Welcome to our New President!

At the Baptist Assembly recently held in Harrogate, a new President of the Bapitst Union was welcomed into the post for May 2026-2027. He is Rev Alex Afriyi, minister of the London Network Church and a friend of Small Church Connexion. Alex has been the minister of his church in Acton for more than 30 years, and is married with three grown up children. He also served as a director and moderator of London Baptists over a six-year period, and has been involved in Baptist Union Council and the Baptist Union leadership in various ways since about 2010.

His theme for the year is ‘Walking Worthy’ based on Ephesians 1 and he says “I have a real desire to see renewal and revival in the UK and across our Baptist movement,' 'There are three ways I want to encourage us to “walk worthy of our calling” (Ephesians 4: 1) emphasised by the apostle Paul:

• Firstly, I want to encourage us to maintain the unity of the faith. 

• Secondly, I want to remind us to celebrate the unity of the faith in diversity. 

• Thirdly and finally, I want us to courageously speak truth in love.  

'In my presidential year I am really looking forward to travelling the country and seeing all the exciting things that God is doing through Baptist churches, Associations and colleges. 
'I also sense a responsibility to continue to call us as a Union and movement to ‘walk worthy’ of the calling we have received from God as a Bible-based and Spirit-led community. 

When Alex was invited to the Small Church Hub Hosts zoom a while ago, he was very keen to visit any church and several signed up with him.

If you would like Alex to visit your church during his presidential year, do write to SCC at office@smallchurchconnexion.co.uk