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Welcome to MBC

Good morning and a very warm welcome to Moortown Baptist Church. MBC is a community of Christians that seeks to love God and live generously. We are an active church based in the Moortown and Alwoodley area of North Leeds, while at the same time gathering many people from surrounding towns and villages. We are a church of people from different cultures and backgrounds. We are here to help people meet God, to grow in relationship with one another and to make a difference in today's world. There are many exciting things happening here at MBC, some of which you will see highlighted below. For more information please visit our About Us page and have a browse around our site...

It may be August Bank Holiday but for some it seems Christmas is closer than you think

August 24, 2019 News

If on what may turn out to be the hottest August Bank Holiday on record you find yourself with time on you hands, why not beat the rush and head over to the Cancer Research charity shop in Wetherby and buy your Christmas cards. Yes that’s Christmas cards! But hey ho, such is life. Tweet […]

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Gill Thurgood, an invitation to her ordination and induction

August 1, 2019 News

You are invited to the ordination and induction of Gill Thurgood as she becomes associate minister at Guiseley Baptist Church. 2pm, Saturday 14th September.

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Standing room only at our latest baptism service

July 22, 2019 News

There was standing room only last Sunday when once again we had the privilege of sharing in the joy of baptism. Surrounded and supported by family and friends Amelia Dobson-Bond (above) and Kamala Sunnassay took to MBC’s baptistery alongside Abi Tilley and Rev Shona Shaw. May the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love […]

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Meet James Wilde – MBC’s new Pioneer Youth Lead

July 21, 2019 News

James Wilde who by the time he starts work with us on September 1st will be 26 comes from Middlesbrough, where he currently lives. He has been a Christian since the age of 17, and since then has served on a number of mission projects in Teesside and in the United States. James has a […]

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Super Sunday… breakfast and a double baptism!

July 19, 2019 News

Join us this Sunday for a morning of variety, worship, praise and joy. At 9.30am, with it being the third Sunday of the month we are having breakfast together in the Music Room and this will be followed at 10.45 by a service that will include two baptisms. You are most welcome to join us […]

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One in the eye for Graham at little Aaron’s dedication

July 19, 2019 News

MBC Co-Minister Graham Brownlee is never one to duck a challenge; its just a pity then that he couldn’t duck this playful attack by seven month old Aaron Gerald. Traditionally, as part of a dedication service a minister takes hold of the child and whilst doing so asks his or her parents a number of […]

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Latest UK statistics show how the refugee and asylum seeker crisis continues – please read this update from PAFRAS

July 13, 2019 Mission

PAFRAS (Positive Action for Refugees & Asylum Seekers) works with refugees, asylum seekers and the wider community to counter the effects of enforced destitution on vulnerable migrants. Its work has three main strands: providing immediate humanitarian relief; long-term support, advice and advocacy aimed at assisting service users to make lasting improvements to their situations and […]

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Church meeting gives go-ahead to retain and revise our Sunday morning schedule

June 19, 2019 News

An open Church Meeting last week voted to retain, with some revision our current Sunday morning programme of two different Services. A show of hands indicated that there was overwhelming support for what up until now has been an experiment to be made permanent. There were, however, still some quite serious concerns about the final […]

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Police Chaplain – could this be for you

June 19, 2019 News

West Yorkshire Police are looking for volunteers to join their chaplaincy team. The team consists of a voluntary co-ordinating or lead chaplain and a network of voluntary chaplains attached to local departments, stations or districts across the WYP area. All of our Chaplains are registered as ‘Police Support Volunteers’ who are also available for deployment […]

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‘Team God’ – a word on Trinity Sunday by Haddon Willmer

June 19, 2019 Haddon's Blog

The doctrine of the Trinity states that God is ‘One in three persons’, but that should not lead us to think there are three gods, or even three parts of God, operating independently from one another, for God is one in a most perfect unity. Nowhere in the New Testament, the earliest Christian witnesses we […]