Hot off the press - via email anyway - is the new Mission Scene magazine from the Fellowship of Baptists in Britain and Ireland. So that's BUGB, BUS, BUW, Irish Baptist Networks and BMS.  This seems to me a "Good Thing" and I hope that people across all these groups find it a helpful and useful resource.  It is bright, colourful, imaginative and welcoming.  It has a good 'Baptisty' feel without being exclusive or arrogant.

The average BUGB reader will find it pretty familiar as it reflects the stuff BUGB already put out and, without meaning to be critical, it is very anglo-centric at the moment, reflecting the fact the BUGB is by far the largest (numerically) and best resourced of the national member bodies.  However, there is a lot in it that could readily translate to other UK and Ireland contexts, the welcome is by a BUW person and there are mentions of places north of Watford Gap!

And before the Scots and Welsh sulk about the Englishness of it, spare a thought for those in Ireland who don't even make it onto the map - even though the Orkneys, Shetlands and Channel Islands have all been included.

Anyway, it's on the noticeboard at church now for anyone who cares to read it.  Or it can be downloaded here and will undobtedly appear via the other websites in due course.