Scottish BaptistHistory Project

Day Conferences 2026

Two gatherings each year — open to all.

The SBHP meets twice a year, usually in April and November. Each conference features papers on Scottish Baptist history and related themes, with time for discussion over tea and lunch.

Next conference

Saturday

7 November 2026

Panmurefield Baptist Centre

Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Broughty Ferry Baptist Church

154 Lawers Drive, Panmurefield, Dundee, DD5 3TZ
10:00 – 15:30
£3 conference fee, payable on the day
Broughty Ferry Railway Station nearby

Programme

All are welcome to attend any part of the day.

  1. 10:00Tea, coffee and chatDoors open — arrive, catch up and browse the bookstall.
  2. 10:15DevotionsLed by the SBHP chair, Rev Dr Neil Allison, before the first presentation.
  3. Following devotions'The earlier history of Broughty Ferry Baptist Church'Brian Talbot — with around 30 minutes for contributions and responses from the floor.
  4. 11:30Tea and coffee break
  5. 11:45'The recent history of Broughty Ferry Baptist Church'Four short presentations on the church's life today. Formal discussion time in this session is limited — the presentations can be talked over at lunch:
    • Children and families work — Moraig Piggot
    • Youth work — Helen Sellarajah
    • Evangelism — Alan McRobbie, with Garry Adam and Liz Brock
    • Overseas mission — Brian Talbot
  6. 13:15LunchTea and coffee provided — please bring your own sandwiches.
  7. 14:15'Andrew Fuller and Evangelicalism'David Bebbington
  8. 15:30Close of conferenceAllows time for a short break and to set up for the evening anniversary ceilidh — all are welcome.

Also on the day

  • An SBHP bookstall will be set up in the hall, as usual at Project events.
  • Evening anniversary ceilidh: an informal time with stovies and traybakes from 6pm, then ceilidh band Swilcan with caller Caroline Brockbank from 7–9pm, closing remarks at 9pm.

Full details of every paper are available on request via the Contact page.

From the archive

Past conference programmes

A glimpse of recent gatherings, so newcomers can see the kinds of papers and themes the Project explores.

25 April 2026

Stirling Baptist Church

  • Scottish Baptists and the First World War
  • The Bebbington volume revisited
  • Women in nineteenth-century Scottish Baptist life

8 November 2025

Glasgow

  • Baptist preaching in twentieth-century Scotland
  • Sources for local church histories
  • Members' research updates

26 April 2025

Edinburgh

  • Early Scottish Baptist congregations
  • Mission and the Baptist Union of Scotland

2 November 2024

Perth

  • Hymnody in Scottish Baptist worship
  • Archives and where to find them

Selected highlights — full programmes are held in the Project's records and can be requested via the Contact page.