Our May Mission Month 2026 Target is $200,00
At GBC, we believe the mission of God is to restore and renew all things in Jesus Christ. Through May Mission Month (MMM), the GBC community has raised over $4.1M since 2002 for a diverse range of projects & organisations. Our heart is to live into our values of being On-Purpose, Others-Focused, and Big-Hearted & to join where God’s already at work
Ways to Give:
1. Direct Deposit using the EFT form below. This option is fee-free.
2. Click the button links below to give now. You can choose to cover the fees if desired.
Using Give Buttons: click a button or enter a custom amount, then click 'donate now'.
**Important! Please select which project you want to support, using the drop down menu labelled "To:" **
All receipting for tax-deductible donations will be sent electronically via email to your nominated email address by mid-July 2025 direct from specific partnering organisation. You may need to check your ‘Junk Mail’ or ‘Spam Folder’.
We thank you for Partnering with us to see lives changed by Jesus!
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For electronic transfer, cheques or cash donations please fill in the form linked below and return this form.
Please RETURN YOUR COMPLETED FORM via email to: beryl.davenport@gymeabaptist.org.au Or via post to Gymea Baptist Church: 2-10 Tea Gardens Avenue, Kirrawee, NSW, 2232.
If you have any questions or need assistance: Call our GBC Office (02) 9521 4611 or email: beryl.davenport@gymeabaptist.org.au
The HOPE Project aims to support Syrian, Lebanese and stateless Lebanese families, with a primary focus on improving the educational outcomes of children and youth. It funds various initiatives, including a primary student component at an Education Centre, vocational training, a sewing atelier, and social support programs for parents and families. By contributing to this project, donors directly enhance the education of refugee and minority children, providing essential services such as counselling, speech therapy, and psychological support. Additionally, the project offers recreational activities that supplement children’s time in classrooms, promoting both physical and mental well-being.
The HOPE project also aims to extend its support to the wider family network, offering legal assistance to help families obtain birth certificates and other identification documents, which are crucial for accessing shelter and other services. Legal aid is provided to refugees and families navigating complex legal challenges. In terms of economic development, the project has produced
over 1,800 pillows and 2,100 blankets, which not only generated income but also supplied essential items to families in need. Furthermore, the project safeguards important identification documents for families living in emergency situations, ensuring that they have secure access to critical information. Through this comprehensive approach, the project significantly improves the lives of marginalised communities.
As a result of the escalation in conflict, evacuation orders forced the centre to close, and many families have been displaced from their homes, this closure impacting more than 300 children. Despite these challenges, our partner has continued to serve families with creativity and resilience. Learning has resumed through WhatsApp classes, with families receiving internet kits and support packages to help their children stay connected. The situation remains unpredictable, and Baptist World Aid Australia is supporting local partners as they pivot and respond to immediate and emerging needs.
Mother's Heart is a dedicated local organisation in Cambodia, uniquely positioned as the first and only organisation offering a vital lifeline to women and girls facing crisis pregnancies. Operating from program offices in Phnom Penh and Battambang province, Mothers Heart provides compassionate care, essential medical help, and a range of support services through Crisis Pregnancy Counselling and Pregnancy Support Programs. Mothers Heart aims is to empower these courageous women and girls, equipping them to navigate their challenges and build a more hopeful future for themselves and their children.
In 2025, 154 women and girls have been supported and 151 children cared for. 100% of new intakes in 2025 chose to parent their babies, and through partnerships with local authorities, Christian and non-Christian NGOs, Mothers Heart ensured children were nurtured within their own homes, celebrating a 98% family reconciliation rate in 2025.
Continuing support for Mothers Heart will assist to sustain and extend the reach of programs, strengthen capacity to support crisis response, expand the economic empowerment component and further develop and implement a community hub model of support and care.
Since 2020, Tearfund has partnered with Nungalinya College to develop a course for First Nations Christian leaders from remote communities in the Northern Territory. This course, called Faith and Family Wellbeing, was a response to experiences of students living in their communities and the challenges they face living as Christians and leaders, and was designed in consultation with community leaders.
Participants in the course come in groups from a number of remote communities across the Northern Territory. Currently, Nungalinya College is working with 18 church and community leaders from three remote communities to give them tools to help their communities engage in violence prevention, improve communication, and to support each other through trauma, grief and loss. The participants are learning to integrate traditional and cultural patterns as well as Scriptural paths to healing.
Many of the participants are couples who already have leadership roles in their community and this training will help them deepen their ministry. Having multiple people from each community is a strategic decision that means the church and community leaders can have support and work together to strengthen families and households.
The Faith and Family Wellbeing course equips participants to respond to issues of domestic and family violence and trauma through a lens of Wellbeing. This is part of Nungalinya’s ‘Standing Strong’ suite of courses – staying strong in our faith, strong in our family and strong in our wellbeing.
The course is based on core Christian truths of: being made in God’s image, living with hope in a fallen world, and being called to care for others in love. It offers practical application to real-life experiences and encourages culturally appropriate faith and behaviour responses for Christian living in their context.
A new initiative to support the growth and development of people exploring mission while continuing to bless our frontline missionaries.
Our priority for mission at GBC is to see people take up the invitation to participate with God’s mission locally and globally. GBC has a long and strong history of sending people into mission focussed work and has been an identifying part of the culture of the church community. To continue this culture and strengthen momentum, we seek to support the development of people considering seeking missional ventures. The Frontline Mission Support and Development fund will aim to strengthen the development of people exploring mission - with relevant preparation to support successful long term health and success such as supervision, financial planning, discernment and other relevant financial support.
From AGM 2025, our GBC frontline Missionaries financial support is now drawn wholly from the GBC church budget. This ensures that the GBC community maintains consistency in its’ support for our frontline missionaries. This support and development fund will also allow the GBC missions team to allocate additional resources to our current GBC frontline missionaries appropriately for their continuing support and development.
The GBC Missions team will engage with people interested in mission vocation to assess and allocate relevant short term financial support to assist in seeding and strengthening new these ventures.
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Gymea Baptist Church