In July, Queensland hosted the 2025 Baptist World Congress. It was a powerful time of worship, prayer, fellowship, teaching and service. Many from the Baptist Association of NSW & ACT enjoyed a sunny week in Brisbane, gathering with Baptists from around the world to learn how God is at work in and through our global

LiteHouse was developed to train new or future pastors in practical areas of ministry life that may not have been covered in their theological training. It’s a practical program which equips participants with the skills, mindset and resilience needed to navigate the complexities of leadership in today’s dynamic ministry context. Having reached the end of

At The Gathering incorporating the Annual Assembly 2025, The David Brown Scholarship was awarded to Terry Allen, solo pastor at Sandy Beach Baptist Church in the North Coast Region. The David Brown Rural and Regional Scholarship is awarded annually to a pastor who is recognised as having potential or demonstrated excellence in pastoral leadership in

Proverbs 27:17 tells us, “As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another”. This is certainly the case as three churches in the Northern Rivers approached leadership development. Lismore, Alstonville and Tweed Coast Baptist Churches are engaging in Leadership Pipeline training as they seek to develop church cultures where the development of leaders at every

Building a Discipling Culture (BDC) is based out of Crossway Baptist Church in Melbourne. They would like to share with you the opportunity to deepen your personal discipleship, strengthen your leadership, as well as build the disciple-making culture of your community and church. Over the last 6 years, the 250 churches they have worked with have

LeadUp is a two-day training event at Kiah Ridge specifically designed for those not serving in Senior/Sole pastor roles (Assoc. Pastors, Children & Families Pastors, Youth Pastors, Exec Pastors, Paid Admin Staff, etc.) Running from June 2-3, LeadUp 2025 will focus on ‘The Art Of Listening’ and will equip participants to be attentive to God and others. Together

With The Gathering incorporating the 157th Annual Assembly just around the corner, we want to celebrate one of the pastors who will be put forward for accreditation. Louise Eccleston was working as a primary school teacher when she felt called into Children and Families Ministry at her local church, Community Life Church at Cherrybrook, Sydney. She

Lite House Training has 2 cohorts running concurrently with 28 Pastors in that learning space. LiteHouse is designed for new Senior, Sole, Service or Campus Pastors and those who could be in the foreseeable future. The Association provides this training completely free as we’re keen to continue equipping leaders in ministry so that you and your