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The Story of Ruth

Sermon Series 11 July to 8th August 2021 Hobart Baptist Church envisions itself as prophetically serving the city, and Ruth offers us a thread to follow to enter that space. To be a prophetic servant in her time, Naomi came back in grief to her hometown and brought Ruth, a foreign woman, with her, who […]

Christmas in Winter 2021

20th June to 4th July, 2021 For us here in Hobart, celebrating Christmas mid-winter feels somewhat strange and out of place. Although it is principally a winter festival, the first Europeans to settle in the Southern hemisphere kept the date, rather than the season. We’ve become so used to outdoor Christmas barbeques, that singing carols […]

Luminous Festival

13 June , 2021 An Interview: Michael Henderson with Stephen Baxter For many years we have sensed God’s call to engage with our city. Back in 2015 we talked specifically about engaging in the area of the arts. A few years’ ago, God brought Michael to us. He came from Sydney to Hobart with a […]

Mourning with those who Mourn

Sermon Series – 2 May to 6 June , 2021 Practicing the Art of Lament Last year, during the COVID-19 lock-down, we began our 2020 series on Lament. It was profound timing. As the world reeled from the pandemic, we brought a prayer of lament for the world in all its brokenness, sinfulness, suffering and […]

Hope Rising – Easter 2021

Sermon series: 28 March to 25 April HBC on YouTube every Sunday, 10:15am >>> 9:30am GOOD FRIDAY Invitation, right 10am EASTER SUNDAY Easter is all about hope as God does the impossible and brings Jesus back to life. It validates all Jesus taught and died for, and models for us the way God is at […]

Sanctuary Sunday-Harmony Day, 2021

10am Sunday March 21 A special morning to celebrate our UNITY and DIVERSITY as Harmony Week concludes STEPHEN BAXTER preached: Being Big in Small Things. Listen to sermon HERE >>>Watch entire service HERE >>> HOBART BAPTIST CHURCH is a church full of life and diversity. Over the years, many believers from many backgrounds, young and […]

Sermon Series: 2021 & Beyond

Stepping Across the Threshold Visioning Sermon Series Feb 14-Mar 14 2021 marks a pivotal moment in the life of Hobart Baptist Church. Finally, the upgrade of the buildings will be completed and our plans to be a church “in the city for the city” in new and fresh ways are about to be realised. Hobart […]

Jesus said, “I Am . . . “

Summer Sermon Series January 3 – February 7, 2021 In the gospels both the authority and identity of Jesus are revealed in a series of statements that begin with “I am” (Greek: ego eimi). We see this clearly in the Sermon on the Mount where Jesus teaches “You have heard … but I say to […]

Christmas in Summer

HOPE: The Focus of our Christmas in Summer Why “Christmas in Summer”?In contrast to our Christmas in Winter >>> 2020 was a year that was difficult and challenging in many ways that no one anticipated. How does Christmas give us hope for the coming year and beyond? It is not found in our consumer and […]

CITIZEN H Sermon Series

October 4 – December 13, 2020 In this series we will look at the experience of the early church as Luke describes it in the first half of Acts. Here, we read the story of how we can take the message of Jesus across social, ethnic and religious boundaries in the face of stiff opposition. […]