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What's on now 
at CBS?

The heart of Campus Bible Study is the community of Christians who gather in 2s & 3s, with small groups from their faculty, or in a large group from across the campus – lots of different formats, but one common goal: prayerfully engaging with God through his Word in order to know and serve him! We often summarise this with our mission statement:

 

Prayerfully proclaiming the crucified Christ as Lord of all, we evangelise, teach, train and send each other, as God’s servants into all the world.

We would love you to personally invest in this same mission on campus at UNSW! Around this essential core, there are lots of activities that support and enable the work. Below are details of some current opportunities to make the most of during your time at Uni.

 

Plan and sign-up for Term 1 2026!!

Uni is an incredible time for Christian fellowship, evangelism, training and growth! It’s a truly unique time, and with all the opportunities at Campus Bible Study, one not to be wasted! Wherever possible, spread your CBS involvement out over a few days to help others to engage with CBS, provide more opportunities to meet and minister to others, and to help you digest and apply what you’re learning! 

crossangles.app is a great resource to help plan your timetable, and then you can sign-up here!

campusbiblestudy.org/signup

Summer 2026 :
Gather – Grow – Go

The start of the year is such a crucial time for our ministry as we welcome and connect with hundreds of new students! To do this, we need to be inviting students to Welcome Day, coming to Kick-On where we can be trained (and catch-up!), and serving in O-Week as we reach out to the thousands of students on campus! Even now, make sure these dates are in your diary and you plan to start 2026 on mission on campus!

Welcome Day – invite first years – Friday 6 Feb
Kick-Off – come and be trained – Saturday 7 Feb
O-Week – connect with new students – Mon-Thu 9-12 Feb

Kick-Off Conference

Come back from summer to be trained, catch-up with friends, and prepare for mission on campus! We will have a particular focus on the incredible privilege and power of prayer that drives our mission forward in dependence on our great God! At the end of the day, we will also join with many partners to commission the ministry on campus for the year!

Saturday 7th Feb : 10am – 4.30pm : $14 for the day!
Sign-up campusbiblestudy.org/ko

O-Week Mission

Come and serve in o-week mission! It’s probably the most important week for reaching new students each year! Students are around, they are interested, and they are looking for connections. So we have a great opportunity (even responsibility!) to welcome them to Uni, show them Christ’s love, and provide a Christian community where they can explore and grow in the truth while at Uni. This is our summer mission! So lock in the dates and priorities reaching the campus as thousands of new students arrive!

Mon 9th – Thu 12th Feb
9am to 5pm each day (come for the whole time if you can!)
Plan to come and sign-up now!
campusbiblestudy.org/oweek

Welcome Day

Please spread the word and be praying for those starting at UNSW next year! We would love to welcome them all to Uni and Campus Bible Study at our Welcome Day. It’s an excellent place for first years to meet others, find out about Uni, and be encouraged to put Jesus at the centre of the time at UNSW. A few of you might also be invited to come and help out! But we need ALL of you to help invite any new first years to come and join us!

Friday 6th February
10am-3pm @ UNSW
$30 (including lunch)
($15 for first years including a Bible!)
campusbiblestudy.org/welcome

You can also share this video with your youth group to help spread the word! campusbiblestudy.org/2026

Locations - TBC for 2026

The Bible Talks:

Term 1 Week 1 Locations

  Tues 12pm | Quad G031         
      Tues 1pm | Mathews Th B     
  Wed 12pm | Colombo Th B   
               Wed 1pm | New South Global 127
 Thurs 1pm | Science Th      

NOTE: some locations change week by week, so check each Monday for that week’s locations 

Lunch: 
Tuesday – 12 pm @ Quad
Wednesday – 12 pm @ Quad
Thursday – 12pm @ Quad

Core Theology

   Tues 3pm | Ainsworth G02 
Wed 3pm | Civil Eng G1
Tues 7pm (FOCUS) | TBC

Discover Jesus

This term we are launching a new evangelistic Bible study called Discover Jesus! It will be an excellent place to bring classmates, those you meet during walk-up or at Sport and Hangs, international students and high school friends. Basically, it will be a friendly place for anyone to come and meet others, read the Bible, ask their questions and discover Jesus! They will meet on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 11-12 in the Quadrangle (when many of us have faculty Bible studies) so it will be easy to bring a friend and connect them in. If you would like to get involved or find out more, chat to any of the staff. And please PRAY and INVITE your friends to Discover Jesus!

Mission Prayer Groups

UNSW is such an immense mission field that rightly absorbs lots of our focus. But the whole world belongs to God and owes Him glory and needs Jesus. So we joyfully partner with missionaries around the world and have a number of monthly mission prayer groups that grow awareness and connection and engagement with God’s work around the world. If you’d like to find out more and join a group to pray and partner in world mission, contact one of the members below.

Generally meet in the evening of the 4th Monday of each month (23/2, 23/3, 27/4, 18/5, 29/6, 27/7, 24/8, 21/9, 26/10, 23/11)

Africa
Carel Greyling (meeting in Maroubra)

Europe
Tim Rowe (meeting in Kingsford)

Regional Australia
Ben Connor (meeting Kingsford)

East Asia 
Please contact the office for more information.

Latin America
Christy Chua (meeting in Croydon Park)

Middle East & Arab World
Please contact the office for more information

South East Asia
Meets in Kingsford. Please contact the office for more information.

Resources

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Information to connect and partner

Campus Pastors

Tim Rowe – email

Kitty Chan

Talar Khatchoyan

Financial Partnership

Questions – chat to the staff 🙂

Update regular giving – email the CBS office

Set-up regular giving (or make a one-off donation)

Current Campus Finances

At end of September 2025
Given (budget) : $46 102   ($60 000)
Deficit : $13 898

Praying for Campus Bible Study

Sign-up for the weekly CBS Prayer Email

Praying for Faculty Missionaries

ADA : Miriam Bradshaw (Spain)

Business : Pedro & Joy Oliveira-Woolmer (Uruguay)

CSE : Chenny Thie (Japan)

Education : Julie (South East Asia)

Engineering : Tony & Yenli Nguyen (Japan)

Law : N & R (South East Asia)

Medicine : Sam & Shan-Shan Chrisp (Taiwan)

Science : Mike & Katie Taylor (Tanzania)

Get involved

Join Us

Vivian Yang

Vivian is a member of our Mandarin ministry who also serves us as our Safe Ministry Representative. If you have any questions about safe ministry at Campus Bible Study, please contact Vivian.

Contact Vivian

Simon Sheely

Simon did his traineeship at CBS before studying at Moore College.  He will return to pastor the Unichurch congregation.  Having lived in one of the colleges while studying, he is well equipped to minister to the residents at the university.  He is married to Ange.

Support Simon

Ross Ireland

Ross did his traineeship at CBS before studying at Moore College.  He will return to be the dedicated evangelist on the team and will also serve the wider ministry enabling communication between students, grads, and supporters.  He is married to Lilian and has two children.

Support Ross

Talar Khatchoyan

Talar graduated Moore College in 2018 and has served at Yagoona Anglican and Naremburn/Cammeray Anglican Church.

Support Talar

Dr. Jerome Jayasekera

Jerome was born in Malaysia, grew up in the US and spent time in Egypt. Having come to faith as a postgraduate student at uni, he loves the opportunities that uni life opens up to encountering Jesus. He is super keen to help everyone at uni, particularly postgrads and academics, find true meaning and life in Jesus. He loves spending time with his family, outdoor activities, and engaging in thought provoking conversations.

CORE
TRAINING

Because the Christian life is about service, CORE Training is a series of practical small group training courses. They will equip you to know and share what you believe, to read the Bible on your own and with others, to lead a Bible Study group, and help you transition from Uni to the rest of your life!

Make the most of your university years to be equipped to serve now and well into the future!

SIGN UP FOR TERM 1

CORE
THEOLOGY

If God has made the world and the Bible tells us how we are to live in the world, theology is all about knowing God truly and learning to view the world with His eyes.

CORE Theology is a fun and engaging weekly seminar that won’t let you sit back with indifference. Wherever you are, we want to stretch your thinking and firm-up your foundation to live rightly in service of God and others!

SIGN UP FOR TERM 1