THE TREASURES of Baptist history are set to reach a wider audience following the award of a substantial grant.
Regent's Park College in Oxford has successfully applied to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for support for a project at its Angus Library and Archive to help more people engage with Baptist history and heritage.
The collection at the Angus comprises more than 70,000 printed books, pamphlets, journals, church and Association records, church histories, manuscript letters and other artefacts from the late 15th century to the present day.
As well as raising awareness of the library, the development grant of £80,822 will provide the basis of a second bid this time next year.
If successful the library and archive could benefit from more than £400,000 funding for the project, described as 'transformative' in making the denomination's history more widely known.
The project will also help people in local Baptist churches learn how to preserve historical documents and create the history of tomorrow.
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