BUV Together – Our Stories
Together highlights some of the Stories from within the BUV. God is doing some amazing things in Victoria and we think these stories should be celebrated!
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Church and Community
Does the church have a role to play in community? The Story Teller got together leaders from Lygon Street Christian Chapel, Bridge Church Melbourne, and the Baptist Union of Victoria for their take on it.
New Life Baptist Echuca-Moama Emerging Leaders Mentor Training
Pastor Jono Schroder reflects on how mentoring is Biblically aligned and shares the story of how he and the church in Echuca Moama discovered a process to train up Mentors and Emerging Leaders.
Learning from the Women of Bangladesh
While I was in Bangladesh recently with Baptist World Aid, I visited a Self Help Group of women in a village called Bausi about 2-hours’ drive west of Mymensingh.
The Impact of Multicultural Church Models – Children & Youth
Australia’s multiculturalism can be defined as ‘a stance which affirms the value of diverse cultures coexisting creatively in one community’ (Loader 1992:13).
It implies more than a simple peaceful co-existence. In the church contexts examined here it essentially refers to intentional efforts to engage together with another community, open to whatever new developments this might entail.
Save Innocent Lives
Have you heard about the world’s fastest growing refugee crisis?
Since August 2017, violent and deadly attacks on entire villages in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine, have left hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people fleeing for their lives. Families are enduring harrowing journeys and, through it all, they carry the weight of unimaginable loss.Christians Involved in a Secular World in ‘Funny Ways’
Candlelight Productions, bring light and laughs to the Melbourne entertainment industry.
Innovate 2018
“To reach people we’ve never reached before, we need to do things we have never done before”
Rise@Carlton: A Pioneer’s Story
by Gayle Hill
Two and half years ago, the Baptist Union of Victoria risked supporting a holy discontent that had laid unabated within me to establish a new faith presence and community within my locale in Carlton. At the same time, the Mission Catalyst Team were challenging our union to send out 72 pioneers to establish unique and distinctive new expressions of faith.
The Bystander Dilemma Legislation Can Help Bad Samaritans Become Good
by Dr Ree Bodie
You notice that a female worker is being sexually harassed by her manager who makes suggestive comments and unwelcome sexual advances. You must decide to either help or ignore the situation.