Spiritual Care in the Community
During October’s Spiritual Care week, we put a spotlight on three different ways that Baptists are delivering spiritual care in the wider community. Meet Rev Robert Hayman – RAAF Chaplain (and BUV Regional Pastor) “It has been a great privilege to serve in the role of RAAF Chaplain since 2013, which allows me to go […]
Rejoice: Celebrating our 10th IGNITE Conference!
We celebrated our 10th Ignite Multicultural Youth & Young Adults Conference on Saturday 6th July, at Werribee Baptist Church. With 600 people, representing 25 churches, we celebrated with the theme ‘Rejoice: God is faithful to all generations!’ And we certainly did lots of rejoicing! Terminal, New Vision and Bentleigh Baptist Churches led us in heartfelt […]
A celebration and farewell for Rev Meewon Yang OAM
On Saturday 23rd November, family, friends, church pastors and leaders from across the BUV and colleagues past and present, came together to formally farewell Rev Meewon Yang from her role as BUV Multicultural Church Health Consultant, to celebrate her incredible ministry and to wish her well in retirement. It was a wonderful event representing the […]
Baptist leaders from around the Pacific meet in Darwin
During August, four members of the BUV Support Hub leadership team travelled to Darwin for the Transpacific Baptist Leaders gathering. Meeting at the Combined Churches Training College for Indigenous Australians, Nungalinya College, Baptist leaders from each state joined together with their counterparts from NZ, Samoa, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu – 32 participants in […]
Celebrating our October 2024 Gathering events
In usual style, our Gathering events this October proved to be wonderful times of connection, fellowship and celebration. Nourish, held at Essendon Baptist, saw one of the largest attendances in the western suburbs and was kicked off with wonderful worship led by a selection of musically talented BUV pastors. The day focussed on relationships that […]
Celebrating 20 years of RAALS
Rev Meewon Yang OAM set up the BUV RAALS scheme – an interest free micro loan scheme to financially assist people who have been granted humanitarian visas but cannot afford the cost of the airfares for themselves and often family members, or cars to assist with gaining employment once in Australia . Often refugees have […]
Rowville Ping Pong to Combat Modern Slavery
It may be a little unconventional, but Rowville Baptist Church’s (RBC) powerful weapon of choice in their work to fight worldwide slavery is the humble ping-pong bat. The church raised an amazing $20,000 for the cause in September when they ran their annual 24-hour Ping Pong Athon. Sean Venten, the Associate Pastor for Youth and […]
A Thousand Ways to Help the Homeless
Belgrave South Baptist Church (BSBC) members donated an amazing total of one thousand cans of food to the Dandenong Ranges Emergency Relief Service (DRERS) earlier this year to support disadvantaged and homeless people. The church has contributed to the local community in this way for around six years – starting with just a couple […]
Sharing music with a gospel heart
A late-night conversation about using musical talents to create a safe and fun place of belonging has blossomed into the Good News Community Choir, at Wonthaggi Baptist Church (WBC). Jacqui Paulson and her daughter Dani Paulson started the choir in February for both churchgoers and non-churchgoers who appreciate gospel-style music. The pair have organised many […]