In 2026…
Team members from around the world share their hopes and prayers for this year. “In 2026 we’re praying for the Yawo groups who are meeting to hear God’s Word and encourage one another. Pray with us as they grow as disciples.” Bek and Scott, Mozambique “I’m looking forward to the launch of our Intercultural Learning […]
Prayer for 2026
Recently ‘Daniel’, an international student I am journeying with, shared his story of coming to faith. It was so encouraging to hear how he is experiencing genuine transformation through knowing Jesus. In response to the question, “What do you want to see God do in and through your life next year?”, Daniel shared this beautiful, […]
Women protecting the forest
Peace Bridges is a Cambodian Christian peacebuilding ministry that Baptist Mission Australia team members helped establish and now partner with two decades later. Its mission is to equip and walk alongside leaders, communities and churches so they can live out reconciliation in every part of their lives. Peace Bridges supports marginalised communities who are dealing […]
Blessed are the peacemakers
Our ministry partner, Peace Bridges Organisation, is transforming lives and environments through peacemaking in Cambodia. “Peace starts within and from me. When we care for ourselves and each other at home, it becomes easier to care for our community and our forest.” – Sovann, Forest Protector from Preah Vihea Province Peace Bridges is a Cambodian […]
2 weeks in South Asia
Through the car window I could see a multitude of vehicles; rickshaws, colourful buses with cracks in the windows, motorbikes and cars tailgating each other, weaving from the left side of the road to the right. The sound was a symphony of beeps and engines. As I sat in a van with a group of […]
Passionate missional leaders for our global church
At Baptist Mission Australia our theological posture matches this moment in history. ‘Everywhere to everywhere’ is not a throwaway slogan; it’s a commitment to humility, collaboration, reciprocity and mutuality in the body of Christ. As I stand in the unfamiliar surrounds of a humid, packed classroom in Asia, I am starkly aware how far away […]
A ministry of presence
As a team here in Outback Australia, we engage with the local communities through a ministry of presence. We walk alongside people living in isolated and challenging environments. While these communities seem remote to many, they are home to the First Nations people of these places. We count it a privilege to serve as alongsiders […]
Women’s wellbeing space
I hear the sound of rain on the church hall roof… “Oh no! Will any of my Muslim friends come to Women’s Wellbeing Space today?” Many of the women live in the surrounding streets and come on foot, some wrangling kids. Often when it rains, they stay home. But amazingly, five friends brave the rain […]
Sure and certain hope
Hope sometimes feels wishful, like crossing our fingers and dreaming of a good outcome. Today, we are all hoping for different things – some important, some less so – in this wishful, it may or may not happen way. Each year I hope the Newcastle Knights will win the NRL – and I know how […]
A safe space to connect
Please note: The following piece includes themes of abuse and trauma. Please read with care. ‘Samira’ (16) only finished grade one before leaving school to care for her younger siblings. A skilled footballer, she stopped playing when she married earlier this year. Her friends saw less of her, and she was absent from youth group […]