Events
Every few years a Lollard Martyrs' Play is hosted in the parish church at Old Amersham in Buckinghamshire. This tells the story of the Amersham Tudor Lollards. The church is transformed into a 16th century scene with actors dressed in period costume, speaking 16th century English, reading the scriptures in English and going about their lives before being arrested and put on trial. It brings the whole story alive.
The next production of the Amersham Martyrs Community Play has been announced for March 2027, at St Mary’s Church, Amersham. (The actual dates are still to be confirmed but we will publish them when they become available.) For further information about the plays, follow the link below to the website of Amersham Museum.
To mark the five hundredth anniversary of the printing of the first English New Testament at Worms in 1526, Basel Christian Fellowship and the Tyndale Society are pleased to announce a winter conference for Friday 11th and Saturday 12th December 2026, including world authorities on William Tyndale. Maps will be available for a walking tour in the afternoon, highlighting important sites in and around Basel related to the English Bible.
Details of the various speakers and their subjects are available on the conference programme via the link below.
The conference will be held at Johanneskirche, Mülhauserstrasse 145, 4056 Basel, Switzerland. For further directions, see the link below to the church website. (Please note that the site is only in German.)
For details on Basel Christian Fellowship, please see their website via the link below. (Please note that there is an English version of this site.)
William Tyndale came from Gloucestershire and started to translate his New Testament in Gloucestershire. To mark the five hundredth anniversary of his 1526 New Testament, the Gateway Theology Forum presents an evening entitled: "Tyndale's New Testament: Celebrating 500 years of the Bible in English".
This will be an illustrated talk by Neil Rees, Chairman of the Tyndale Society, followed by an opportunity to ask questions. It will cover the story of Tyndale, including his local connections and his impact on the English language and the Bibles that we read today.
The event will take place in person at Cirencester Baptist Church on 29th November from 7 to 9 p.m.For more details and to register for the event, please click on the link below.
To mark the 500th anniversary of William Tyndale's New Testament, St Albans Abbey in Hertfordshire has arranged a special lecture by Professor Alec Ryrie, entitled "The Heretic and the King: How William Tyndale Laid the Foundations for the English Bible".
Professor Ryrie is professor of the History of Christianity at Durham University. The talk will start at 7 p.m. and the evening ends at 8:30 p.m. This talk will be in-person only and tickets cost £12.
For further details and to book your ticket for this event, please go to the Abbey's website using the link below.