Tours
For more info, send email to needrevival@gmail.com or call 915-526-2832
~Dr. Ted Alexander,
Society Director / Tour Guide
915-526-2832
-Pastor Terry Danford, Assistant Director
317-727-9591
#1. GETTING TO THE UK
Each couple will be responsible for their own flight into and out of London. After you fly in, the tour will commence. The last activity of the tour will be to return you to London so that you may catch your return flight. There is a window in which you will need to arrive in London. Arrive any time on Monday, May 17th. The first night in a hotel will be Monday, May 17th. The name and address of the Hotel will be announced in due time.
There is no airport transportation provided by BHRS. We recommend you call an Uber or take the London tube.
#2. RETURN TO THE US.
When you book your flights, be sure that your return flight leaves for the US on Friday, May 28th. On Thursday, the 27th, we will fly from Italy back to London.
You will be responsible to make your own accommodations for the 27th in London. If, as it gets closer, and you find that we will arrive in London early enough on the 27th, you may choose to fly back to the US that evening and skip the hotel and the night in London. Since our return flight from Italy has not been booked yet, we recommend that you wait to order any airline tickets until all of the information is out. If you choose to order before that, make sure that you fly back for the US on Friday, the 28th.
There is no airport transportation provided by BHRS. We recommend you call an Uber or take the London tube.
#3. BASIC FORMAT
*Including travel time, the tour will span 12 days. We tried to coordinate it so that pastors will only have to be out of their pulpit on one Sunday.
*This tour will encompass three countries.
*We will spend four days in the UK.
*From there, we will fly to Switzerland and spend one very full day in Switzerland.
*Next, we will take a train straight through the Alps on our way to Milano & Brescia, Italy.
*After that, we will take a train to Turino, Italy. We will spend three days in the Cottian Alps. (Waldensian valleys)
*Finally, we will fly back to London to catch our flights home.
#4. PRICING
*The final cost for the tour takes quite a while to be tabulated. Final pricing will be advertised and placed on this website as soon as is possible. Please be patient. There are blocks of hotel rooms to be negotiated in three countries. There are blocks of plane tickets to be purchased. There are blocks of train tickets to be purchased. There is a bus to be chartered. There are rental car negotiations to be completed. There are also many other logistical items that have to fall into place before a full price can be advertised.
*We are estimating that the tour will be around $5,000.00 or less per couple. Please pray that we may get good deals as we plan this.
WHAT THIS COVERS
*This covers 10 nights in safe, respectable hotels. It also covers 4 plane tickets. Seating for a day on a charter bus. Car rental fees for 3 days are included. In addition, 6 or 8 (depending) train tickets are also included. (Other minor perks)
#5. DOWNPAYMENT
Please be sure that this is something you want to do before you send a down payment. The purpose for the down payment is so that once we have money invested and are locked into contracts, that the Society does not have to incur or suffer any financial loss due to people backing out for any cause. We are not a large corporation and anything that gets invested into the tour, prior to the tour, is to be considered nonrefundable. If you face circumstances beyond your control and are unable to attend, the best that we can do is refund you what we can afford to refund, if we can afford to. If this is not to your approval, we suggest you do not sign up for the tour.
*There is a $2,000.00 down payment, per couple, due in full on or before September 7th, 2026.
**PLEASE FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY:
*Check or money order should be made out to BHRS, with the word TOUR in the memo.
*Check should be mailed to:
Ted Alexander
2564 SE 15th Ct. Homestead, FL. 33035
*Final payment will be announced along with the due date for that payment, after the first of the year. (2027)
#6. WHAT YOU WILL SEE
The following are just some of the highlights that you will experience on this tour:
*The Lollard’s Tower torture site.
*Smithfield burning & martyr site.
*Spurgeon’s Church
*The Tower of London
*The British Museum
*The British Library
*Bunhill Fields / John Bunyan’s grave
*Windsor Castle
*Various William Carey sites
*Old Bedford Goal (Bunyan Imprisonment site)
*John Bunyan Monument
*John Bunyan Museum
*The Anabaptists’ drowning site
*Zwingli’s Church / Statue
*Arnold of Brescia Monument / Park
*Waldensian Museum
*Waldensian Cave Church
*Waldensian Slaughter sites
*Waldensian School of the Barbas
#7. LOGISTICS / PREPARATIONS
*This tour requires you to have a passport that is not only good through May 2027, but is also good for an additional six months. Some countries will not allow you to enter if your passport will expire / invalidate in six months or less.
*This tour requires a fair deal of walking. Comfortable shoes, a respectable jacket, and a portable umbrella are required.
*Since you will be required to pay for all meals, and any transportation you will need that is not provided, such as Ubers used for personal reasons, & any souvenirs, please come prepared financially.
*All attendees must download the Citymapper app. Not one per couple, all attendees. Please acquaint yourself with this app. It is the greatest international, personal GPS app available. It provides detailed directions, which may become extremely important if you get separated from the group or your partner.
*Each tour attendee should also have the Uber app downloaded on their phone, and connected to a payment method. If an individual misses getting on the tube for any reason, they will be required to take an Uber to catch up to the group. In addition, if you need to go for medical attention, to visit a drugstore, or travel for any other reason, you may need to use an Uber. We will largely use the London tube, but it is important to have the Uber app as well. London alone has tens of thousands of Uber drivers ready to assist you if necessary.
*DRESS/CONDUCT CODE: Casual and comfortable- yet neat- is the suggested dress code.
Men:
Jeans are permitted; but short pants, tank tops, muscle shirts, and baggy britches along with overall sloppiness are not welcome.
Ladies:
Modest skirts and dresses (at least below the knee), to include denim, are acceptable. No pants, shorts, low-cut blouses, belly shirts, or tank top shirts are allowed.
*Please bring comfortable walking shoes as we will do some walking and have very full days. Alcohol and tobacco are strictly prohibited.
(updated 4/20/2026)
What people are saying about the tours:
My spouse and I were blessed to be able to attend the fall tour of 2025. It was a tremendous time of refreshing and renewal. Brother Alexander, as always, was a great teacher. The other brethren that gave lectures did a great job as well. Hearing about the great things our forefathers did for God, and how he used them in our country, encouraged and inspired me. The fellowship with all the other brothers and sisters was wonderful! The added bonus of seeing parts of the northeast that I’ve never seen was a blessing. Definitely worth the time and money!
M_____
Dear Jodi, (Mrs. T. Alexander)
Just wanted to let you know how much we appreciate all your husband’s (and no doubt, your own:-) diligent efforts and labors in preparing the Baptist Heritage Tour. It was a sincere blessing to my husband, and consequently, to me as well! We are so grateful for the impact that you have had on our Christian walk because of our being made aware of our rich Baptist Heritage as a result of that aspect of your ministry. In fact, that is why we are compelled to make donations each month. What a blessing, and oh how important it is for us as Baptists to understand the price that was paid for our liberty!
God Bless, K_____
Hello Brother Ted,
Thanks for your hard work in putting together the Baptist History Tour. It was a real blessing.
Brother R_____
Attached are the group photos from Sandy Creek. If you get one from the cave I would like to have it as well. Thanks again for all the effort you invested in the tour, it was great.
God Bless,
J____ W_______