Crossway Baptist Church is a Baptist evangelical multi-site megachurch based in Burwood East, in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The church is affiliated with the Australian Baptist Ministries.
| Crossway Baptist Church | |
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 Crossway Baptist worship service in 2008 | |
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| 37°51′33″S 145°10′02″E / 37.859083°S 145.1672922°E | |
| Address | 2 Vision Drive, Burwood East, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Country | Australia |
| Denomination | Baptist |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical |
| Campuses | 4 |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Former name(s) | Blackburn Baptist Church (1954 – 1996) |
| Status | Church |
| Founded | 1954 |
| Founder(s) | Rev. J. H. Newnham |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Church |
| Years built | Modernist architecture |
| Administration | |
| Episcopal area | Australia |
| Clergy | |
| Pastor(s) | Mark Purser |
History edit
The church was founded by the Reverend J. H. Newnham in 1954 as Blackburn Baptist Church.[1][2] The congregation originally met in a small hall as a Sunday school class on the corner of Holland and Canterbury Roads in Blackburn South.[1]
The church then relocated to 19 Holland Road, Blackburn South (now the site of New Life Evangelical Church), and later moved in September 1995 to the current location, 2 Vision Drive, Burwood East, after which it changed its name to Crossway Baptist Church the following year. In February 2008, Dale Stephenson became Senior Pastor of the church.[citation needed]
The overall attendance for 2016 was 6,675.[3][self-published source?]
Locations edit
Crossway has planted daughter churches in Craigieburn, Cranbourne, Moreland and Stonnington as well as a number of other smaller experimental church plants.[4][5]
They planted a second campus in 2016 in Berwick, in southeastern Melbourne. In 2021, Brighton Baptist Church became the third campus of Crossway.[citation needed]
As of 2023[update], Crossway had four campuses: Burwood East, South East (located at Nossal High School), Brighton, and Maroondah (located at Ringwood Secondary College).[6]
References edit
- ^ a b "New Church at Blackburn". The Age. No. 30876. Victoria, Australia. 17 April 1954. p. 8. Retrieved 8 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Zwartz, Barney (17 July 2004). "Counting our blessings: faith's demographics". The Age.
- ^ "Crossway Baptist Church 2016 Annual Report" (PDF). Crossway Baptist Church. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ Tippet, Gary (4 April 2010). "Peace be with you, from the lion and the lamb". The Age.
- ^ Zwartz, Barney (4 February 2008). "Message comes full circle for atheist turned pastor". The Age.
- ^ "Campuses - Crossway Baptist Church: Loving God, Loving People, Disciples That Multiply". Crossway Baptist Church. Retrieved 9 April 2023.