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 […]

Walk the World 2025!

We’ve loved seeing all the ways people got involved in Walk the World! Here’s a glimpse of how Aussie Baptists walked the world this year… Watch the video with captions >> “A group of us had a great little prayer walk around Auburn. We saw some tower buildings near the station, and one of the […]

Using our voice

It’s not every day that I get to walk the seemingly endless corridors of Parliament House, guided by a friendly staffer and ushered into the art filled meeting room of an MP. So I was excited – and nervous – to be doing exactly that last week! Scott, Andrew, Geoff and I were representing Baptist […]

Introducing Food Plants International

We are delighted to announce an exciting new partnership agreement between Baptist Mission Australia and Food Plants International. This collaboration deeply enriches our shared mission and directly supports two of our four key Christ-centred causes: Local Community Transformation and Innovative Partnerships. Food Plants International’s expertise is in empowering communities to utilise local food plant resources […]

Why should we invest in local leaders?

A legend of our mission community, Roger Kemp, shares about why we should be involved in the training and development of local, passionate missional leaders. In my 48 years of involvement in theological education, I have always believed that every group of believers deserves someone who can teach and preach the Bible to them. Unfortunately, […]

Celebrating 15 years!

In 2010, Dema and Carolyn, and their children Grace and Daniel joined our organisation from Mizoram in India. We have been deeply enriched by their presence in our mission community. To mark their 15th anniversary of service, Jane Norman from our National team chatted with Dema and Carolyn. Jane: Dema and Carolyn, what are some […]

A voice for the voiceless – from a Karen refugee

My name is Jordan Pe, and I stand before you today not just as an individual, but as one of many — one of the Karen people, one of the millions who were forced to flee our homeland because of war, persecution, and fear. I was born into a life where safety was never promised. […]

New national church relationships role

At Baptist Mission Australia we’re passionately committed to cheering on local churches as they participate in God’s mission across the street, and across the world! We see and celebrate the part we can play in supporting and equipping local Australian Baptist churches and pastors in a culturally and religiously diverse Australia, as well as shaping […]