About Us

The Baptist Union of Victoria (BUV) is an umbrella organisation for over 200 Baptist churches and Baptist agencies in Victoria. We are a non profit organisation, dedicated to the Word of God; the Christian Bible.

The BUV is dedicated to spreading the message of God and the love of Jesus throughout the community. Our mission statement is “To help Victorian Baptists to share the love of Jesus Christ with everyone”.

The BUV is a part of the Baptist Union of Australia, which coordinates a national approach to global mission, aid, development and evangelism. We are also affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance.

The BUV emphasises two main areas in Victoria – pastoral support and centralisation of administrative services. On one hand we assist churches with missional endeavours and hosts conferences, as well as guiding the ordination process and providing resources for pastoral staff. On another level we provide centralised administration services, for example, providing support and information on legislation, as well as providing synergy for the networking of our churches and their leaders.

We are coming to the end of the cycle of our current strategic plan (BUV Strategic Document : 2006-2010) which captures our hopes and prayers, and reflects a strategic course for our life together as a reconciled people. We look forward to the discernment of a new forward planning phase in the coming year.