Review of Tasmanian Baptists
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The Superintendent of Tasmanian Baptists, Garry Billing, will retire at the end of 2009.
- Garry has been a Godly and wise leader who has made a significant contribution to the spiritual growth of the denomination. He will leave a gap in leadership that needs to be filled.
- Council asked the newly appointed chairperson of Tasmanian Baptists, Ivan James, to conduct a review of the denomination to help us prepare for the future.
- Ivan made this presentation at the mid-year assembly on 4 July, 2009.
- Assembly decided to encourage all churches to study this material and consider the five questions raised in this presentation.
- The next assembly in Hobart at the end of October should make a decision about the future structure and leadership of the denomination, after taking into account input from all churches.
Mr. Ivan James has issued an open letter to the pastors and congregations of all Tasmanian Baptist churches not only to inform them of the issues confronting our churches over the next decade but to call them to special prayer for the challenges ahead.
To download this letter please click on the following link.
Open Letter to Pastors and Congregations
To help meet Ivan's challenge to Tasmanian Baptists to repent and pray, three Bible Studies in corporate repentance have been prepared by Rev. Jeff McKinnon entitled "time to turn". These studies, designed for use in small group settings, have been distributed to the churches but may also be downloaded here.
To download these studies please click on the following link.
"time to turn" - three studies in corporate repentance
To view the complete presentation made to mid-year assembly by Mr. Ivan James on July 4, 2009 please click here to download.