"I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO VISIT AUSTRALIA..."
If you've thought this, you're not alone-Australia consistently ranks as a must-see tourist destination. The unique wildlife, beautiful scenery, and open culture are attractive qualities of this isolated continent. With plentiful natural resources, the country's economy has grown to become twelfth largest in the world.

England sent her overflow of convicts to Australia from the late 1700s until the mid-1800s. Despite its rough beginnings, Australia has a favorable Christian heritage. Even today, seven out of ten Australians claim affiliation with a church. But while Australia has enjoyed security and material success, churches struggle with materialism and increasing secularization. Many churches have ceased to be faithful to the Gospel, resulting in spiritual ignorance in today's generation.

BMW IN AUSTRALIA
Most of the twenty million Australians live in the coastal regions. With four million residents, Sydney is Australia's largest city and gateway to the nation. Sydney features many churches that teach the Gospel, yet population growth and societal changes are outstripping churches' ability to reach the city effectively.

The BMW team presently serves in Sydney.
Our objectives are:

1. Theological training of Australians for church leadership

The team helps to train ministry leaders and workers through the Sydney Institute for Biblical Studies (SIBS), established in 2001. The SIBS training ministry is currently shared by missionaries in partnership with Australian pastors.

2. Assisting Bible-believing churches to become autonomous

Many independent churches are small and often rely on outside support. We help Bible-believing churches to become self-supporting and self-governing, with the goal of reproducing churches. Our support may include interim leadership, pulpit supply, skill training, and other support ministries.

3. Establishing new Bible-believing churches

Working in partnership with Australians, the BMW team is committed to planting churches. Presently we plan to establish another new church in Sydney in 2007.

View BMW's Long Term Strategy for Australia in Word or PDF formats.

MISSIONARIES

Tim & Cathy Knisely helped to plant Glorious Hope Baptist Church, Wentworthville in 2003. They currently assist Faith Baptist Church, Dundas. Tim teaches in SIBS and assists with administration.

Ben & Di Kwok currently assist Fellowship Baptist Church, Blacktown, from which they are preparing to plant a branch church. Ben also teaches in SIBS.

John & Annette Wickline: John pastors Faith Baptist Church toward the goal of becoming self-supporting. He teaches in SIBS and manages its academic program.

PERSONNEL NEEDS
Primarily, we need missionaries who are able to disciple others in the Word and train them to develop their ministry abilities. If you are willing to function as a trainer working behind-the-scenes, then you can contribute to our objectives here, whatever your giftedness. For example, evangelism, counseling, music and children's ministries are areas where you could model and equip others. The team will assess you to help determine your role and "fit."

If you have a master's degree in biblical or theological studies, SIBS is interested in your ability to train students for ministry.

For more information on serving with BMW in Australia, please contact John Wickline or Bill Lake, Area Director for Asia and the Pacific.

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