Australian Baptist Education Inc. (ABE) was established in 2009 to facilitate the extension of Baptist ministry to the Australian community through education.


Current and former members of the ABE Board of Directors have been extensively involved in private, not-for-profit education for the last 30 years. Two ABE directors were foundation board members of Lake Joondalup Baptist College (1990) and served on the board of the college until 1999. Three ABE directors were foundation board members of Winthrop Baptist College (1994), and Somerville Baptist College (2004) - two schools which later merged to form Kennedy Baptist College (2013) - as well as serving as foundation board members of Mandurah Baptist College (2005). The Executive Chairperson of ABE also served on the steering committee that established Carey Baptist College (1998).


The ABE Board of Directors currently manages


The Baptist network of schools is now the third-largest private school network in Western Australia. Approximately 10,000 students and 700 staff study and work in open-entry Baptist schools.


For further information please contact the schools above.