South Yarra, VIC - Baptist Community Church
Denomination: Baptist
Address: 12 Surrey Road, South Yarra, Victoria, 3141
Architect: Unknown
Traditional Owners: Wurundjeri people
Last Updated: 21/07/2022
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History and Architecture:
The Church is the fourth oldest continuing Baptist church in Victoria, following Collins St Melbourne, Aberdeen St Geelong, and Brighton.
The church has had three previous locations. The first was a weatherboard building 8m x 13m, paid for by Mr Robert Kerr (a deacon of Collins St Baptist), on a narrow block in Brewer (now Charles) Street donated by Mr Joseph Pound. The church was constituted on 18 June 1854 with eight members, calling itself the First Baptist Church, Prahran.
In the 1960’s, the church moved to 12 Surrey Rd.
A full history can be seen on the Church website here.
Clergy:
This list may not contain every serving cleric, past or present, for this church.
Further submissions welcomed.
| Years | Name | Annotation | D.o.B | D.o.D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1859 - | Pastor Jas Drewe | |||
| 1860 - 1868 | Pastor D. Rees | |||
| 1868 - 1869 | Pastor W. A. Claxton | |||
| 1869 - | Pastor W. J. Cother | |||
| 1869 - 1873 | Pastor T. C. Davis | 1875 | ||
| 1874 - 1875 | Pastor G. Brockway | |||
| 1875 - 1881 | Pastor J. Wolfenden | |||
| 1882 - 1885 | Pastor F. Page | |||
| 1886 - 1891 | Pastor R. Williamson | |||
| 1892 - 1894 | Pastor F. J. Malyon | |||
| 1896 - 1901 | Pastor J. H. Pryce | |||
| 1902 - 1905 | Pastor P. W. Cairns | 1852 | 1929 | |
| 1907 - 1911 | Pastor W. J. Eddy | |||
| 1912 - 1914 | Pastor L. E. Tranter | |||
| 1915 - 1917 | Pastor E. A. Kirkwood | |||
| 1918 - | Pastor H. G. Scholefield | |||
| 1919 - 1921 | Pastor L. E. Tranter | |||
| 1921 - 1925 | Pastor Harold G. Hackworthy | 1953 | ||
| 1925 - 1932 | Pastor R. W. Dobbinson | 1956 | ||
| 1932 - 1943 | Pastor H. McDonald | |||
| 1944 - 1946 | Pastor McIntosh Brown | |||
| 1946 - 1954 | Pastor Sam Watson | |||
| 1955 - 1958 | Pastor Gordon Merry | |||
| 1958 - 1962 | Pastor L. J. Austin | |||
| 1962 - 1973 | Pastor Ray L. Sprigg | 2014 | ||
| 1974 - | Pastor Bruce Rumbold | |||
| 1974 - 1978 | Pastor R. Kingsley Smith | |||
| 1978 - 1990 | Pastor Stewart Culbard | |||
| 1992 - | Rev Mike Enright | |||
| 1994 - | Pastor Nathan Nettleton | |||
| 1995 - 1998 | Pastor Ron Ham | |||
| 2002 - 2007 | Pastor Garry Deverell | |||
| 2002 - 2008 | Pastor Jill Friebel | |||
| 2014 - | Pastor Alison Sampson |
Organ:
No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.
Source:
1. Church website.