​BHS Annual Lecture 2026 

 Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, London, WC2H 8EP
 Wednesday 20th May 2026
The eloquence of silence: what we have omitted to say about Baptist missions in an age of empire 
A free public lecture by Professor Brian Stanley
All are welcome to attend. Book here.
 
Brian Stanley is Professor Emeritus of World Christianity at the University of Edinburgh. He holds the degrees of MA and PhD from the University of Cambridge, where he studied history. His many books include The Bible and the Flag: Protestant Missions and British Imperialism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (1990), The History of the Baptist Missionary Society 1792–1992 (1992), The World Missionary Conference, Edinburgh 1910 (2009), and Christianity in the Twentieth Century: A World History (2018).