About Us
​Welcome to Mayfield Baptist.
We are a Community Church with a wide range of ministries and activities meeting the needs of differing age groups, both in our church and the local community. People of all ages, backgrounds and interests call Mayfield Baptist home. This diversity is rare nowadays and adds real strength and richness to our church community.
We are committed to communicating the truth and relevance of the Christian message to today's world and to helping people recognise and release the gifts God has placed within them. We are passionate supporters of mission work at home and overseas. 

Our Vision

“Vision” is defined as a “picture of the future that creates passion in the present” With this in mind, Mayfield Baptist Church acknowledges it’s God-led purpose:
“Seeking to awaken hearts, renew minds, and strengthen faith in Christ” ​
We have been encouraged to understand this purpose through Scripture, which reminds us of the following:
27 Living within you is the Christ who floods you with the expectation of glory! This mystery of Christ, embedded within us, becomes a heavenly treasure chest of hope filled with the riches of glory for his people, and God wants everyone to know it! 28–29 Christ is our message! We preach to awaken hearts and bring every person into the full understanding of truth. It has become my inspiration and passion in ministry to labor with a tireless intensity, with his power flowing through me, to present to every believer the revelation of being his perfect one in Jesus Christ. (Colossians 1:27-29 ‘The Passion Translation’)

For us, Colossians 1:27-29 means making followers of Jesus Christ as we share His good news with the world so that others may come into a saving relationship with Him. It is about a growing excitement that creates a passion in how we live our life, faithfully worshipping and serving our Lord Jesus Christ.

Our Mission

While we recognise that our Vision is the big-picture that drives us forward, the outworking of this is done in the day-to-day. Life is charged with opportunity, challenge and responsibility, and we do need some stepping stones in order to fulfil our God given purpose. We want to stay the course and bring vision to reality. We therefore believe that the following framework will strengthen, support and directs us, in both life and ministry, in ensuring that we will be all that God asks us to be.
We believe we exist to…
CONNECT grow SERVE
Meet Our Team
​Leadership at Mayfield Baptist is a team effort.
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Our History
​Beginning in 1925, Mayfield Baptist Church has been part of the fabric of our local community for almost 100 years.

Baptism

Why should we be baptised?
  • The example of Jesus (Matthew 3:13-17).
  • The command of Jesus (Matthew 28:19).
  • The command of the apostles (Acts 2:38).
  • The example of the early church (Acts 2:41, Acts 8:36-39, Acts 9:18, Acts 10:47 etc).

What does baptism mean?
The word 'baptise' means to immerse, to dip, to plunge. When something is baptised it is pushed under the water before emerging again.

For the Jews, baptism was a ritual washing. As the followers of Jesus embraced baptism, they endowed it with new meaning, and it became appreciated as a symbolic act – an outward expression of the inner change- of a life that had been lived apart from God, being made new. (Acts 22:16) 

Baptism became a symbol of union with Christ in his death, burial and resurrection which is integral to Paul's argument in Romans 6. 

Being immersed symbolizes the surrender of one’s old way of life and living. Put to death in Jesus’ death, our sins are forgiven. Emerging from the water symbolizes the entrance into new life, won through Jesus’ resurrection from the grave. As he rose, so too are we raised to a new way of life in union with him. This embodies the Gospel message.

Who should be baptised?
The New Testament calls for people to believe in Jesus, first, and then be baptized. (Matthew 28:19, Acts 2:32) As such, we believe that anyone who can profess faith in Jesus for themselves should be baptised.

What does baptism do?
It is important to realise that there is nothing magical about baptism. It is a rich symbol, of the inner change that has already taken place the moment someone confesses Jesus as Lord and Saviour (Rom 10:9) 

In Baptism, we declare to God, the church, our family and friends, that we belong to Jesus; that we have decided to follow him; putting our old life behind us, as we move forwards in a new life in his power.

If You are interested in Baptism, please contact one of our leadership team

The Baptist Movement in Australia

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