The first few months of this year have been a season of induction services! It has been wonderful to celebrate with our pastors, churches, and communities, as these people have been welcomed…
Melinda Cousins

Melinda Cousins
Melinda is the Director of Ministries for Baptist Churches SA and is an ordained Baptist pastor. You can read more of her articles on her blog by clicking the globe icon below.
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Welcome to our new pastors
by Melinda Cousins March 1, 2022The last couple of months have seen a number of pastors join our movement from outside our state. Nick Tuohy (Mt Barker) and Nathan Oliver (Kings) have joined us from Victoria; Dion…
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Thinking about words this season
by Melinda Cousins September 30, 2020There are so many words that could be said, and are being said, about living in these difficult coronavirus times. We’re learning new words and phrases like ‘covidiot’ and ‘zoomed out’, we’ve…
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Learning to Lament
by Melinda Cousins May 1, 2020Learning to Lament How do we pray in times of darkness? Is it okay to question God, to express sadness, doubt or even anger to him? Will we continue to praise God…
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The Values Project
by Melinda Cousins March 1, 2020The Values Project was launched in November 2019 at the National meetings of Australian Baptist Ministries. It is designed to help church, groups, and organisations learn, talk, and reflect on our identity…
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Advocacy in our Capital: Converge & Micah Australia
by Melinda Cousins September 29, 2019Advocacy in our Capital: Converge & Micah Australia Our political leaders are just people like the rest of us, and they go into their roles looking to make a difference in our…
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Exploring How We Pray
by Melinda Cousins July 23, 2019Exploring How We Pray – Rev Dr Melinda Cousins One of the great joys of my role of leading our Accredited Ministry Formation program is spending time with our candidates talking about…
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Crying over spilled leadership?
by Melinda Cousins August 31, 2018Crying over spilled leadership? Last Friday afternoon I found myself, like numbers of my fellow Australians, glued to my phone, waiting and watching for the results of the latest Liberal party leadership…