Baptism and Confirmation

Baptism at St Paul's

Baptism is an outward physical sign (washing with water) of an inward spiritual grace (washing of our sins under the new covenant of Jesus blood).

In our Baptism services, we use ordinary water to point to the extraordinary work of God in cleansing us from sin and giving us a new heart to trust and serve him, through the death and resurrection of his Son.
Baptism provides a public opportunity to turn to Christ and express a personal trust in him and what he has done for us, and to ask for the renewing work of the Holy Spirit.

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What should we expect at a Baptism service?

At St Paul’s, we baptise both children and adults.

Baptism is one of two sacraments we celebrate as an Anglican church (the other is Communion).

During our Baptism service, those being baptised (or the parents of children being baptised) will declare their trust in Christ, repent of their sins, and affirm their faith and willingness to obey God’s commands. 

Baptism is a beautiful celebration, and one of our favourite things to celebrate as a church family!

You might like to read the Baptism service outlines below to get an idea of the promises and declarations made.

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Confirmation at St Paul's

Our Confirmation service is opportunity to reaffirm the promises made at infant Baptism.

At St Paul's, our Confirmation service is held once each year, and is performed by our Bishop. This is a significant and powerful service, recognising the wonderful work of the Holy Spirit in the lives of our young people, who wish to declare their faith in Christ.

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Margaret

LAKEMBA

Since 2008, under the auspices of the Anglican Church and Evangelism & New Churches, Margaret been serving women and their families in South West Sydney by introducing them to the Lord Jesus Christ.

She does this by establishing a network of communities to which women from all faiths can belong, observe and experience Christian community, where they and their families can be introduced to the person of Jesus, and be discipled to be disciplers.

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James and Charly

BATHURST

James, Charly, Elijah, Joshua & Hannah Boardman moved from Sydney to Bathurst in January 2023. James completed a Bachelor of Divinity at Moore College in 2022 and serves with BCA as a ministry trainee at the Cathedral Parish in the Diocese of Bathurst. James & Charly are excited to see the ways God grows them in maturity and what opportunities He will grant them to testify to His glory.

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Chris and Erin

SOUTH EAST ASIA

We share a deep affection for South East Asian people and long to see them fall in love with Jesus as we have. We’ve served as student ministers in churches in Sydney, where God grew our language and cultural understanding. In 2020 we visited South East Asia and met with Christian leaders and evangelists, as well as some of the beautiful children in Christian orphanages. God used this trip to convict us to serve the South East Asian people through cross-cultural mission there.

Many South East Asian Hindus are gripped by great spiritual fear and darkness. We hope to reach these people in evangelism, and train pastors and Christian leaders to do the same. Our aim is to encourage local believers to grow in their love for Jesus and their confidence to live out and share his gospel, to see a South East Asia that knows Jesus

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John and Fiona

SOUTH ASIA

John, Fiona and their children are enjoying life in this chaotic, fun part of Asia. As Director, John oversees many projects working with vulnerable people. Together they care and set vision for a team of local and foreign SIM workers serving in the community. This is a complex role and requires leadership of 40+ SIM members and associates of the team and oversight of the 80+ national staff. The team has a clear vision of establishing healthy churches among the majority people and are accomplishing this through a variety of means. Both Fiona and John are also involved in teaching and discipleship of church leaders.

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Tim and Lauren

GLASGOW

Glasgow is not the gospel city she used to be. Her streets used to rally around the motto “Lord let Glasgow flourish through the preaching of thy word and praising thy name.” Today, the motto is “People Make Glasgow” but the people who make the city are as devoid of Christ as their motto. Evangelical Christians now make up about 2% of the greater Glasgow area, with the East End an even more dire 0.3%. It is home to 276,000 people who desperately need Bible-teaching churches planted that will hold out the gospel of the Lord Jesus in a contextually appropriate way.

We are partnering with St Silas Episcopal Church to lead Glasgow’s first evangelical Anglican church plant for 150 years. The gospel generosity of St Silas and other evangelical churches from many denominations in Glasgow has been a huge encouragement to us, and we value your prayerful support for us on this venture.

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