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Advent and Christmas

Please click here for details of our Advent and Christmas services and events.

"Breakfast on the Hill"

Please join us on Saturday 7 December for breakfast or coffee from 10:00am until 12:00 noon.  These are an opportunity for people to come together and chat in small groups.  It is an excellent way to meet new people in the community of Foots Cray and Sidcup.

There is no charge for a breakfast, but there will be an opportunity for you to give as much as you like towards church funds that support our ministry.

To download a flyer, please click here .

Induction and Ordination

On Saturday, 21 September,  Reverend Richard Hall was ordained as a Baptist minister and inducted as our new pastor.  The service was conducted by our regional minister, Reverend Claire Nicholls, who also preached.

We were delighted to be joined by Richard’s parents and family and many visitors, plus several people online.  Richard comes to us from Warrington and it was good to meet people from his home church, High Cliffe Baptist, from Bristol Baptist College and from Minehead Baptist Church, where Richard was minister-in-training.

                                                The period of vacancy has been a challenging one for our church, but we believe this settlement has God’s blessing and we look forward to Richard enjoying a long, successful, rewarding and happy ministry at Foots Cray.

Harvest Flower Festival

We held our flower festival in the Church on the weekend of 5-6 October 2024 and we are grateful to all who came to the Saturday quiz and the Sunday Service and to see the flowers, and of course all who worked on the displays, refreshments and other activities.

We received gifts of food, etc for Bexley Food Bank; collected tools for Tools with a Mission and £170 was raised for Operation Agri.  Please click here to access the mission's website to learn more of their work. Operation Agri supports rural and urban development projects in three continents, attacking basic causes of poverty among some of the most disadvantaged people in the world.  The projects help people to address their own problems, rectifying injustice, establishing their role in the community and improving their lives physically, mentally and spiritually. 

Emphasis is placed on the development work fulfilling two criteria:- it should be ‘owned’ by the local people, and where possible it should be sustainable.

With its aim of “showing the love of Jesus in action,” Operation Agri works with overseas partner organisations led by locally based Christians.

Service of Believer's Baptism

We are delighted that on Sunday 27 October, Richard  baptized one of our young people by total immersion.  This tradition is what gives our denomination its name and is obviously important to us.  

There is more information of some other pages of this website.  Please click to read more of our beliefs and practice:

What we believe

Becoming a Christian

Basis of Faith

Sunday Club

Our Sunday Club will give teaching to our children and young people on the first and third Sundays of each month.  Please click here for more details and for links to our safeguarding practice.

Love in a box

Last Christmas we again supported the Love in a Box campaign of the Mustard Seed Relief Mission. This project allows schools, businesses, churches and other organisations and individuals to fill shoe boxes with gifts for the children in Moldova who would otherwise not receive a Christmas present.  We sent several boxes.

Salvation Army

We also collected many donations of toys and other Christmas Gifts at our Toy Service last November, which the Salvation Army distributed to struggling families in the area.

Church Office

Our part-time administrator normally works from 10am until noon on Mondays to Thursdays.  She supports the church officers with administrative matters, including lettings of our hall and rooms, and can be contacted on 07566 208117 or via contact us.

Safeguarding Children

Foots Cray Baptist Church is keen to welcome children to our services and especially to our Sunday Club.  We want them to be happy and safe in their time with us.

We are committed to the highest standards of safeguarding for children.  Please click here to read our general policy statement and here to see our practice on supervision.

Free Wi-Fi

We have broadband installed, so that visitors can use   Wi-Fi on the premises.  The codes are to be found on the notice board in the corridor behind the church.