Our Stories

The International Women’s Day is celebrated around the world on 8th of March and is a day to reflect on how far we have come and how far we still have to go to truly achieve gender equality. This year’s theme is #BalanceforBetter and we’ve invited women leaders here at the BUV to share with you their thoughts to better the balance and better the world.

This Lent, Common Grace and Bible Society Australia invite us to rediscover Jesus’s profound teachings veiled in everyday stories. As we come together, we’re praying for ears to hear these teachings of Jesus afresh, to let them get past our defences and under our skin, as they transform us to make things right in this world.

Update on Mill Valley Ranch

Love is a habit

To be known by our love for others – to love daily, to love instinctively – we must first choose to break old habits and build, in their place, a new one.

For close to a decade, Collins Street Baptist Church has hosted the Verandah Cafe, a place of hospitality on the steps of our historic building.

Refugees and asylum seekers issues are major issues facing our country, with our political system taking a tough position against asylum seekers who arrive by boat. Recently, public policy and debates have centred around border protection and offshore detention in Naru and Manus, especially children in detention Naru and Manus. Fear of outsiders often results in hostility to the stranger. The call on us is to show generosity, hospitality, practical care and deep compassion (Matt 22:34-40), all of which can be pushed aside if fear overwhelms our practices. The work of advocacy as Christian moral voices is to love our neighbour, welcome the stranger & extend grace.

Rob and Deb are often asked to describe a typical day as cross-cultural workers in Cambodia. They have lived and served in Cambodia for more than two years, and have discovered that no two days are the same and flexibility is essential!

The latest research by Office of the eSafety Commissioner looks into the experiences of women from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds who are exposed to technology-facilitated abuse.

“These events provided great community with one another, the opportunity to go deeper on a spiritual and relational level and the simple pleasure of having fun and relaxation in an environment away from the usual pressures of life.”