Our Stories

“To reach people we’ve never reached before, we need to do things we have never done before”

by Gayle Hill

Two and half years ago, the Baptist Union of Victoria risked supporting a holy discontent that had laid unabated within me to establish a new faith presence and community within my locale in Carlton. At the same time, the Mission Catalyst Team were challenging our union to send out 72 pioneers to establish unique and distinctive new expressions of faith.

by Dr Ree Bodie

You notice that a female worker is being sexually harassed by her manager who makes suggestive comments and unwelcome sexual advances. You must decide to either help or ignore the situation.

“Catalyst is a grassroots advocacy program that equips individuals and churches to speak up for the kind of world that God wants – a world free from poverty and exploitation”

On 15 December 2017 the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse presented a final report to the Governor-General, detailing the culmination of a five year inquiry into institutional responses to child sexual abuse and related matters.

What can Victorian Baptists learn from 2016 NCLS and Australian Community Survey about Australian Spirituality?

If we want church to be relevant to those outside church, then we have to listen to rather than guess about their perspectives.

Rev Dr San Lian was conferred the Doctor of Philosophy degree on the 30th November 2017 by the University of Divinity. He is the first person from a Zotung background to have achieved this in Australia – possibly also the first one in the world.

As most of us head for a summer break after our Christmas festivities, we can still provide prayer support for the many outreach activities which happen around Beach Missions over the summer.