Crossway Baptist Church

Crossway Baptist Church
Crossway Baptist worship service in 2008
Crossway Baptist Church
37°51′33″S145°10′02″E / 37.859083°S 145.1672922°E / -37.859083; 145.1672922
Address	2 Vision Drive, Burwood East, Melbourne, Victoria
Country	Australia
Denomination	Baptist
Associations	Australian Baptist Ministries
Churchmanship	Evangelical
Campuses	4
Website	www.crossway.org.au
History
Former name	Blackburn Baptist Church (1954 –1996)
Status	Church
Founded	1954
Founder	Rev. J. H. Newnham
Architecture
Architectural type	Church
Style	Postmodern architecture
Clergy
Pastor	Dale Stephenson - Senior Pastor

Crossway Baptist Church is a Baptist evangelical multi-site megachurch based in Burwood East, in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The church is affiliated with the Australian Baptist Ministries. The organisation's 2024 Annual Report reported a combined average weekly attendance of 22,647. ^[1]

History

The church was founded by the Reverend J. H. Newnham in 1954 as Blackburn Baptist Church. ^{[2] [3]} The congregation originally met in a small hall as a Sunday school class on the corner of Holland and Canterbury Roads in Blackburn South. ^[2]

The church then relocated to 19 Holland Road, Blackburn South (now the site of New Life Evangelical Church), and later moved in September 1995 to the current location, 2 Vision Drive, Burwood East, after which it changed its name to Crossway Baptist Church the following year. In February 2008, Dale Stephenson became Senior Pastor of the church.^{[ citation needed ]}

The overall attendance for 2016 was 6,675. ^{[4] [ self-published source? ]}

Locations

Crossway has planted churches in Craigieburn, Cranbourne, Moreland and Stonnington as well as a number of other smaller experimental church plants. ^{[5] [6]}

They planted a second campus in 2016 in Berwick, in southeastern Melbourne. In 2021, Brighton Baptist Church became the third campus of Crossway.^{[ citation needed ]}

As of 2023 ^[update] , Crossway had six campuses: Burwood East, South East (located at Nossal High School), Brighton, Maroondah (located at Ringwood Secondary College), Oak City, and Boroondara. ^[7]

References

1. https://www.crossway.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Crossway-Annual-Report-2024_web.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
2. "New Church at Blackburn". The Age . No. 30876. Victoria, Australia. 17 April 1954. p. 8. Retrieved 8 October 2017– via National Library of Australia.
3. Zwartz, Barney (17 July 2004). "Counting our blessings: faith's demographics". The Age .
4. "Crossway Baptist Church 2016 Annual Report" (PDF). Crossway Baptist Church. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
5. Tippet, Gary (4 April 2010). "Peace be with you, from the lion and the lamb". The Age .
6. Zwartz, Barney (4 February 2008). "Message comes full circle for atheist turned pastor". The Age .
7. "Campuses - Crossway Baptist Church, Burwood East, Melbourne: Loving God, Loving People, Disciples That Multiply". Crossway Baptist Church, Burwood East, Melbourne.

External links

• Official website