Our Mission

Pat Brittenden is a research associate at the Centre for Religion and Culture, Regents Park College, Oxford. He leads the Hikma Research Partnership, a ministry committed to supporting research, writing and amplifying the voice, insights, and experiences of Christian believers of a Muslim background (BMBs). Pat is based in Oxford with his wife Kitty and their two children. Kitty is the Pastoral worker at Magdalen Road Church.

Kitty: Proverbs 3:25:
“Trust in the Lord with all you heart and lean not on your own understanding.
In all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”

Pat: Psalm 115:1:
“Not to us, LORD, not to us but to your name be the glory,
because of your love and faithfulness.”

Gary Brough works with the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian on behalf of the Church of Scotland. His role involves supporting future leaders and church departments as they seek to serve their communities.
Jacqueline is currently re-assessing her work commitments.

Jeremiah 29:7
”Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.”

Mhoira Leng is a specialist palliative care physician currently holding two roles as Head of Palliative Care in Makerere University, Uganda, and Medical Director of Cairdeas International Palliative Care Trust, Scotland.
In 2008, Makerere University invited her to develop an academic unit for palliative care in the university and the national referral hospital to act as a centre of excellence for research, training, and clinical services, and to build capacity for Ugandan and African clinical leadership alongside key partners such as Hospice Africa Uganda, the Palliative Care Association of Uganda and the African Palliative Care Association.
She continues to work in India for two months every year alongside partners Pallium India and Emmanuel Hospital Association (EHA), mainly supporting palliative care developments in areas where it is very scarce.

Psalm 23 v 1-4
“The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”

Robert and his wife, Silvana, run a community centre called ‘Casa Semear’ which is Portuguese for ‘The Sower House”. The house sits between three main Favelas of the Sao Jorge area of Sao Paolo and is a safe place where the seeds of God’s love are continually being sowed into the lives of at-risk children, teenagers, and their families. The children and young people that attend the community centre participate in a variety of activities such as games, arts & crafts, music, sports, bible-studies, day trips and education (E.g. Developing literacy and language skills). The team also organise residential camps and these camps take place about two hours outside of the city of São Paolo. Daily contact with the children allows the team at Casa Semear to also reach out to the wider community. They organise home visits and help the families by providing them with food & clothing, and often make contributions towards the cost of transport, medical & dental care. They run church services and community events such as open days & cooking lessons. They also offer reading and writing classes for the adults and twice a month there is a worship service or special event for the families of the children who attend the centre

Matthew 25:40
The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me’.

The relationship between KBC and Ventzi began many years ago when Ventzi studied theology at BETI in Sofia. At that time Gary Griffith was the Dean of the college and over the years KBC have sent various groups to visit and support Ventzi who is the pastor at Aksakovo Baptist church. Ventzi has a real passion to share the love of God to those in his community and beyond, who have yet come to know the Lord.

Joshua 1: 8-9
Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. 9Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.

Laurette Mkati was called as a missionary from Scotland to South Africa in 1984 and has served the Lord diligently for almost 30 years. She has been based in the Eastern Cape, but her ministry extends beyond the local church to leading a Community Deliverance/Transformation Project in Duncan Village under the Pastors/Ministers Prayer Network.

Matthew 28:19-20.
Therefore, go and make disciples of all nation, baptising them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always even to the very end of the age”

Pioneers UK is an evangelical missionary charity who aim to share the good news of the Gospel.
Ruth’s role is to mentor and prepare Christians for mission, both in the UK and around the world.

2 Thessalonians 1: 11-12
With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by faith. 12 We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ

The New Destiny Centre is a Christian Project reaching out to children at risk and their families through educational, physical, social, and spiritual activities. The project is based on a Farm on the outskirts of Itabirito, a town of about 70,000 people, near Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. In 2005 the team started running weekend Adventure camps for children and teenagers living on the streets, in favelas or in residential children’s homes. In 2012 the work expanded to include regular clubs during the week. This is the main programme which is called ’Transformers’. In 2015 the team began a work to support the Mums of the children, and this is called ‘Transformums’. They provide the mums with support and counselling through particularly hard times and help them resolve health, legal and social issues. Activities at the centre include canoeing, adventure activities in the forest, zip wire, swimming, orienteering, campfires, fun and games etc. They teach the children, young people and families about God’s love through bible stories, Christian reflection, and personal testimonies.

Ephesians 3: 20
Now all glory to God, who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.

Alan currently supports 56 Baptist Union’s in Europe, Central Asia, and the Middle East. EBF is involved in Freedom of Religion advocacy and training, mission and church planting, theological education and immigration work

Isaiah 2: 5
Let us walk in the light of the Lord

Paul is the Refugee/Asylum Outreach Co-ordinator at Parkhead Nazarene & Lecturer at Tilsley College.
Emma is a Welfare Rights advisor at St Rollox Community Outreach.

Ephesians 2: 19-20
You are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.