Mission Focus for February 2026

HOME MISSION

What is Home Mission?

Home Mission is all about helping Baptist churches and individuals to reach their mission potential and bring the love of God to their communities.

Home Mission is about having a local impact. Communities around our nation are being transformed by Home Mission through grants to churches and regions, which facilitate church planting, the resourcing of local churches and enable churches to develop new and creative mission projects. Regional Associations have responsibility for the assessment and delivery of these Home Mission grants.

Home Mission is the main contributing source of income for the Baptist family purse, and these funds are used in three ways:

Regional Associations are funded through Home Mission. Regional Ministers and the support that is offered to churches is all paid for by Home Mission.

The Specialist Teams based at Baptist House in Didcot are funded through Home Mission giving. Therefore, whenever you call to ask a question or when you get DBS checks done through DDC, the advice you receive is enabled directly because of Home Mission.

Grants are available for any BU church and include grants for pioneering and church planting, Mission and ministry grants, including renewing local churches, and specific mission project grants. Grants are also available for bursaries for Baptist Ministers or for those ministering in a pioneer role.

Stories about some of the Pioneering ministries based in the EBA which are supported by Home Mission grants can be found here. (This includes the story of the new church plant at Marleigh).

Through Home Mission, hundreds of lives have been affected, and many have found faith in Jesus.

Search

Mission Focus for February 2026

HOME MISSION

What is Home Mission?

Planning your Visit