Our Story

From Mount Barker to the ends of the earth.

Hills Baptist Church (HBC) is a multisite Baptist church with campuses currently
located in Aldgate, Mount Barker, Verdun and Lobethal with two sides to the one story.

One side of our story begins way back in October of 1873, when the Congregational
Baptist Church of Mount Barker was first formed. The community purchased a block
of land, laid a foundation stone, built a building, and began holding worship services in
that building a year after their formation, in October of 1874.

The other side of our story begins in October of 1968, when a small group of people
from Unley Park Baptist Church felt the call of God to establish a regular home church
in Aldgate. In November 1972, that small group of people stepped out in faith and
purchased the block of land where our Aldgate campus now sits, and commenced
regular worship gatherings as Aldgate Baptist Church was formed.

In 2015, the Lord began to stir a church planting vision in the heart of Aldgate Baptist
and 70 people were sent to start a worshipping community in Littlehampton. The
church soon grew and moved to Verdun to accommodate the growth.

In 2018, the decision was made for Aldgate and Verdun to adopt one governing
structure under the name of Hills Baptist Church. By the grace of God, the church
continued to grow and in 2022 another group took up the call to plant a HBC
community in Lobethal.

In 2023, these two stories became one. The Lord began a new work and Mt Barker Baptist and Hills Baptist amalgamated to become one church. Land on Bollen Road was purchased, a vision for raising leaders and planting churches was affirmed, and a
heart to partner missionally with Kings Baptist Grammar School in the greater Mount
Barker area was established.