BUILT
Present location is 1937. Congregation established in 1835.
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION/DENOMINATION
The Church is affiliated with the Baptist Union (Convention) of New South Wales, the Baptist Union (convention) of Australia and the Baptist World Alliance and exercises an evangelical Bible-based ministry of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
INTERESTING FACTS
It is the first Baptist Church established in Australia and is, accordingly, the ‘Mother Church’ of all Baptist Churches in the country which, in 1999, number approximately 900 located in each of the States and Territories.
The first Minister of the Church in 1836, known then as the BATHURST STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, was Rev. John Saunders who came from England to minister to the new and pledging congregation. It took its name from its geographical location in the City where it remained for the first 100 years of its existence until 1937 when it moved to the present location at 619 George Street.
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Interior
Treasures
Credits
All media by Luke Cabading
Sources
"About Us教會簡介 - Central Baptist Church". Centralbaptist.Org.Au, 2019, https://www.centralbaptist.org.au/about-us/.
"Central Baptist Church". Sydneyorgan.Com, 2003, https://www.sydneyorgan.com/CentralBaptist.html.
"Central Baptist Church Sydney | Australian Charities And Not-For-Profits Commission". Acnc.Gov.Au, https://www.acnc.gov.au/charity/830942fed275fb0b3b91abfd040291ce#overview.