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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...

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 […]

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MBC Newsletter takes summer break

June 17, 2019 News

This week’s E-newsletter will be the last before we take our traditional summer break. However, don’t worry because until it returns in September you will still be able to keep up with everything that’s happening here at MBC by going straight to our website www.moortownbaptistchurch.org.uk Tweet This Post

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Pentecost, the coming of the Holy Spirit, celebrated at MBC by three baptisms

June 11, 2019 News

With the AJ Bell World Triathlon putting paid to our Sunday morning Services it was left to MBC’s evening team to help us celebrate Pentecost in perhaps the most fitting way imaginable – with not just one, but with three baptisms. For Mirabel Ikoe from MBC, for Nati and Selam from Grace Gospel Church and […]

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This coming Sunday, what better way to support a Romanian youth project than by enjoying a strawberry cream tea

June 11, 2019 News

As in previous years MBC’s Romania Support Group are hosting a strawberry cream tea. This will be on Sunday 23rd of June between 3 and 5pm at Howard Dews’ home – 126 The Avenue in Alwoodley, LS17 7PW and all are invited. All donations are sent to our friends in Romania to support summer Christian […]

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Fire drill – coming soon

June 10, 2019 News

Sometime over the next few weeks we will be having a fire drill. The drill will be announced ON THE DAY and not before. However, it will take place during the second service, and after the children have left for their groups. During the drill the building will be evacuated with the EXCEPTION, for safety […]

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How do we build something good? Graham’s blog

June 5, 2019 Graham's Blog

In the week of the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, we have commemorated sacrifice made to achieve a greater good. Many important issues are raised in reflecting on this. What was the greater good being sought? The extent and nature of the sacrifice? How can we ensure that good is preserved without the ravages […]