Baptist Times set to close

After over 150 years The Baptist Times will close

One of Britain’s most prominent religious publications is set to close down after more than 150 years. The Baptist Times will cease publication in December.  The paper’s directors attributed the decision to ‘falling circulation and difficulties of selling advertising space’. Due to financial problems, the paper has relied for several years on a subsidy from the Baptist Union of Great Britain (BUGB), from which it is editorially independent.

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