1955 – 2025. The past, the present and the future
In 1980, Roger Robson, who first came to Moortown Baptist Church in 1955 as a ten year old, was asked if he would write a short history of the first twenty-five years of MBC’s life. This he did, and I suspect that if you’re prepared to search high and low you might still find the odd copy.
Anyway such was the success of Roger’s excellent account that twenty five years later, and to mark the church’s fiftieth anniversary he was again asked to dig into our archives, collate as much information as he could and update his work.
You can see the front covers of both of these booklets above.
The end result was the perfect example of how over fifty years a mix of documented fact, anecdote and old faded pictures can be drawn together to bring the past alive.
In April next year Moortown Baptist Church celebrates its seventieth anniversary, and at our most recent Church Meeting those that were there were not only challenged to come up with even more memories but if possible with specific stories that reflect the ups, the downs, the ins and the outs of MBC; a vibrant community church with world wide vision.
Below you will see a few more quotes from Roger’s second book; the top one is a Charge to the Church issued in April 1955 at South Parade Church in Headingley to mark its founding, the others written since by either former Ministers or members.
One more thing we can promise is that nearer the time you will hear much more about our forthcoming anniversary, indeed you may even be asked to help. But as for now all we ask is that you put your thinking caps on so that by the time we’re ready to launch our dedicated Anniversary Email address you’ll be all ready to go.
1955 – 2025. The past, the present and the future
