We aspire to be a community that grows deeper both in our love for Christ and for each other. We celebrate the fact that we’re an inter-generational, multi-cultural whānau and place a high priority on seeing our children and young people growing in their love for God. A people of worship and prayer, we’re passionate about God’s word; finding our lives in the God it reveals and our life’s purpose in joining Him in all that He’s doing in the world around us. We’d love you to join us on the journey.

Central Baptist Church has been a presence in the city of Palmy for more than 125 years and has been blessed with a rich history of seeing God at work.

Our church purpose-statement is: ‘helping people become lifelong followers of Jesus Christ.’ It’s open-ended, but it’s the same call to Christian-discipleship that has been the story of God’s people across generations. To accomplish this, we aspire to be a community that grows  deeper both in our love for Christ and for each other. We’re passionate about God’s word; finding our lives in the God it reveals and our life’s purpose in joining Him in all that He’s doing in the world around us. We celebrate the fact that we’re an inter-generational, multi-cultural whānau and place a high priority on seeing our children and young people growing in their love for God.

As a church we’re also part of the wider Baptist Union of New Zealand – find out more about that here.

All in all – we think we’re a pretty special bunch, we’d love you to come and join us on the journey.