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25.01.2022 A Prayer from Baptist World Aid Australia to guide your prayer today Dear Heavenly Father, I pray for world leaders especially our own grant them wisdom and courage as they respond to the COVID-19 global emergency. I pray for those on the front lines. Please protect them, God. Protect their families. Grant them health and energy in the coming weeks and months. For those who have COVID-19, I ask You to bring healing. For those in vulnerable communities who are more at ri...sk, I plead for their protection. Calm hearts and minds, God. Let your incredible peace flow in the face of so much fear and uncertainty. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.

25.01.2022 For all the mums out there who are home-schooling their children. Samantha Beach Kiley is always funny and thoughtful.

24.01.2022 All the details for Leadership Conversations Online are here. Note that the start time is 10am AEST (WA 8am AWST) (NT & SA 9:30am ACST) ... Weekend Flash Sale // 12 DAYS UNTIL LEADERSHIP CONVERSATIONS!!! Ready to join us on July 1??? Use code: SOCLOSE https://nswactbaptists.brushfire.com/events/464619

24.01.2022 The Baptist Association of NST & ACT invites Baptist women across Australia to join them for Leadership Conversations Online on July 1. Leadership Conversations Online is about continuing to equip Christian leaders in their roles on topics that are timely for the current season. Just as times have changed, our approach to leadership needs to also adjust. The Association shares the conviction that leadership both today, and into the future, needs to be far more conversati...onal. We need to listen well to the needs, concerns, hopes, and ideas of those around us rather than make decisions in isolation. As leaders, we need to be in conversation, and we need to foster ministries, churches, and organisations that see this approach develop in the leaders around us. As always, the program reflects our theological convictions and as such we have invited a number of experienced, learned, and faithful individuals from a variety of different contexts to speak into our formation as leaders. This year Leadership Conversations Online is joined by Steph OBrien, Lead Pastor at Mill City Church in Northeast Minneapolis to unpack the theme of Curiosity and speak into our formation as leaders. Steph will lead us in two sessions on The Power of Curiosity and Developing Cultures of Curiosity before joining in for a LIVE Q&A Session. The Associations intention is that you leave challenged, provoked and encouraged by others as you go about influencing those around you in all that God desires. Find out more or register here: www.nswactbaptists.org.au//leadership-conversations-online/

23.01.2022 There are still spaces available for our session with Mandy Smith this Thursday. Please book through try booking so I can send you the zoom password. (9am Perth time- 11am Sydney) https://facebook.com/events/s/healing-from-trauma-for-women-/277976733508824/?ti=icl

23.01.2022 Australia is lifting restrictions, but the global impact will be devastating. As the pandemic spreads around the world, the most vulnerable are without protection against COVID-19. The global poor are living on the front line with no defence. Many live in crowded and confined housing in unhygienic conditions and a long way from medical help. Australian Baptist Women are getting behind Baptist World Aid Australia to help. With our help, and with the help of their local partne...rs, Baptist World Aid Australia can counter COVID to limit the effects of coronavirus on the poor. To give to the Counter COVID appeal, go to: https://baptistworldaid.org.au/a/COVID-19-global-emergency/ #counterCOVID

23.01.2022 Struggling with Covid-19 and Negative Thoughts: Elliot Keane Did the Covid-19 restrictions have you feel like your thought life was going backwards? Pastor Elliot Keane explores why our brains resort to old coping strategies when we are under stress and why we pick up the emotions of others. #AustralianBaptistMinistries #HealthyRelationshipsProject

22.01.2022 Australian Baptist churches are stand together with Baptist World Aid in prayer... Please pray for millions of refugees who are facing this devastating threat from an already vulnerable position. Please pray for children, women and men with no safe place to go.... Pray for families in refugee camps who are left with so little defence against the virus. Pray especially for elderly refugees, those with chronic illnesses, and those living with disabilities. See more

21.01.2022 Wishing all mothers around the world a Happy Mothers Day.

21.01.2022 Thanks for this recommendation, Liz Black Some of us are finding it hard to be still. This app is really helpful to meditate on Jesus and who He is.

21.01.2022 Well over one million Syrians and hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are displaced in refugee camps in Lebanon. COVID-19 is there and is likely to spread terribly among people living in very cramped conditions. People living in these camps cannot socially distance, they do not have access to the same hygiene facilities and medical facilities that we do. Baptist World Aids partner organisations Medair and Merath are putting together hygiene kits and doing education work i...n these communities to help stop the spread of COVID-19 in the camps. Australian Baptist Women wish to support the work of Baptist World Aid Australia and their partner organisations. Find out more about this by watching this short clip. We are asking you to be informed, be prayerful, and be generous. You can give to the BWAA Counter COVID appeal at https://baptistworldaid.org.au/counter-covid/

20.01.2022 Yesterday Karen Wilson was welcomed as the new President of the Baptist World Alliance Womens Department. Rev. Elijah M. Brown, General Secretary and CEO of the Baptist World Alliance read this beautiful blessing over her and also over the new Secretary-Treasurer, Sherrie Cherdak. A Blessing...... In your leadership, you are continuing a strong biblical tradition of women who have advanced the Kingdom of God. May you lead in the spirit and power of: Shiphrah and Puah, midwives for justice who brought forward life Rahab who provided refuge for strangers Ruth who embraced isolation and risk to provide care Hannah whose prayer and sacrifice set in motion Kingdom initiatives that impacted generations Huldah who was trusted to provide theological reflection and insight into the ways of the Lord Esther whose bravery prevented a genocide Elisabeth who sensed the Holy Spirit in ways her husband, a professional priest, did not and who helped raise a voice in the wilderness calling for national repentance Mary whose willing availability changed the contours of history and who at a personal level embraced uncertainty and constant adjustment in deepening recognition of Jesus and the mission of God Mary Magdalene and the other Mary commissioned as the first evangelists with the transformative declaration that Jesus is risen Mary the mother of Mark who likely owned the home that hosted the Last Supper, the home where Jesus greeted the disciples after his resurrection, the home where the disciples reflected on Pentecost and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, a Pentecostal outpouring needed again today that every language and people group in the world may declare the praises of Jesus Christ Priscilla who along with her husband Aquila modelled missional church planting Junia who was well known to the apostles for her leadership and suffered the indignity of imprisonment for her faith in order to live as an apostle for Jesus Christ. First and foremost, may you lead and serve with the spirit and mind of Jesus Christ. You are gifted, empowered, and called to serve for the glory of Jesus. We listen, we learn, and we serve alongside you. God bless you and continue to use you as President and Secretary-Treasurer of BWA Women.

20.01.2022 Practicing Love and Compassion: Yvette Cherry Why do those closest to us often get the worst of us? How can we take responsibility for our emotions when lifes stressors continue to pile up? National Director of Australian Baptist Women, Yvette Cherry helps us to recognise the signals our bodies are sending us and how we can channel our emotions in healthy ways. #AustralianBaptistMinistries #HealthyRelationshipsProject

20.01.2022 Yesterday Karen Wilson was welcomed as the new President of the Baptist World Alliance Women's Department. Rev. Elijah M. Brown, General Secretary and CEO of the Baptist World Alliance read this beautiful blessing over her and also over the new Secretary-Treasurer, Sherrie Cherdak. A Blessing...... In your leadership, you are continuing a strong biblical tradition of women who have advanced the Kingdom of God. May you lead in the spirit and power of: Shiphrah and Puah, midwives for justice who brought forward life Rahab who provided refuge for strangers Ruth who embraced isolation and risk to provide care Hannah whose prayer and sacrifice set in motion Kingdom initiatives that impacted generations Huldah who was trusted to provide theological reflection and insight into the ways of the Lord Esther whose bravery prevented a genocide Elisabeth who sensed the Holy Spirit in ways her husband, a professional priest, did not and who helped raise a voice in the wilderness calling for national repentance Mary whose willing availability changed the contours of history and who at a personal level embraced uncertainty and constant adjustment in deepening recognition of Jesus and the mission of God Mary Magdalene and the other Mary commissioned as the first evangelists with the transformative declaration that Jesus is risen Mary the mother of Mark who likely owned the home that hosted the Last Supper, the home where Jesus greeted the disciples after his resurrection, the home where the disciples reflected on Pentecost and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, a Pentecostal outpouring needed again today that every language and people group in the world may declare the praises of Jesus Christ Priscilla who along with her husband Aquila modelled missional church planting Junia who was well known to the apostles for her leadership and suffered the indignity of imprisonment for her faith in order to live as an apostle for Jesus Christ. First and foremost, may you lead and serve with the spirit and mind of Jesus Christ. You are gifted, empowered, and called to serve for the glory of Jesus. We listen, we learn, and we serve alongside you. God bless you and continue to use you as President and Secretary-Treasurer of BWA Women.

18.01.2022 Using Love Languages to Reduce Tension: Carolyn Cousins Are you finding yourself going a little nutty as you spend all this extra time with your immediate family? Do you wonder why your child follows you around the house or insists on touching your face? Social work expert, Carolyn Cousins, reviews how knowing and using the love languages can reduce the tension in our homes. #AustralianBaptistMinistries #HealthyRelationshipsProject

16.01.2022 EXCITING NEWS!! Qld Baptist Women are running an online conference open to everyone! Come join us online on the 20th of June for Anew Conference Into the Wild! This is a totally free conference and therell be worship with Cathy Knechtli and the Anew conference worship team, sessions from the Word with Suzie Botross and Shannon Perrett, Karen Wilson will be sharing around our Baptist World Aid project, and well have the opportunity to give. Well have stories and testimoni...es and time for prayer and hanging out together online! Now that restrictions are lifting why not grab a few friends and join in together, or even gather a few women at your church and watch it on the big screen? To register for this awesome event click here https://form.jotform.com/201327835076051 or go to our website https://www.anewconference.org.au/online-conference. Cant wait to see you there!! See more

16.01.2022 Register for free at https://form.jotform.co/202750987069870 We would love you to be part of this!

16.01.2022 You are invited to join us, to register for free go to: https://form.jotform.co/202750987069870 You can join us during the day or after work at the following ti...mes: Brisbane 10am/6pm, Sydney 11am/7pm, Perth 8am/4pm, NZ 1pm,/9pm, PNG 10am/6pm, Fiji 12pm/8pm, Papua 9am/5pm, Tonga 1pm/9pm, Vanuatu 11am/7pm. See more

15.01.2022 Living in the Liminal Space: Julie Gardiner How do you have a sense of purpose after a season of purposelessness? How do you feel about coming out of lockdown? Pastor Julie Gardiner explores the journey through the in-between and why we may feel reluctant to go back to our pre-Covid activities. #AustralianBaptistMinistries #HealthyRelationshipsProject

15.01.2022 For our own sakes and for the sake of those we lead, it's helpful to name the cumulative traumas we experience as we pursue our callings as women. It is deeply healing to invite the Lord to show us how he sees our stories and our callings. While some of this work is best done privately, it is also powerful to do so in the context of a community of women. You are invited to join this online group listening and prayer session, with pastor Mandy Smith as we name our collective t...raumas and invite God’s healing together. In this healing prayer session you will: . Name the most pressing points of pain currently affecting your life and calling . Be invited to bring it before the Lord through various prompts, prayers and times of listening . Return to your mission with a restored vision of God’s gifting and call. About Mandy Smith Originally from Queensland, Mandy Smith is lead pastor of University Christian Church, a campus and neighbourhood congregation with its own fair-trade café in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is a regular contributor to Christianity Today publications and the author of Making a Mess and Meeting God and The Vulnerable Pastor: How Human Limitations Empower Our Ministry. Mandy and her husband Jamie, a New Testament professor live with their family in a little house where the teapot is always warm. Mandy’s next book, Unfettered: Imagining a Childlike Faith beyond the Baggage of Western Culture will be released in 2021. * Adapted from an event originally hosted by Missio Alliance Hosted by Australian Baptist Women, open to women of all Christian faith traditions and denominations. Most suited to women in pastoral and ministry leadership (paid and lay leaders). Zoom ID: 933 9587 8074 Register via Trybooking for password: https://www.trybooking.com/BKONH TIME WA: 9am, Thursday 6th August SA & NT: 10:30am, Thursday 6th August NSW, QLD, ACT, VIC & TAS: 11am, Thursday 6th August In the USA, this event is in EST time zone: 9pm, Wednesday 5th August

14.01.2022 At Australian Baptist Women we believe that Gods care and concern for the poor and the needy should be our care and concern too. We want to be women who take a stand against the injustice of poverty and its effects on the most vulnerable. A characteristic of Gods people is that they speak up against injustice and they use what they have, to provide for those who are in need. This is why it is our great honour to partner with Baptist World Aid Australia. We wholeheartedly be...lieve that the work they are doing is good, life-giving and effective. Across June, we are focusing on the effects that Covid19 is having on Syrian refugees living in camps in Lebanon. We are presenting ways that you you can be informed, be prayerful and be generous toward the work that Baptist World Aid is doing to love and serve vulnerable people in Lebanon. Learn more by visiting www.baptistworldaid.org.au

14.01.2022 As COVID-19 restrictions ease in Australia, lets lift our eyes to help those who are less fortunate. Refugee camps in the Middle East are still bracing themselves for the devastating impact that this disease will have on the safety and wellbeing of families seeking refuge. Baptist World Aid are working urgently with local Christian partners to help protect Syrian refugees in the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon. As this global emergency continues to unfold, please stand together wit...h those who will be hit hardest, including our neighbours in refugee camps across the world. Please consider giving to Baptist World Aids COVID-19 appeal. Your donations will bring much needed personal protective equipment such as protective gloves and face masks to health clinics near the Syria-Lebanon border, and pay wages to health workers working to stop the spread of sickness. https://baptistworldaid.org.au/a/COVID-19-global-emergency/

13.01.2022 For our own sakes and for the sake of those we lead, its helpful to name the cumulative traumas we experience as we pursue our callings as women. It is deeply healing to invite the Lord to show us how he sees our stories and our callings. While some of this work is best done privately, it is also powerful to do so in the context of a community of women. You are invited to join this online group listening and prayer session, with pastor Mandy Smith as we name our collective t...raumas and invite Gods healing together. In this healing prayer session you will: . Name the most pressing points of pain currently affecting your life and calling . Be invited to bring it before the Lord through various prompts, prayers and times of listening . Return to your mission with a restored vision of Gods gifting and call. About Mandy Smith Originally from Queensland, Mandy Smith is lead pastor of University Christian Church, a campus and neighbourhood congregation with its own fair-trade caf in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is a regular contributor to Christianity Today publications and the author of Making a Mess and Meeting God and The Vulnerable Pastor: How Human Limitations Empower Our Ministry. Mandy and her husband Jamie, a New Testament professor live with their family in a little house where the teapot is always warm. Mandys next book, Unfettered: Imagining a Childlike Faith beyond the Baggage of Western Culture will be released in 2021. * Adapted from an event originally hosted by Missio Alliance Hosted by Australian Baptist Women, open to women of all Christian faith traditions and denominations. Most suited to women in pastoral and ministry leadership (paid and lay leaders). Zoom ID: 933 9587 8074 Register via Trybooking for password: https://www.trybooking.com/BKONH TIME WA: 9am, Thursday 6th August SA & NT: 10:30am, Thursday 6th August NSW, QLD, ACT, VIC & TAS: 11am, Thursday 6th August In the USA, this event is in EST time zone: 9pm, Wednesday 5th August

13.01.2022 Thanks to Baptist Care NSW, Baptist Association of NSW & ACT and Carolyn Cousins for this helpful video.

12.01.2022 Leadership Conversations Online // 1 July Do you see yourself as a leader? Last year we had people of all different leadership backgrounds join us. From Pa...stors & Business Leaders to Administrative Assistants and Interns. Dont underestimate yourself or the people on your teams. If you lead in any capacity, there is something here for you. Register today! http://ow.ly/fpMZ30qMsLZ See more

11.01.2022 This is too, too good! Well done, Australia! (Can anyone see themself here?)

11.01.2022 Queensland Baptist Team Leader for Kids, Sally Contessi wrote this excellent piece about mentoring. Do you have a mentor? Do you mentor someone who, as Sally beautifully puts it, is running behind you?

10.01.2022 We Baptist World Aid (and we love our National rep, Kathy Sinclair...) Have a listen to what she has to say about child sponsorship through Baptist World Aid Australia.

09.01.2022 CONGRATULATIONS to Karen Wilson who last night was welcomed in as the new President of the Baptist World Alliance Womens Department. We celebrate with you and pray Gods special anointing on you for the task ahead. Love, The ABW Team

09.01.2022 Jodie McCarthy, poet and author from Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Perth WA, has created a beautiful podcast series for the Easter days to come. It begins today with Maundy Thursday and a new 10-minute episode is released daily. Todays listening was a very peaceful moment in an otherwise noisy day!

09.01.2022 Hey friends, this is a great event, and YOU are invited! Link in the comments.

07.01.2022 Heres a great opportunity for Baptist women in leadership brought to us by Baptist Churches NSW & ACT... Leadership Conversations Online Join with Steph OBrien, Lead Pastor at Mill City Church in Northeast Minneapolis to unpack the theme of Curiosity and speak into our formation as leaders. Steph will lead us in two sessions on The Power of Curiosity and Developing Cultures of Curiosity before joining us online for a LIVE Q&A Session. Our intention is that you leave c...hallenged, provoked and encouraged by others as you go about influencing those around you in all that God desires. ** Weekend Flash Sale // 12 DAYS UNTIL LEADERSHIP CONVERSATIONS!!! ** Ready to join us on July 1??? Use code: SOCLOSE https://nswactbaptists.brushfire.com/events/464619

07.01.2022 Australian Baptist women, you are invited to join with Baptist women across the Pacific region for the Baptist World Alliance Women's Department World Day of Prayer. Date: Monday 2nd November 2020 10am or 6pm Brisbane and PNG time... 11 am or 7pm Sydney time 8am or 4pm Perth time 9:30 or 5:30 Darwin/ Adelaide time 12pm or 8pm Fiji and New Zealand time Join us online as we pray for our world. Register at: https://form.jotform.co/202750987069870 Note, in taking part in this event on this day, you will be joined in prayer by thousands of Baptist women the world over. That's no small thing!

07.01.2022 In Lebanon, home to more than 1 million Syrian, Palestinian, and other refugees, adequate hygiene is hard to come by. According to the International Rescue Committee (IRC), 73% of refugees in Lebanon lack soap and other hygiene items. And cases of COVID-19 have recently come to the refugee camps in Lebanons Beqaa Valley. How do you prevent the spread of infection with such limited access to clean water and sanitation? Baptist World Aid Australia are working urgently with lo...cal Christian partners to help protect Syrian refugees in the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon. We invite you to stand together to support this work: 1. Be Informed. Read the posts youll find here and on the BWAA Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/BaptistWorldAidAustralia 2. Be Prayerful. Find out how specific ways you can pray by downloading the BWAA prayer calendar. https://baptistworldaid.org.au/resources/prayer-calendar/ 3. Be Generous. baptistworldaid.org.au/appeals/COVID-19-global-emergency/ Your gifts to the COVID-19 Global Emergency Appeal help provide important community health education and hygiene materials, so that vulnerable families can do everything possible to protect themselves from coronavirus. Your generosity is also helping to provide emergency food relief and food vouchers for families who have lost their income due to coronavirus. As this global emergency continues to unfold, please stand in solidarity with those who will be hit hardest, including our neighbours in refugee camps across the world. These are just some of the ways we can help.

06.01.2022 Bible Society Australias current reading plan, Women of the Bible You Need to Meet is written by Baptist leader Megan Powell du Toit. It is 14 days of strong women of the Bible and a great inspiration for your day. We are up to Day 5 but you can access the whole series on the link below. Love your work, Megan!

06.01.2022 Just 2 days to go! Register for free at: https://form.jotform.co/202750987069870

06.01.2022 'Seminary Now' offers a range of free short courses. The study 'Empowering Women in Leadership' by Tara Beth Leach and based on her book 'Emboldened' is an excellent resource for women and men who want to learn more about supporting women in pastoral leadership. I'm wondering if anyone would like to work through the course together? There are 12 sessions of 10 minutes with one longer session on mutual submission/ biblical equality in marriage. We may be able to start an onli...ne group to discuss the sessions and then perhaps have Zoom chat, pray at the end? Just gathering interest at this point... Check out the resource and let me know if you're keen. Yvette Cherry, Nat. Director, Australian Baptist Women https://seminarynow.com/programs/emboldened-promotion

05.01.2022 The Healthy Relationships Project is an initiative of Australian Baptist Ministries which brings you short and digestible resources that help families, couples and individuals to first manage and then flourish in their relationships. The material has been developed by a team of Baptist women from around Australia with expertise in social work, family health, domestic and family violence, child welfare, theology and pastoral care, communications and project management. Access... our resources at https://www.baptist.org.au/a/healthy-relationships-project/ Please feel free to download and share the videos as you wish and keep an eye out for the videos on the Australian Baptist Women Facebook page.

04.01.2022 Please pray for the 1 million+ Syrians and hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced in refugee camps in Lebanon right now. Please pray for their protection against COVID-19, for the health workers who are assisting them, and for a better future for these people. Your prayers matter. #counterCOVID

04.01.2022 Congratulations to Rev. Dr. Melinda Cousins who was voted unanimously as the Director of Ministries for Baptist Churches of South Australia. Melinda makes history today as the first women ever to be appointed to this role. Please join ABW in congratulating Melinda and praying for her as she commences this important role.

04.01.2022 Flipping your Lid for Parents: Carolyn Cousins Do you notice your kids acting out more than usual? Are they struggling to manage melt downs, anxiety and anger? Social work expert Carolyn Cousins shares a helpful tool called flipping your lid and how referring to emotions in this way can help your kids manage their emotions. #AustralianMinistries #HealthyRelationshipsProject

03.01.2022 Perhaps it is no wonder that the women were first at the Cradle and last at the Cross. They had never known a man like this Man - there never has been such ano...ther. A prophet and teacher who never nagged at them, never flattered or coaxed or patronised; who never made arch jokes about them, ... who rebuked without querulousness and praised without condescension; who took their questions and arguments seriously; who never mapped out their sphere for them, never urged them to be feminine or jeered at them for being female; who had no axe to grind and no uneasy male dignity to defend; who took them as he found them and was completely unself-conscious. There is no act, no sermon, no parable in the whole Gospel that borrows its pungency from female perversity; nobody could possibly guess from the words and deeds of Jesus that there was anything "funny" about womans nature. - Dorothy L. Sayers, Are Women Human?

02.01.2022 We love your work, Crossover Australia and Karl Faase. A beautiful story.

01.01.2022 Thanks so much to Ps Mandy Smith for leading us in a powerful session on 'Healing from Trauma for Christian Leaders'. It was a beautiful session and we've had a lot of positive feedback about it. Women in pastoral ministry and Christian leadership- I recommend you grab a cuppa and find a quiet spot. It takes an hour. Men in pastoral ministry- you are invited to join us for this recording. You will hear about some of the pain that your sisters in ministry experience. For the ...sake of their privacy, we didn't show the faces of the many women in this call, but I do wish you could see their smiles and their tears. It was beautiful to be together. I think the kind of men who want to know, "how do you experience Christian leadership?" are the kind who are helping make the future better. So you're very welcome. (And we love you.) Yvette Cherry National Director, Australian Baptist Women Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9rk8k9Ioks&feature=youtu.be p.s Because this post contains a youtube link, it won't be seen unless you like and share it lots. Please like and share, (even if privately in a DM, with your pastor friends and Christian leaders, especially the female ones).

01.01.2022 Thanks so much to Ps Mandy Smith for leading us in a powerful session on Healing from Trauma for Christian Leaders. It was a beautiful session and weve had a lot of positive feedback about it. Women in pastoral ministry and Christian leadership- I recommend you grab a cuppa and find a quiet spot. It takes an hour. Men in pastoral ministry- you are invited to join us for this recording. You will hear about some of the pain that your sisters in ministry experience. For the ...sake of their privacy, we didnt show the faces of the many women in this call, but I do wish you could see their smiles and their tears. It was beautiful to be together. I think the kind of men who want to know, "how do you experience Christian leadership?" are the kind who are helping make the future better. So youre very welcome. (And we love you.) Yvette Cherry National Director, Australian Baptist Women Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9rk8k9Ioks&feature=youtu.be p.s Because this post contains a youtube link, it wont be seen unless you like and share it lots. Please like and share, (even if privately in a DM, with your pastor friends and Christian leaders, especially the female ones).