Main Venue:
Ryde Baptist Church
Cnr of Lane Cove Road and Dobson Crescent, Ryde 2112
Plus Confirmed Additional Venues
Alstonville Baptist Church – Northern Rivers
Belair Baptist Church – Hunter
Dickson Baptist Church – Canberra
Tamworth Baptist Church – New England
Wagga Wagga Baptist Church – Riverina
Wellington Baptist Church – Western Districts
Wollongong Baptist Church – South Coast
Commencing at 9:30 am
Affiliated Churches of NSW & ACT usually meet twice a year together to be encouraged and inspired by what God is doing and will continue to do amongst us, and to discern significant matters in the life of our movement.
Our second assembly for this year will be held on Saturday, 8 November 2025.
The Gathering Incorporating the Ordinary Assembly will commence at 9:30am on 8 November and is expected to conclude by 3pm.
The programme for the day will include worship, teaching, equipping and business sessions.
The morning will be focusing on the theme: “An Increased Openness to Faith?”
Sam Sterland from the National Church Life Survey will unpack recent research and others will contribute to input and discussion around the shifts and opportunities we are seeing emerging in our culture, and their implications for ministry.
A detailed program will be circulated in due course, including the distribution of any supporting documentation to voting members.
Badil Oweis is the pastor of Graceway Church. Having spent most of his working life ministering alongside his occupation as a pharmacist, he was called to full time ministry in 2019, when the Baptist Association partnered with Crest Community Baptist Church and Yagoona Baptist Church to plant this multi-ethnic church to serve the community and beyond.
Churches need to register their delegates (and alternate delegates if desired) at the latest by 9:30am Saturday, 1 November 2025. Other voting members and non-voting attendees may register online up until the day or register onsite on the day. Non-voting attendees must be members or regular attendees of one of our churches.
Attendance at the Assembly is free, however if you want to purchase lunch you will need to register online by Saturday, 1 November 2025. For those attending the Gathering at Wagga Wagga Baptist Church and Tamworth Baptist Church lunch will be free.
Delegates who have been registered are able to sign in from 8:30 am on the day.
Other eligible participants are able to register or sign in from 8:30 am on the day.
We want to commit the upcoming Assembly to prayer as we prepare to gather together. You are warmly invited to participate in our online prayer gathering being held on Wednesday, 5 November from 7:30pm to 8:30pm.
If you are a pastor, leader, or member/attendee of one of the Baptist Churches in our movement we would love to invite you to this online prayer gathering as we commit to being reliant on the Holy Spirit and recognise God’s leading in all that is before us.
