Induction Dingwall Baptist Church
On the 3rd of September 2022 I was privileged to be at Alness Baptist Church, where I had been a member twice in the past, to witness the induction of Stephen Ilett into the Dingwall Baptist Church. This Church is relatively new, constituted April 1999 from like-minded people, some having previously been in Baptist fellowships, and the Church called the US Baptist Missionary William Rainey as Pastor. I was secretary and worship leader for a period before moving south of the border to work for a Charity in Cambridge.
Both Churches had grown from the work of individual pioneers.
Alness Bill Clark
( BUS supported work. Bill holding church in cafes in the 70’s!!)
Dingwall William Rainey
(American Baptist supported by Churches from the USA)
Stephen Ilett, I knew from the Alness days and he like I had been “Sent” to support the work by the Alness Church.
The day in question was emotional as I met people from 20 and 40 years ago under the same roof. That roof on the Alness Church was a new repaired one, but that is another story. The ceremony was in line with the Baptist Unions template and the Union was represented by Martin Hodson, General Director of th Baptist Union of Scotland.
A lightly formal meeting was concluded with an encouraging preach from the Alness Pastor Robert Adair followed by the Alness Church putting on the customary food and teas.
The conclusion of the day for me was seeing a friend take up the formal post of a church which I had been a part.
The church itself like so many is going through a review process to affirm the type of ministry it will have in the community.
