Crossway Baptist Church
| Crossway Baptist Church | |
|---|---|
 Worship service in 2008 | |
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| 37°51′33″S 145°10′02″E / 37.859083°S 145.1672922°E | |
| Location | Burwood East, Victoria, Australia |
| Country | Australia |
| Denomination | Australian Baptist Ministries |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Founded | 1954 |
| Founder(s) | Reverend J.H Newnham |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Contemporary/Modern |
Crossway Baptist Church is a Baptist Evangelical multi-site megachurch, affiliated with Australian Baptist Ministries, headquartered in Burwood East, one of Melbourne’s eastern suburbs.
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.[citation needed]
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 have also 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 2022, Crossway has three campuses: Burwood East, South East, and Brighton.[citation needed]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Barney Zwartz, (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.
- ^ Gary Tippet, (4 April 2010), Peace be with you, from the lion and the lamb, The Age
- ^ Barney Zwartz, (4 February 2008), Message comes full circle for atheist turned pastor, The Age