About. — Australind Baptist Church

About Australind Baptist Church

At the core of the biggest questions in life is human meaning, with our hearts and minds longing for a true understanding of purpose. We can seek to create and live out our own meaning for life, but only God’s purpose will satisfy the deep longing of our hearts.

All of humanity is broken, and Jesus comes to heal the lost and broken-hearted (Ezekiel 34:16). Our calling is proclaiming the Lord’s word as a double-edged sword, a word that comforts the challenged, and challenges the comfortable. As a community of disciples, we seek to be honest about our own brokenness and healing as we grow in relationship with Jesus and those around us.

Meet our Pastor

Timothy Van Aarde

Originally from South Africa, myself and my family felt called to move to Western Australia in 2018 after spending many years serving and sharing the Gospel in Africa.

Having been a Pastor at Collie Baptist for several years, in 2022, we felt God was calling us into a new church for a new season. We had approached a church in Perth that shared our same values of scriptural truth; and prayed that if it was not God’s will, He would open another door. In the week before we were to give our final response, Pastor Richard Foster (former Pastor of Australind Baptist Church) reached out with his intention to retire. We asked the Lord if this was what He intended, and felt His peace, and His confidence, to shepherd the community of Australind Baptist.

Alongside my wife Jeanette and our three beautiful children; Isabel, Michael and Elizabeth, we feel called to love and serve the Lord at ABC.

At ABC, we feel called to be missional in our faith, going out into the nations, sharing and proclaiming the love of Christ to all who are weary and burdened, and seeking the hope and peace that only Jesus brings.

“Our mission is to be a community of disciples who make disciples (Matthew 28:19). We seek to serve as a missional church, intentional in reaching out with the hope and truth of the gospel to the community God has placed us in.”