AMSTERDAM 400?

Are you interested in history? Do you celebrate birthdays? Or does a holiday in Amsterdam appeal? For any and all of these reasons you may wish to attend this event from 24-26 July 2009 as Baptists from Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia come together to celebrate 400 years of continuous witness. In 1609 a group of persecuted English believers fled to Amsterdam and formed themselves into the first Baptist Church. Now Baptists worldwide number 100 million.
Because of the size of the venue – the RAI, Amsterdam – total numbers attending are limited to around 1,700. So early booking is advised and participants must register. In issuing the invitation, Tony Peck, European Baptist Federation General Secretary, writes:
This is a unique, once in a lifetime opportunity to celebrate God’s faithfulness to the Baptist movement over the past 400 years and to catch a vision for the call of Jesus Christ to be His witness in the region today.
I have one leaflet/registration form but these can be downloaded from the website www.amsterdam400.org . Flights are available from Scotland (including Edinburgh) to Schiphol Airport. If you decide to attend, please get in touch with Bill Slack at the Baptist Union of Scotland so that he can link you with others who may be going from Scotland.
Christine Lumsden