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Yarralumla Uniting Church, Canberra. A guide for Baptist ministers transitioning to the UCA (Part 12 of 12) Rod Benson, 19 July 2026 For Baptist ministers discerning a call to ministry within the Uniting Church in Australia, practical questions soon follow theological reflection. Every minister's journey is unique, but many of the same questions arise as …
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Former NSW Baptist minister, the Rev. Adrian Buggs, second from left, on the day of his induction into the Uniting Church and now serves three congregations in the Blue Mountains. A guide for Baptist ministers transitioning to the UCA (Part 2 of 12) Rod Benson, 16 July 2026 At first glance, the recognisable traditions of …
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The sanctuary and pulpit, St Stephen's Uniting Church, Macquarie St, Sydney. A guide for Baptist ministers transitioning to the UCA (Part 1 of 12) Rod Benson, 16 July 2026 Over the past two years, I have been engaged in the difficult but inspiring task of transitioning from ministry in the Baptist Church to the Uniting …
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A sermon by Rod Benson Nineteen weeks ago, I stood here for the first time, almost freezing, with snow falling outside, not really knowing any of you, and preached from 1 Timothy 1:1-7 on the purpose of Christian preaching. I reminded you that: In 2 Timothy 3:16-17, Paul reminds the young leader Timothy of the …
A sermon by Rod BensonSunday 10 October 1999 The great nineteenth-century Christian leader, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, described by many as “the prince of preachers,” occupied the pulpit of London’s New Park Street Baptist Church and its successor, the renowned Metropolitan Tabernacle, from 1854 to 1892. When asked if he were a Doctor of Divinity, he …
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