--- title: Reuben Grace date: 2026-04-30T18:15:00+01:00 author: Kitan Tinker canonical_url: "https://www.eauk.org/author/reuben-grace" section: People --- [ ![Bournemouth web header Poppy](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Bournemouth web header Poppy](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/bournemouth-beach-baptisms-draw-thousands-as-churches-unite "Bournemouth beach baptisms draw thousands as churches unite") ### [Bournemouth beach baptisms draw thousands as churches unite](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/bournemouth-beach-baptisms-draw-thousands-as-churches-unite) 24 June 2026Peter Baker, senior pastor of Lansdowne Church, an Evangelical Alliance member church, shares the story of church unity behind the recent mass baptisms [Read more...](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/bournemouth-beach-baptisms-draw-thousands-as-churches-unite) --- [ ![Race friendship landscape](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Race friendship landscape](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/the-best-of-friends-how-race-across-the-worlds-jo-and-kush-expose-a-friendship-crisis "The best of friends: how Race Across the World’s Jo and Kush expose a friendship crisis") ### [The best of friends: how Race Across the World’s Jo and Kush expose a friendship crisis](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/the-best-of-friends-how-race-across-the-worlds-jo-and-kush-expose-a-friendship-crisis) 3 June 2026The bond between the best friends highlights a growing friendship crisis – and offers lessons for the church [Read more...](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/the-best-of-friends-how-race-across-the-worlds-jo-and-kush-expose-a-friendship-crisis) ---