As you enter Laura Baptist Christian Community’s new premises, you can’t help but notice the quip; ‘Dunking biscuits and believers since 1875’. This mix of ministry and hospitality perfectly sums up the…

Want to live out an adventurous faith, learn leadership skills, grow your discipleship and explore your spiritiality? Have you ever thought that ministry might be in your future, but aren’t sure what…

Here we go for another Christmas – it’s a weird season for sacred agents, isn’t it? On the one hand we soak in the richness and exquisite mystery of the incarnation, and…

“Every good and perfect gift is from above…” James 1:17 Christmas is a time of celebration and the spirit of giving, a time of fellowship and togetherness.  With the sharp rise in…

In the middle of our hands-on parenting phase, one of our family holidays was in Victoria, including a day at Sovereign Hill in Ballarat. We all had a go at panning for…

As 2022 draws to a close it is timely to look back and celebrate the year that was. THANK YOU to the Churches, Pastors, Mission Reps, Congregations and Intercultural Workers who have…

Baptist World Aid (BWA) have released the latest Ethical Fashion Report, calling on fashion brands to escalate action to address modern slavery, worker exploitation andunsustainable environmental practices throughout their supply chains. The…

This Christmas, the spiraling cost of living is making things even more difficult for those already doing it tough. Our WestCare Centre team are seeing first-hand the pressure and desperation that families…

Something remarkable is happening among Australia’s young people. They’re exploring church. The 2021 Australian Community Survey1 found that while about 1 in 5 Australians attend a religious service at least monthly, among…

Severe drought has devastated the Horn of Africa in recent months, making an already precarious hunger crisis worse due to rising food prices, conflict and distressing impacts on farmers and livestock. The…