Population: 10.5 million
Main religion: Christianity (25% evangelical)
Partnering with the Baptist Union of Papua New Guinea in leadership development, consultancy and supporting the establishment of their own mission sending agencies.
With over 800 languages spoken, Papua New Guinea (PNG) is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. Society in PNG ranges from traditional village-based life, dependent on subsistence and small cash-crop agriculture, to modern urban life in the main cities. Although 96% of citizens in Papua New Guinea identify as members of some variation of the Christian faith, traditional rituals of animism and ancestral worship are still prevalent in many areas of the country.
Australian Baptists have a long and rich relationship with the Baptist Union of Papua New Guinea (BUPNG). Over the past 75 years God has been at work in many different and amazing ways as BUPNG and Australian Baptists have worked together to support more than 400 Baptist churches and hundreds of pastors in PNG.
Recently Baptist Mission Australia has signed a new partnership agreement with BUPNG, which will enhance the capacity of those in PNG to deliver ministry, develop leaders, grow faith communities and serve others in neighbouring countries and beyond. We are standing alongside our BUPNG friends in leadership development, consultancy and supporting the establishment of their own mission sending arm.
Committed to reconciliation, Baptist Mission Australia acknowledges and pays respect to the past, present and future Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation and their connection to land, sea and community and all that the creator God gifted to them. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Committed to reconciliation, Baptist Mission Australia acknowledges and pays respect to the past, present and future Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation and their connection to land, sea and community and all that the creator God gifted to them. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
