Australian Baptist Ministries this week released a media statement following Sunday night's Compass program on ABC TV in which a Baptist minister advocatged same-sex marriage. The statement makes it clear that this is NOT the position of the Baptist family in Australia or indeed across the globe.
Support BWA 2011 Child Sponsorship
SA State Executive Minister for Baptist churches invites your help to sponsor 1800 Baptist World Aid Australia children. Be a part of SAO1800 in September!
National Church Life Survey Information
We're encouraging all our churches to participate in the National Church Life Survey (NCLS). More information is here - just ignore the $200/church fee!
Thanks to Crossover, the $200/church fee is covered and churches need only pay $1/survey form ordered.
The survey will be conducted on a Sunday in September of your choice, and will take the congregation approximately 20 minutes.
To participate, contact Andrew Turner (
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/ 0412 095 670) with your estimate of the number of attenders aged 15+ at your church.
SA Baptists connecting online
The Baptist Churches SA website is plugging into more ways of resourcing our churches.
and we are hooking all these platforms together so people can access content in ways which best suit them.
Youth For Christ
YFC Australia is part of Youth for Christ International, a Christian inter-denominational, non-profit organisation operating in over 100 countries. The Flyer details their SA programs YFC schools program flyer
YFC contact details: PO Box 198 EDWARDSTOWN SA 5039 Mobile: 0422 500 303 Office: (08) 8357 6372 Fax: (08) 8374 1727 E-mail:
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Web: www.yfc.org.au
