Mission
At Corsham Baptist Church we believe in mission. We believe that we are called to engage with God both in the sharing of the good news with the lost and in the practical demonstration of God’s love. We do this in many ways, both personally and as a congregation. One way we do this is in supporting long-term and short term missionaries. Here you can find details of those we support and links to their latest updates.
Mission Partners
The Littles
Stuart and Lynne Little served full time with Mercy Ships from 2018 to 2024 aboard the Africa Mercy in Guinea, Senegal, Tenerife, South Africa and Madagascar. Stuart served as Carpenter and since 2021 Lynne has served as People & Culture (HR) Director. Since leaving the ship in March 2024, Lynne has worked remotely supporting the People & Culture (P&C) teams on board. In February 2025 they spent three weeks in Sierra Leone providing cover in P&C and additional support in carpentry.
The Bryants
Steve and Gill Bryant served in Senegal from 1990 to 2001, teaching at a school for missionaries’ children. When they returned to the UK, they served as WEC’s International MK (Missionary Kid) Consultants from 2002 until 2024. In this role they trained staff to work with MKs and supported missionary families.
Gill produces a quarterly online magazine on topics relevant to mission families, teachers and carers – see https://eurotck.net/tck-education/educare-publication/
Steve serves as WEC’s International Safeguarding Officer. His role involves policy writing, creating and publicising resources, training internationally across the organisation, and responding to concerns.
Steve Lancaster
Steve is serving as the UK Director for The Word for the World, a Bible translation ministry. TWFTW believes that the Bible is the most important work of literature in the world and wants everyone to have access to it. The ministry supports Bible translation and literacy projects in Africa, Asia and Europe and its goal is to be instrumental in translating the Bible into 1,000 languages by 2050.
Learn more at The Word for the World.
The Oasis Centre
The Oasis Centre in Traiskerchen, Austria, is a ministry serving refugees from all over the world. The ministry is run by International Teams and for nearly twenty years CBC has supported it by sending short-term teams to work alongside the resident team. We have also sent lorries filled with aid for refugees and we regularly pray for this ministry. The centre is focussed on reflecting the heart of God to refugees, offering them the hope, life and refuge that only Jesus can provide.
Benjamin Francis
Benjamin Francis leads the BMS World Missions team in India, where he oversees BMS work in Kolkata and further afield. Benjamin’s work centres around delivering practical support for marginalised people across India and sharing the gospel with the least evangelised with disciple-making initiatives.
Additionally Benjamin oversees the work of Big Life Ministries in West Bengal with a vision to reach communities by planting churches in villages around the area. To facilitate this work Benjamin uses the BMS boat named Peace 3, to visit the islands around West Bengal.
AIM’s heart is to see Christ-centred churches among all African peoples and its particular priority is for the 1,000 people groups who are still unreached with the gospel. The missionary work of those who serve is diverse. From outreach workers and church planters, to medical professionals and support personnel; there are so many ways to be involved. AIM works in over 20 countries on the African continent and amongst the African diaspora here in the UK, Europe and further afield.
