Baptisms at Knox

On Sunday 16th June Our Saviours Knox were blessed to have 3 baptisms for an Ethiopian Church that is currently without a Pastor. Although they are an independent church, they are Lutheran from Ethiopia establishing themselves in their own church in Dandenong known as Oromo Evangelical Church of Melbourne.

Pastor Peter was contacted by one of their elders, Kelbasa, because they were encountering a growth in children needing to be baptised. They currently worship in a Church of Christ building where the residing minister of that church did not recognise infant baptism.

The Knox congregation, currently hosting the South Sudanese Fellowship led by Pastor Peter Deng, saw this as a great opportunity to extend our hospitality to another African Community.

Pastor Peter will continue to communicate with the Oromo community and introduce himself to the wider community to establish further ministry opportunities.

We thank God for the opportunities that God is opening up to us, to further utilise our church for others. Knox also hosts the Finnish Lutheran Church monthly, and the Ringwood congregation hosts a Haka Chin Burmese congregation.