About Us.
Who are we?
We are a Baptist Church in Corowa that exists to champion the good news of Jesus.
Youthful and passionate in spirit, we are a community made up of people from all ages and walks of life. We love Jesus and each other, and we would love to get to know YOU.
To know Jesus
and Make Jesus Known.
Corowa Baptist is passionate to see the Gospel change lives amongst our church, our community and the rest of the world. Its from this passion that our vision and values are formed.
Our driving Mission is TO KNOW JESUS AND MAKE JESUS KNOWN.
In short, we are a church that is passionate about the Good News of Jesus. We believe that Jesus is the answer to humanity's biggest problem: separation from God. By dying in our place, Jesus made us right with God. But Jesus didn't stay dead: He rose again! We are a community of people that lives with the hope that this message brings.
We believe that the Bible is God's Word, given to us -- His people, the Church. And so on Sundays, we get together to celebrate this good news and dig into His Word. We are a Baptist Church and a part of the NSW & ACT Baptist Association, and so we fully believe in the Baptist Statement of Beliefs (below)We are a Baptist Church affiliated with the NSW & ACT Baptist Association. Our beliefs are in line with those held by the Association.
Our story.
Humble beginnings
From a church plant in the late 1980s, God has grown our family in size, love and knowledge of Jesus. Corowa Baptist Church began as ‘Corowa Baptist Fellowship’ conducting its first meeting at the Corowa CWA Hall on Sunday evening, 5th April, 1987. Goombargana Baptist church initiated the establishment of the fellowship.
In October 1994 land was purchased at 77 Tower Street for the building of a manse and church facilities. On the 26th August 1995 Corowa Baptist Fellowship was officially designated Corowa Baptist Church by the Baptist Union of NSW & Act. The church manse was opened on the 21st October 1995 and the church building less than three years later on 2nd May 1998. Both buildings were erected with the assistance of Mobile Mission Maintenance.
During these years our church has welcomed many people, both old and young, families and singles. With both a senior pastor Mark Francis and youth pastor Travis Barnes in the later years, we have grown by God’s grace to be a church that seeks to serve our community and to make the gospel known to our church family and beyond.
After farewelling our loved Pastor, Mark Francis, we begun a process of finding another pastor to lead our church. We welcomed Pastor David Biddle with Bec and their children in 2015.
In 2016, Nick and Jane Taylor lead a transition of a community group under their leadership into a church plant in Rutherglen and appointed as Pastor of Vine Church.
We welcomed a second pastor to help in the next stage of our church life. Noah Little began as Associate Pastor for Youth in 2017.
In 2020, the Biddle family feel a call to ministry in Cairns and transition into this new season of ministry. Noah Little steps into interim Lead Pastor role. He is passionate about the gospel, young people, and church revitalisation. Noah was called to mission in India in mid-2022. We have been blessed by a couple of short term interim pastors since then.
As a church, we are in the process of discerning what God has next for us as we look for our next Lead Pastor.
Leadership Team.
Our church’s governance structure involves a Leadership team, who help to chart the course of the Church in areas of direction and vision.
The current leadership team is Nick Taylor, Kaz Williams (Secretary), Todd Letchford, Rowena Black (Treasurer), Darren Shipard, Janice Hookway and Anthony Black.
Visit Us
77 Tower St Corowa
Sundays
10am–11:30am
Giving Details
BSB: 640 000 Acc No: 111100223
We also have EFTPOS giving on a Sunday, and a box at the back for cash offerings. Thankyou for your generosity!
