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The following paper discusses the manner in which the liberty of the local church should be qualified if a local gathering is to be recognized both as validly a church and validly a baptist church. With these qualifications in mind the paper then revisits the Baptist Union of Great Britain's Declaration of Principle, noting the commitment to a congregational church order together with a commitment to credo-baptism as the key identifying markers. Finally the paper explores (and perhaps exposes) the ways in which a commitment to congregational order is being undermined, both by local churches and by connexional gatherings, and how this undermining itself undermines our Baptist identity. Tensions between congregationalism and connexionalism might be lessened with a mutual recognition of the integrity of a congregational dynamic.

George Beasley-Murray was commited to ecumenism, and saw clear witness to Baptist distinctives as necessary for this. His plea for a contemporary Baptist confession is re-echoed, with a critique of the Union’s Declaration of Principle which Colwell finds somewhat lacking in important respects.

(1991). Proclamation as Event: Barth’s supposed ‘universalim’ in the context of his mission. Baptist Quarterly: Vol. 34, No. sup1, pp. 42-46.

The use of electronic information for airline operations falls logically into three time-frames: pre-flight, flight and post-flight, although considerable feedback occurs between. Numerous electronic system have been developed to aid such diverse and complex operations as schedule generation, flight catering, engine maintenance, navigation, data recording, flight traffic control, financing and marketing as well as pro-ration. All are reviewed here.