Crossway Baptist Church
Church in Victoria, Australia
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Crossway Baptist Church is a Baptist evangelical multi-site megachurch based in Burwood East, in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The church is affiliated with the Australian Baptist Ministries. The organisation's 2024 Annual Report reported a combined average weekly attendance of 22,647.[1]
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 Crossway Baptist worship service in 2008 | |
 Crossway Baptist Church | |
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| Address | 2 Vision Drive, Burwood East, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Country | Australia |
| Denomination | Baptist |
| Associations | Australian Baptist Ministries |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical |
| Campuses | 4 |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Former name | Blackburn Baptist Church (1954 – 1996) |
| Status | Church |
| Founded | 1954 |
| Founder | Rev. J. H. Newnham |
| Architecture | |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Postmodern architecture |
| Clergy | |
| Pastor | Dale Stephenson - Senior Pastor |
History
The church was founded by the Reverend J. H. Newnham in 1954 as Blackburn Baptist Church.[2][3] The congregation originally met in a small hall as a Sunday school class on the corner of Holland and Canterbury Roads in Blackburn South.[2]
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.[4][self-published source?]
Locations
Crossway has planted churches in Craigieburn, Cranbourne, Moreland and Stonnington as well as a number of other smaller experimental church plants.[5][6]
They 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 2023[update], Crossway had six campuses: Burwood East, South East (located at Nossal High School), Brighton, Maroondah (located at Ringwood Secondary College), Oak City, and Boroondara.[7]
