Our Mission & Vision

Mission
Sharing our lives and creating pathways that inspire people to wholeheartedly follow Jesus

Vision
A growing community with Jesus at its centre, wholly dependent on God and overflowing with love

Our Values

People Near and Far
We value and pray for the people around us, as well as those far away, doing whatever we can to create pathways for them into the family of God in response to the gospel message of Jesus

Authentic Relationships
We value knowing and being known, accepting each other as we are and calling one another to live in the light of Christ

Transformative Teaching
We value Biblical teaching that through the power of the Holy Spirit transforms our lives and makes us more like Jesus

Hospitality
We value sharing our lives and opening up our homes in order to build relationships and make Jesus known

Wholehearted Worship
We value celebrating God passionately together, responding to him in love and gratitude, and prayerfully living in his presence each day

Acting Compassionately
We value bringing God’s kingdom of justice, mercy and peace to people in need through practical means, both locally and globally

Your Journey and its Possibilities
We value each person’s place in God’s story of redemption, and their active participation in the community of God’s people

Sacrificial Generosity
We value and seek to emulate the sacrificial generosity of Jesus Christ, who held nothing back from the Father and who laid down his life for us

Staff

Parky has an energetic and committed pastoral team:

Allan Thomas is our Senior Pastor and leads the team at Parky.  Allan is passionate about following Jesus and sharing the journey as a community.
Allan is in the office on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
allan@parkerville.net.au

Peter Birt is our Associate Pastor.  He’s passionate about knowing Jesus as deeply as he can, and helping others to do that too.
Peter is in the office on Mondays.
peterb@parkerville.net.au

Sue Ludemann is our Executive Pastor, and her passion is seeing Parky become a dynamic and loving community that shines the light of Jesus into the world.
Sue is in the office on Mondays and Thursdays.
sue@parkerville.net.au

Dan McGrechan is our Youth & Children’s Pastor, and his passion is to communicate the love of Jesus to young people and see them make commitments to follow Him for the rest of their lives.
Dan is in the office on Mondays and Wednesdays.
dan@parkerville.net.au

We also have a very capable support staff who help us with all the details that happen behind the scenes:

Jenelle Taylor is our Office Administrator.
Jenelle is in the office on Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday mornings.
jenelle.taylor@parkerville.net.au

Kris Gibson is our Worship Administrator.
Kris is in the office on Thursday mornings.
kristie.gibson@parkerville.net.au

Charis Waugh is our Youth & Children’s Administrator.
Charis is in the office on Wednesdays.
charis.waugh@parkerville.net.au

About Us

Parkerville Baptist Church is a community of people who seek God.

Statement of Faith

Statement of Principles and Faith

We accept and proclaim the historic truths of the Christian faith including the following;
God and the human race

• We hold that the Lord our God is one Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and that he fulfils his sovereign purposes in creation, revelation, redemption, judgement and the coming of his kingdom -by calling out from the world a people united to himself and to each other in love.
• We acknowledge that though God made us in his own likeness and image,conferring on us dignity and worth and enabling us to respond to himself, we now are members of a fallen race; we have sinned and come short of his glory.
• We believe that the Father has shown us his holy love in giving us Jesus Christ, his only Son, for us, while through our sinfulness and guilt, we were subject to his wrath and condemnation; and has shown his grace by putting sinners right with himself when they place their trust in his Son.
• We confess Jesus Christ as Lord and God; as truly human, born of the virgin Mary; as Servant, sinless, full of grace and truth; as only Mediator and Saviour, dying on the cross in our place, representing us to God, redeeming us from the grip, guilt and punishment of sin; as Victor over Satan,  rising from death with a glorious body, being taken up to be with his Father, one day returning personally in glory and judgement to establish his kingdom.
• We believe in the Holy Spirit who convicts the world in regard to sin, righteousness and judgement; who makes the death of Christ effective to sinners, declaring that they must turn to Christ in repentance and directing their trust towards the Lord Jesus Christ; who through the new birth makes us partake in the life of the risen Christ, and who is present within all believers, illuminating their minds to grasp the truth of scripture, producing in them His fruit, granting to them His gifts, and empowering them for service in the world.

The Scriptures

• We believe that the Old and New Testament Scriptures; are God-breathed, since their writers spoke from God as they were moved by the Holy Spirit; hence are fully trustworthy in all they affirm; and are our highest authority for faith and life.

The church and its mission

• We recognise the church; as the body of Christ who is its head, held together and growing up in him; both as a total fellowship throughout the world, and as the local congregation in which believers gather, governed under Him by the believers who are its members
• We practice the Baptism of believers by immersion on their profession of faith in Christ as symbol of their fellowship in his death, burial and resurrection and identification with his church. We celebrate Communion to remember the sacrifice of the body and blood of our Lord.
• We recognise the commission of Christ: to proclaim the Good News to all people. making them disciples, and teaching them to obey him; and
• We acknowledge the command of Christ, to love our neighbours, resulting in service to the church and society, in seeking reconciliation for all with God and their fellows, in proclaiming liberty from every kind of oppression; and in spreading Christ’s justice in an unjust world…until he comes again.

Baptists of WA

Parkerville Baptist Church is a member of the Baptist Union of WA, and you can find out more by visiting baptistchurch.net.au