With
God's help and for His glory the Bennetts are seeking
to establish:
Western Plains Baptist Fellowship, and Gilgandra Baptist Fellowship
into New Testament Baptist churches.
Both
of these Fellowships are located in New South Wales, Australia
Western
Plains Baptist Fellowship gathers
each Sunday at 10 a.m. at the Buninyong Public School Hall in the city of Dubbo.
Many visitors come and go, but they pass like two ships in the night. Many
contacts have been made and thousands of gospel tracts, Gospels of John,
and Epistles of Romans have been distributed. Many have been spoken to
personally concerning their need for Christ. Others have read and commented
about Dr. Bennett’s letters to the local paper. Most comments have been
positive, a few have been negative. Pastor Bennett always seeks to give the
gospel, no matter what the subject on which he is writing. Presently, we have
four attending, but we rejoice that God is good and only requires our
faithfulness. We know that He is faithful, so we leave the results with Him!
Dubbo
is 400 kilometers west of Sydney on the edge of the Australian outback. Dubbo is
a city of almost forty thousand with two Baptist Union churches (similar to the
Southern Baptist), Roman Catholic, Church of England, Assembly of God, Uniting
church, Mormon, Jehovah Witnesses and an Islamic house of prayer, to name a few.
Roman Catholicism is the predominant "Christian" denomina- tion. Dubbo and
Australia do not need more "churches" but gospel-preaching, Christ-honoring,
independent Baptist churches.
Gilgandra
Baptist Fellowship gathers as
fellow-believers at 2:30 p.m. every second and fourth Sunday of the week at the
Country Women’s Hall in the City of Gilgandra. This fellowship was started at
the request of an aboriginal Christian man. Presently, six attend, with a few
more off and on. One couple, originally from the high Church of England,
professed Christ and were baptized two years ago. Gilgandra is a town of 2,900
souls.