 months have witnessed considerable changes in Ballymena Baptist Church. In January 2007 they left their building in Hill Street Ballymena to embark on a journey which has had a number of landmarks in the churches history. The fellowship had already made the decision to stay in the read more »



20/07/2008      PRESS RELEASE :: Ballymena Baptist unveil new logo

In June Ballymena Baptist will be moving back to their new church buildings built on the site of the original Baptist Church which has been affectionately referred to as ‘Hill Street’ Baptist over the years. To go with the new building, the church has developed a new logo and they read more »



10/06/2008      New arrival in the Murphy home !!!

Joel John, the latest addition to the Murphy family, arrived safe and well on Sunday morning at 10.40am (Peru time). The following is an extract taken from their blog:

"We do write this post aware that God really has been good to us by giving us Joel. We decided read more »



26/05/2008      The BIG Move :: What's it all about?

Ballymena Baptist Church is delighted to announce the completion of an eighteen month building project on our site in the Mount Street/Hill Street area. Since the 1st January 2007 we have been holding our Sunday services in Slemish College while our new building was being constructed.

The project read more »



22/05/2008      Missions Update:: Andrew McKinney

Andrew has recently been accepted by Baptist Missions as an Associate Volunteer worker and will be going (DV) to Algeciras, southern Spain in August this year to work alongside two missionary couples already based in the area, Andrew and Ruth Reid and the Elliotts.

We have updated our read more »



18/03/2008      Weekly sermon audio podcast updated !

We have now updated our online sermon archive and weekly audio podcast. If you have Apple's iTunes software installed on your computer, then click here to subscribe to our Sermons Podcast, which will be automatically updated each time you load iTunes, giving you access to our latest sermons as read more »



24/02/2008      Church visit to site of new building

We've posted some pictures taken during a recent visit to the site of our new church building, ahead of our official opening in June 2008 (DV). Click here if you would like to see how the building is progressing.

View of the main sanctuary read more »



24/02/2008      BB Scripture Exam :: Memory Verses

The memory verses for this year's Boys' Brigade Scripture exam are now available online. Click here to view (Note: You will need Adobe Reader installed to view this file). read more »



18/02/2008      Bill & Mary Prayer update

Read Bill and Mary's latest prayer update as they continue their work in Brazil. read more »



26/01/2008      Sermon archive updated !

We have updated our online sermons archive to include sermons which have recently been preached in our church. If you have an mp3 audio player already installed on your PC you can simply click on the relevant link to listen to the sermon of your choice online.

We'll read more »



21/01/2008      Caravan of Hope safely returns to Nairobi

Thank you for your support and for praying for Pastor Edward on his trip. He has now safely returned to Nairobi having delivered much needed relief to the people in the Rift Valley area of Kenya who have been affected by the recent trouble.

Please click here to read more »



16/01/2008      Induction of Pastor Freddie & Linda McClauglin

As a church we joined together on Friday 11th January 2008 to celebrate the induction of Pastor Freddie McClaughlin to the pastorate of Ballymena Baptist Church. We were delighted to welcome the McClaughlin family amongst us, and join with them and a large number of friends and representatives from some read more »



09/01/2008      Bill & Mary Prayer Update

Read Bill and Mary's latest prayer update as they embark on another New Year with their work in Brazil. read more »



02/01/2008      Attention all talent scouts !

We've posted some pics from the latest edition of our Annual Boxing Day Football extravaganza , so if you're a scout for the Premiership (or maybe just the local Saturday morning league) click here, or check out the photos to the left, to see some of the talent on read more »



23/12/2007      Christmas Greetings from Ilo

Dave, Alicia and Sarah Murphy send Christmas greetings to the church in Ballymena from their new home in Ilo, Peru. read more »



23/12/2007      Bill & Mary Barclay Prayer update

As Bill & Mary Barclay continue their work in Brazil we've updated their missions page to include their latest prayer letter. read more »



23/12/2007      Prayer Letter from The Murphys

In their latest Prayer Letter Dave, Alicia and Sarah Murphy give us an update on their involvement in the work of Baptist Missions in Peru. read more »



16/12/2007      Sunday School Christmas Party

Our Sunday School kids recently went to Monkey Business for a Christmas party with a difference! Everyone had a great time, including some of the teachers who insisted on taking part (in a purely supervisory capacity of course!!!)

We've posted some pics online, so click here (or check read more »



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