Shining a Light Through Prayer
Families gathered to pray for the town of Portarlington, and also to honour the life of 3-year-old Heidi Foote, on May 25 at the Bellarine Kids’ Prayer Adventure organised by Baptist churches The Wave Ocean Grove and Church by the Bay Portarlington. The event aims to give kids an opportunity to share their faith while […]
Joy the main ingredient at Bairnsdale Breakfast
A women’s breakfast held at Bairnsdale Baptist Church in May included food that you can’t buy, a message that you can’t take for granted and fellowship that you can’t manufacture. Around 55 women from around the Bairnsdale community, from young teens to great-grandmothers enjoyed the event – the largest Women’s Ministry attendance in recent years […]
Finding freedom and hope in Jesus while awaiting asylum
Brunswick Baptist Church Pastor Mark Payne shares the story of his brother-in-Christ, Saeid, a refugee from Iran who has journeyed to Australia through distressing circumstances and has been awaiting asylum for the past 13 years. Saeid was just 23 years old when he was imprisoned in Tehran, after being caught holding hands with his […]
Journey of a Church Plant in Pakenham
After years of prayer, seeking, training and planning, more than 30 people joined together in an encouraging launch service of The Way Church Pakenham with Pastor Jared Williams at the helm. “The launch was a real blessing. Since starting a missional micro-church community in March 2023, we’ve been on that journey, meeting week by week, […]
Clean Up Australia Day – GraceTree Baptist Community
As a little house church in Coburg, GraceTree Baptist Community seeks to live out the love of Jesus in practical ways. In recent years, this has involved participating in the annual Clean Up Australia Day event. Clean Up Australia has been going for more than 30 years and is aimed at conserving the environment, helping […]
Night Service a New Outreach
Just springing up at Aberfeldie Baptist Church (ABC) is a new missional outreach service that is currently held once a month on Sunday nights. The contemporary service was started after Aberfeldie members completed the BUV Support Hub’s Church Health Survey last year. The survey’s community portrait showed the area had a large demographic of people […]
Caring for the Carers
Since 2023, after seeing the toll on healthcare workers during the Covid-19 pandemic, New Life Baptist Church (NLBC) in Echuca-Moama, has created and delivered thoughtful pamper packs to small groups of these faithful professionals twice a year. These “care packages for the carers” contain items donated by churches from the Echuca-Moama area, including movie tickets, […]
Together at Dawn for Resurrection Sunday
A wonderful unity of purpose and encouraging atmosphere characterised the Resurrection Sunday service held at dawn at Lillydale Lake, attended by people from several Baptist churches in Melbourne’s outer east. More than 100 people from Kilsyth South, Lilydale, Ferntree Gully, Upwey, Heathmont and Mooroolbark Baptist churches braved the early hour and were rewarded with fellowship, […]
Behind the Nine Baptisms at Newport
Newport Baptist Church (NBC) recently had an exciting service where five teenagers and four adults were baptised – a “soul encouraging” event for the congregation of around 30 people. “It was just a joy, a wonderful service,” said Pastor Julie Hunt. “It was such a communal event of celebrating God’s goodness. There were tears in […]