Australian Baptist Ministries

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Australian Baptist Ministries
Classification Evangelicalism
Theology Baptist
National ChairRev Angela Garton
National Ministries DirectorRev Mark Wilson
Associations Baptist World Alliance
Origin1926
Congregations1,029
Members78,416
Missionary organization Baptist Mission Australia
Aid organizationBaptist World Aid Australia
Seminaries 3
Official website baptist.org.au

Australian Baptist Ministries (formerly Baptist Union of Australia) is an association of Baptist Christian churches in Australia. The Baptist Union of Australia was inaugurated on 24 August 1926 at the Burton Street Church in Sydney. The headquarters is in Belmont. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance.

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History

Worship service at Crossway Baptist Church in Melbourne, affiliated with Australian Baptist Ministries, 2008 Crossway Church service.jpg
Worship service at Crossway Baptist Church in Melbourne, affiliated with Australian Baptist Ministries, 2008

Baptist work in Australia began in Sydney in 1831, forty-three years after the British penal colony was established. [1] The first preacher was John McKaeg, who conducted the first Baptist service on Sunday 24 April in The Rose and Crown Inn on the corner of Castlereagh and King Streets. The first baptism, of two female congregants, was conducted by McKaeg in Woolloomooloo Bay on 12 August 1832. [2]

It was not until 1835 that the first church was established in Hobart Town by Henry Dowling, [3] a strict Calvinist. John Saunders, who had been sent by the Baptist Missionary Society of England to Sydney in 1834, raised the funding to erect a second church which was opened on 23 September 1836. [4] [2] The first state Union was formed in Victoria in 1862. The national Baptist Union was founded in 1926 by representatives from existing state unions. [5] In 1978, Marita Munro became the first woman ordained pastor within the body. [6] In 2009 it was renamed Australian Baptist Ministries. [7]

Statistics

According to a census published by the association in 2024, it has 1,029 churches and 78,416 members. [8]

Ministries

National

State

Affiliations

Australian Baptist Ministries is a member of the Asia Pacific Baptist Federation (formerly Asian Baptist Federation) and the Baptist World Alliance. Ministry arms of ABM include Baptist Mission Australia (formerly known as the Australian Baptist Missionary Society and then as Global Interaction), Australian Baptist World Aid, Baptist Care, and a number of Delegated Bodies which represent communities of practice, developing strategies and resources that benefit the Australian Baptist movement. [9] These include: Crossover Australia, and Crossover Remote (formerly Northreach). The national work is divided among one territory and six state unions, which operate independently, with the national body functioning as a governance council to facilitate collaborative ministries and mission initiatives across the Baptist movement in Australia.

Schools

It has three affiliated theological institutes. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009, p. 40
  2. 1 2 Packer, J.A. (11 April 1931). "The People Called Baptists". Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Mead, Isabella J. (1966). "Dowling, Henry (1810–1885)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN   978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN   1833-7538. OCLC   70677943 . Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  4. ↑ Wright, B. G. (1967). "Saunders, John (1806–1859)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN   978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN   1833-7538. OCLC   70677943 . Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  5. ↑ Robert E. Johnson, A Global Introduction to Baptist Churches, Cambridge University Press, UK, 2010, p. 129
  6. ↑ Erich Geldbach, Baptists Worldwide: Origins, Expansions, Emerging Realities, Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2022, p. 112
  7. ↑ Australian Baptist Ministries, Australian Baptists Launch New Name, Logo, goodfaithmedia.org, USA, July 14, 2009
  8. ↑ Baptist World Alliance, Members, baptistworld.org, USA, retrieved July 24, 2024
  9. ↑ Australian Baptist Ministries, NATIONAL MINISTRIES, baptist.org.au, Australia, retrieved February 20, 2023
  10. ↑ Australian Baptist Ministries, Theological Colleges, baptist.org.au, Australia, retrieved February 20, 2023

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