Michael Henderson – Hobart Baptist Church

Praying the Lord’s Prayer

In this new sermon series on Genesis we revisit the first few chapters and discover a story big enough to recapture our imaginations, giving us hope.

reCreation: Past, Present and Future

In this new sermon series on Genesis we revisit the first few chapters and discover a story big enough to recapture our imaginations, giving us hope.

Sundays 4th to 25th June 2023 For us here in Hobart, celebrating in mid-winter feels somewhat strange and out of place. However, the Luminous Festival encourages us to do just that. During this series we will explore what the Luminous Festival is all about, and why HBC does it, now for the third year running. […]

Growing People: Learning to Live Like Jesus

HBC’s new sermon series for 2023 is Growing People: Learning to Live Like Jesus in Hobart.

Hope in the Darkness, 1 May -12 Jun ’22

“It’s a fact … Night and day, darkness and light, they’re all the same to God” – Psalm 139:12 TMB It’s a profound reality: wherever light shines shadows are created. In fact, we only fully appreciate light through its contrasting opposite, darkness. Pure light is blinding, and shadows help us see more clearly. This is […]

To See Like Jesus, 16 February-17 April 2022

Jesus’ vision for his church When Jesus taught about the kingdom of God, he invited us to into a new way of seeing. Our vision series this year focuses on the life of Jesus exploring how we might see and live like Jesus did. “My kingdom is not of this world,” Jesus said to Pilate. […]

Christmas In Summer 2021

Sermon Series: 12th December to 26th December, 2021 Christmas at HBC The weeks leading up to Christmas are known and observed by most Christians as advent. During advent, we join with our culture in eager expectation for Christmas Day. We look forward to exchanging presents, time with family, and the coming of Jesus, our Messiah […]

HBC Futures – into 2022

The future of HBC is COMING! Do you want to be part of it? On Thursday the 18th November, quite a few of us gathered in the Soundy Lounge for a meal and a chat. We remembered our important history, reviewed our logo, and confirmed our desire to move forward into the great unknown, especially […]

Conversations with Jesus

Sermon Series: 3rd October to 5th December, 2021 Jesus met thousands of people. He connected with some of them by a touch, a look or listening quietly. Of the hundreds of conversations over the three years of his ministry, we have about 40 recorded in the gospels. Some conversations are long, some little more than […]

The Genius of Genesis

The Great Invitation Sermon Series 22nd August to 26th September Unlocking the treasures of Genesis 1-3 and how they can change your life Although controversy and disagreement surround the book of Genesis it is, no doubt, a work of inspired brilliance and a profound literary masterpiece. In recent centuries, Christians have busied themselves arguing how […]