Mission

At Shefford Baptist mission is at the heart of what we believe. We support global mission through BMS World Mission, and help locally through our support of the Need Project. More information is given below.

BMS World Mission

BMS World Mission is a Christian mission organisation, working in around 35 countries on four continents. BMS personnel are mainly involved in church planting, development, disaster relief, education, health, and media and advocacy. 


At any one time BMS supports between 350 and 400 personnel - long, medium and short-term workers, teams and volunteers, as well as a large number of supported national partner workers around the world, providing people, funding, training and expertise in the core areas of our work:

  • Church planting

  • Development

  • Disaster relief

  • Education

  • Health 

  • Media & Advocacy

As one of the world’s oldest Protestant mission organisations (founded in 1792 by William Carey, the father of the modern mission) BMS has long standing relationships with partner organisations, umbrella mission agencies and local church unions in the countries in which it works. 


For more information on the work of the BMS please visit their website here.

The Need Project

'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it for me.' Matthew 25 v 45

The need project

Alongside Kings Baptist Church, Stotfold and others in Shefford, we are involved in helping those in need within our local area. For further information please click here. 

The Need Project provides food parcels, clothing, equipment and furniture. It works as an intermediary between statutory organisations e.g. Social workers, Health visitors and those most in need.  Contact details for all food parcels requests should be via the Project Leader at Need Project, Kings’ Baptist Church, Stotfold  – 07496 833940

What is in a food parcel?

Tea bags, Coffee, Drinking Chocolate, Sugar, Pasta, Long Grain Rice, Pasta Sauces or Bakes, Soups - packets or tinned, Tinned Veg - e.g. Tomatoes, Sweetcorn, Peas, Carrots, Potatoes, Biscuits, Tinned Fruit, Custard, Tinned Spaghetti, ravioli, Tinned Fish e.g. Tuna, Salmon, Cereals, Squash, Fruit Juice, Preserves e.g. Jam, Honey, Chocolate  Spread, Tomato Ketchup,  Long Life Milk, Tinned Meat e.g.Ham, Corned Beef, Beef & onions, Chicken in Sauce, Curries, Chilli, Rice Pudding - tinned, Baked Beans 

Collection Points:
- Shefford House (Town Council, High Street)
- Morrisons
- Doctors Surgery
- Shefford Lower School
- Meppershall Lower School