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Open Icon Baptist Church An open congregation learning to see the face of God in everyone. Members across Australia and beyond. All are welcome at this table.

Liturgical, inclusive, and quietly contemplative, we gather online daily for deep, participatory worship and prayer. We are a small group of people who are banding together to journey deeper into the life of God. In silent expectation we seek to yield ourselves to God’s design, allowing God’s Spirit to heal our brokenness, purge our delusions, restore our integrity, and lead us on into the fullness of life and love. In a society that worships youth, beauty and wealth, we are rebelliously searching for treasure that cannot be eroded, lost or stolen – treasure of the Spirit. We are searching for spiritual pathways that neither hide from the horror of a world insanely bent on self-destruction, nor lead only into dead ends of fruitless activism. We are drawing on the rich heritage of wisdom and insight developed in communities of prayerful people over the centuries – people who discovered joy and peace in simplicity, creativity and fidelity. Our worship is shaped by structures that have stood the test of time. It weaves the wisdom of our forebears with the vitality of our own experience to create liturgies that have the power to awaken within us the memory of our ancient destiny, and lead us into communion with the one who restores within us the dignity and integrity with which we were created. We would be honoured to share in worship with you at any time you are able to visit us.

A president’s face on a park pass, Caesar’s on a coin: when images demand our gaze, Jesus asks us to give back to God th...
18/10/2026

A president’s face on a park pass, Caesar’s on a coin: when images demand our gaze, Jesus asks us to give back to God the image we bear.
That's this week's sermon.

A president’s face on a park pass, Caesar’s on a coin: when images demand our gaze, Jesus asks us to give back to God the image we bear.

The golden calf, a guest in the wrong clothes, and the question fear never wants asked: whose dead am I forbidden to gri...
11/10/2026

The golden calf, a guest in the wrong clothes, and the question fear never wants asked: whose dead am I forbidden to grieve?
This week's sermon on Exodus 32:1-14 and Matthew 22:1-14 preached by Nathan Nettleton.

The golden calf, a guest in the wrong clothes, and the question fear never wants asked: whose dead am I forbidden to grieve?

Hope amid climate collapse and social collapse: the Ten Commandments as a guide for wilderness living, free of longing f...
04/10/2026

Hope amid climate collapse and social collapse: the Ten Commandments as a guide for wilderness living, free of longing for an empire that was killing the earth.
That's this week's sermon.

Hope amid social and climate collapse: the Ten Commandments as a guide for wilderness living, free of longing for an empire that was killing the earth.

Thirsty, frightened, and ready to blame their leader: God’s answer is not just water from the rock, but elders to walk a...
27/09/2026

Thirsty, frightened, and ready to blame their leader: God’s answer is not just water from the rock, but elders to walk alongside the people, and alongside us.
This week's sermon explores what this offers us now.

Thirsty, frightened, and ready to blame their leader: God’s answer is not just water from the rock, but elders to walk alongside the people, and us.

A parable about unemployed day labourers becomes a case for training up ordinary people for ministry — without burning o...
21/09/2026

A parable about unemployed day labourers becomes a case for training up ordinary people for ministry — without burning out the ones who already show up.
This week's sermon on Matthew 20:1-16 preached by Geoff Leslie.

A parable about unemployed day labourers becomes a case for training up ordinary people for ministry — without burning out the ones who already show up.

Twenty-five years on from 9/11, still trapped between an angry sea and old enemies, and still asked to accept a mercy th...
13/09/2026

Twenty-five years on from 9/11, still trapped between an angry sea and old enemies, and still asked to accept a mercy that plays no favourites.
This week's sermon by our pastor, Nathan Nettleton

Twenty-five years on from 9/11, still trapped between an angry sea and old enemies, and still asked to accept a mercy that plays no favourites.

When grief and loss make no sense, scripture’s oldest protest offers not answers, but a God who weeps beside us.This wee...
06/09/2026

When grief and loss make no sense, scripture’s oldest protest offers not answers, but a God who weeps beside us.
This week's sermon on Exodus 12:1-14 preached by Nathan Nettleton.

When grief and loss make no sense, scripture’s oldest protest offers not answers, but a God who weeps beside us.

On the first celebration of the new Feast of Creation in Christ, this sermon asks whether a wounded world might still be...
02/09/2026

On the first celebration of the new Feast of Creation in Christ, this sermon asks whether a wounded world might still be a window into the grieving heart of God.

On the first Feast of Creation, this sermon asks whether a wounded world might still be a window into the grieving heart of God.

Join us tomorrow night to celebrate the "Feast of Creation in Christ", the newest addition to the ecumenical church cale...
31/08/2026

Join us tomorrow night to celebrate the "Feast of Creation in Christ", the newest addition to the ecumenical church calendar. Details via the link below.

Open Icon Baptist Church celebrates the Feast of Creation in Christ with a highly participatory and prayerful online liturgy of Word and Table.

Peter begged Jesus to avoid the coming disaster. Paul offers something braver: how to live with love, courage and beauty...
31/08/2026

Peter begged Jesus to avoid the coming disaster. Paul offers something braver: how to live with love, courage and beauty when there's no escape.
This week's sermon on Romans 12:9-21 & Matthew 16:21-28.

Peter begged Jesus to avoid the coming disaster. Paul offers something braver: how to live with love, courage and beauty when there's no escape.

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