Crossway Baptist Church

Crossway Baptist Church is a Baptist Evangelical multi-site megachurch, headquartered in Burwood East, one of Melbourne’s eastern suburbs. It is affiliated with the Australian Baptist Ministries.

Crossway Baptist Church
Worship service in 2008
LocationBurwood East, Victoria, Australia
CountryAustralia
DenominationBaptist
AssociationsAustralian Baptist Ministries
Websitewww.crossway.org.au
History
Founded1954
Founder(s)Reverend J.H Newnham
Architecture
StyleContemporary/Modern

History

The church was founded by the Reverend J.H Newnham in 1954 as Blackburn Baptist Church.[1][2]

It 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.

The overall attendance for 2016 was 6,675.[3]

Locations

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.

As of 2023, Crossway has four campuses: Burwood East, South East (located at Nossal High School), Brighton, and Maroondah (located at Ringwood Secondary College).[6]

References
  1. "New Church at Blackburn". The Age. No. 30876. Victoria, Australia. 17 April 1954. p. 8. Retrieved 8 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. Barney Zwartz, (17 July 2004), Counting our blessings: faith’s demographics. The Age
  3. "Crossway Baptist Church 2016 Annual Report" (PDF). Crossway Baptist Church. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  4. Gary Tippet, (4 April 2010), Peace be with you, from the lion and the lamb, The Age
  5. Barney Zwartz, (4 February 2008), Message comes full circle for atheist turned pastor, The Age
  6. "Campuses - Crossway Baptist Church: Loving God, Loving People, Disciples That Multiply". Crossway Baptist Church. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
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