Tilehouse Street is an active financial supporter of BMS World Mission, which spreads Christ's gospel abroad, and Home Mission, which helps Baptist churches within the UK.
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BMS World Mission supports 370 personnel working in 40 countries of the world, where they serve the people in the name and spirit of Jesus Christ, alleviating suffering and injustice and improving the quality of life.
BMS World Mission says of Nepal: "Nepal’s breath-taking scenery has rightly earned it the title of Mountain Kingdom. However, this title hides a people who are amongst the poorest in the world. "
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Alan and Megan are now back in Nepal after their visit to the UK where they completed the list of visits shown in previous letters. They have lots of happy memories of enjoyable times.
They concluded their visit with a short holiday in Ireland. IT was quite an eventful journey back to Nepal - exactly 25 y ears since their first flight there. Now it's time to get into the daily routines and new projects to work on.
Since the civil disturbances in Nepal in late summer, 2025, Alan has written:
Thank you for your prayers over the last few days. Megan arrived home safely yesterday afternoon (Saturday 13th September) after a long but straightforward journey. She got to the airport in time to catch an earlier flight to Kathmandu and so was home sooner than we expected.
There is now an interim prime minister in place, Nepal’s first female prime minister. She will lead the country until elections are held, which have been set for March 5th next year. Curfew restrictions have also been lifted, so we seem to be getting back to some semblance of normality after all the upset and destruction of last week. Over 50 people died during the violence.
Please continue to pray that Nepal can now move forward and that all voices will be listened to in the rebuilding process. Pray too that the corruption, so endemic in government and something that sparked the protests last week, will finally be dealt with at all levels.
You can read the latest news from Alan and Megan via www.bmsworldmission.org/ambarker
Here are some recent newsletters:
January 2025 Newsletter Happy new year!
March 2025 Newsletter More travels
May 2025 Newsletter Hello from...
August 2025 Newsletter Swimming in the sea
We often work together with other local churches that are members of "Churches Together in Hitchin", (which is part of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland).
In particular, we hold occasional joint services with Walsworth Road Baptist Church, which, like Tilehouse Street, is also a member of the Central Baptist Association and the Baptist Union of Great Britain.
