God’s Greater Purpose
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COME WORSHIP WITH US
Welcome to Friendship Baptist Church
Greetings to you in the name of our Lord Jesus! Our small multicultural group of saints would love to meet you — come join us for worship this Sunday morning.
Sundays · 10:30 am
Ashwood Hall · 21A Electra Ave
Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
John 4:35
OUR CHURCH
Get to know us
About Us
Located in Ashwood, Victoria — a warm, welcoming congregation with an emphasis on both the local church and world missions.
Read more →What We Believe
We believe the scriptures of the Old and New Covenant as originally written were both verbally and plenarily inspired.
Read more →Our Missionaries
Dedicated to the proclamation of the gospel to all people, from Ashwood to the ends of the earth.
Read more →About Pastor Kyle
“After going to church weekly from the age of two, I gave my heart to the Lord Jesus at age 15…”
Read more →“Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.”
JOHN 4:35
PLAN YOUR VISIT
Come worship with us this Sunday
Sunday · 10:30 am
Morning worship service — all are welcome
WHERE TO FIND US
Ashwood Hall
21A Electra Ave
Ashwood VIC 3147
21A Electra Ave
Ashwood VIC 3147
OUR CHURCH
About Us
Friendship Baptist Church is located in Ashwood, Victoria. Now more than twelve years since its inception, FBC places emphasis on both the local community and on missions — home and abroad.
A warm and welcoming congregation
Our congregation is a small multicultural group of saints who enjoy good fellowship together and the opportunity to worship our Lord each week. We use the King James Version of the Bible and love singing the old hymns.
Whether you have walked with the Lord for decades or are simply curious, you will find a friendly welcome at Friendship.
Plan your visitThe old Book, the old hymns
We preach from the King James Version and sing the grand old hymns of the faith — unhurried, reverent worship.
Genuine fellowship
A small multicultural family of saints who share life, meals, and encouragement together week by week.
Local church, world missions
From gospel tracts in Ashwood letterboxes to missionaries across the globe — the harvest is the heart of FBC.
MEET OUR PASTOR
Pastor Kyle
“After going to church weekly from the age of two, I gave my heart to the Lord Jesus at age 15…” — read his testimony and heart for the church.
OUR DOCTRINE
What We Believe
A summary of the doctrines held and taught at Friendship Baptist Church drawn from the Scriptures.
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The Scriptures
We believe the scriptures of the Old and New Covenant as originally written were both verbally and plenarily inspired — the complete and infallible Word of God, our final authority for faith and practice.
2 TIM. 3:16–17 · 2 PET. 1:20–21
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The Godhead
We believe in one true and living God, eternally existing in three persons — the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit — equal in every divine perfection and worthy of the same worship and obedience.
DEUT. 6:4 · MT. 28:19 · 2 COR. 13:14
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The Lord Jesus Christ
We believe in the eternal Son of God — conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary — His sinless life, substitutionary death, bodily resurrection, ascension, and His personal return.
JN. 1:1–14 · 1 COR. 15:3–4 · AC. 1:11
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The Holy Spirit
He convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. Among believers He is the agent of the new birth — He baptizes, indwells, seals, infills, guides, and teaches the way of righteousness.
JN. 14:16–17 · 16:8 · EPH. 1:13–14
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Man
We believe man was created by a direct act of God, not from previously existing forms of life. By voluntary transgression he fell from innocence, so that all men are now sinners by nature and by conduct, under just condemnation.
GEN. 1:26–27 · ROM. 3:10–23 · 5:12
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Salvation
Salvation is divinely initiated and wholly of grace through the mediatorial work of the Son of God — apart from works, upon the sole condition of repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. This salvation is eternal.
EPH. 2:8–10 · AC. 3:19 · 16:31 · JN. 3:3–5
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The Church
Inaugurated at Pentecost, the church is both Universal — all who are born again and baptized by the Spirit into the body of Christ — and Local: a fellowship of baptized believers gathered for worship, the ordinances, and the spread of the gospel.
MT. 16:18 · 1 COR. 12:13 · 1 PET. 1:3, 22–25
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The Ordinances
Baptism is the single immersion of a believer in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit — a solemn and beautiful emblem of identification with the crucified, buried, and risen Saviour. The Lord’s supper commemorates His death till He come, preceded by solemn self-examination.
MT. 28:19–20 · ROM. 6:3–5 · 1 COR. 11:23–30
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The Christian Walk
Every believer, by the aid of the Holy Spirit, should walk in Christian love and holiness, exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit — evidenced by sincere humility and genuine zeal for the advancement of the cause of Christ.
GAL. 5:22–23
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Separation
The believer should separate from worldliness, sin, and ecclesiastical apostasy unto God — practiced with devotion, humility, and compassion, yet with conviction, for the salvation of the lost through the gospel of Christ.
2 COR. 6:14–18 · 2 JN. 9–11 · GAL. 1:8–9
A condensed summary — the full doctrinal statement is gladly available. Ask us about it →
TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
Our Missionaries
Friendship Baptist Church is dedicated to the proclamation of the gospel to all people, for we know it is God “Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.” In addition to proclaiming the gospel here at FBC and circulating it through tract distribution, we support mission works in other parts of the world.
INDIA
A church in the metropolis
We support an Indian family who has a well-established Baptist Church in a major city in the south. They have been labouring there faithfully for many years.
MAURITIUS
Bringing the Good News
We support an Australian family who minister there in a local church.
PAKISTAN
An indigenous church
We support an indigenous church in a major city of this country which has a heart for the lost and for the poor.
PHILIPPINES
Soul winning
We support a missionary family who has begun a new church on the island of Mindanao.
WEST AFRICA
Preaching with great zeal
We support a national preacher and his family who have established a new church in Anomabo.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Reaching the remote
We support an Australian family who has ministered in a remote village for decades.
VANUATU
Among the islands
We support an Australian missionary who has faithfully ministered the gospel for many years.
DEAF MINISTRY
To the hearing impaired
We support an Australian missionary that works with Go Deaf Missions.
TO THE PERSECUTED CHURCH
Voice of the Martyrs
We support this global ministry which gives aid and support to the persecuted church worldwide.
HEBREWS 13:3
OUR PASTOR
Pastor Kyle
“After going to church weekly from the age of two, I gave my heart to the Lord Jesus at age 15…”
Pastor Kyle shepherds the flock at Friendship Baptist Church — preaching from the King James Version, week by week, with a heart for the local congregation and for the harvest fields of the world.
Beyond the pulpit he writes gospel tracts for letterbox distribution around Ashwood and books to encourage believers — you’ll find both under Resources.
My Testimony
I grew up in a Baptist home in America. After going to church weekly from the age of two, I gave my heart to the Lord Jesus at age 15. However, no one discipled me to grow in the faith. At the age of 25, through a book my mother gave me, I instantly drew close to the Lord and stayed there. Five years later, God called me to preach. At which time, I immediately enrolled full time in Biblical studies at Trinity Baptist Bible College in Asheville, North Carolina and graduated with a Bachelor of Theology degree in 1988. Having also surrendered to God’s call to missions in my junior year, I waited for the Lord’s specific calling which came shortly after graduation – the field of Australia.
In July of 2001, my family and I arrived in Sydney, Australia where we established Harbour Baptist Church in the Eastern Suburbs. After eight years of ministry there, we moved to Melbourne to establish another Baptist church as a place of consistent teaching for the Word of God and from which to reach out to the surrounding multicultural community with the life-saving message of Jesus Christ. Friendship Baptist Church was established in Melbourne in 2011 and has now been relocated to Ashwood, Victoria where we hope to be for many years to come.
“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.”
2 TIMOTHY 4:2
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Resources
Gospel tracts, books by the pastor, and links we commend to you.
Gospel Tracts
FBC circulates the gospel through tract distribution around Ashwood and beyond. Written and printed by the church, each tract presents the good news plainly from the Scriptures.
Books by the Pastor
Links
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10:30 am — Morning worship
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WHERE TO FIND US
Ashwood Hall · 21A Electra Ave
Ashwood VIC 3147
Ashwood VIC 3147
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