Where to Worship in Bassendean WA

Bassendean has more churches than you might expect for a small town. Some have met here for more than a century. Others were started in the last ten years by communities who've made Bassendean home, from Myanmar's Chin State to Zimbabwe and Korea.

Here's where to find them, when they meet and what else they run. Service times can change over the holidays, so check with the church before your first visit.

Sunday services at a glance

• St Joseph's (Catholic): Saturday 6pm, Sunday 7am and 9am
• Morley Baptist Church (Baptist): Sunday 9:30am
• St Mark's (Anglican): Sunday 9:30am
• Bassendean Presbyterian Church: Sunday 10am in English, noon in Korean
• Basso Church (Church of Christ): Sunday 10am and 6pm
• Perth Chin Baptist Church and the United Methodist Church of WA: contact the church for times

Catholic

St Joseph's

St Joseph's is the Catholic church on Hamilton Street, in the quiet streets near the town centre. Weekend Masses are at 6pm on Saturday and 7am and 9am on Sunday.

During the week, Mass is at 7:30am from Tuesday to Saturday, after prayer and the Rosary at 6:45am. Reconciliation is available for half an hour before each Mass.

The parish also has an adoration chapel, open around the clock and kept staffed by a roster of volunteers. The parish website also links to St Michael's School, the Catholic primary school in Bassendean.

Anglican

St Mark's

St Mark's Anglican Church is at 2 Wilson Street, with car access from Parker Street. It began as a mission hall in 1909, and its brick nave was consecrated in 1937. Its Sunday service is at 9:30am, with Holy Communion.

Families are well catered for. During the service there's Children's Church for kids from kindy to Year 3, and Kid's Time for Years 4 to 9.

Baptist

Morley Baptist Church

Don't let the name fool you. Morley Baptist Church meets in Bassendean, at 33 Hanwell Way.

The Sunday service starts at 9:30am, with worship, teaching and time to catch up afterwards. MBC Kids & Youth runs at the same time for children and teenagers. If you can't make it, the service is streamed online.

The church grounds are also home to the Hanwell Way Community Men's Shed.

Perth Chin Baptist Church

Perth Chin Baptist Church is the church of Perth's Chin community, whose families come from Chin State in Myanmar.

It started in 2014 as a church plant from the WA Chin Christian Church. After a few years meeting at Maida Vale Baptist Church, it bought its own building on Broadway, Bassendean, in 2017. It's run largely by volunteers, and welcomes everyone from small children to older members.

Presbyterian

Bassendean Presbyterian Church

Bassendean Presbyterian Church is on McDonald Crescent. It's part of the Presbyterian Church of Australia and says it has been serving Perth since 1907.

The congregation is multicultural. There's an English service at 10am on Sundays and a Korean service at noon. On Friday nights a youth group meets at 7pm, followed by a Korean service at 7:30pm. Services are livestreamed for anyone who can't get there.

There's also Sunday school, a weekly Bible study and a prayer meeting. A men's breakfast runs on the first Saturday of the month, and the Grace Market on the second Saturday.

Church of Christ

Basso Church

Basso Church, the Bassendean Church of Christ, has met in Bassendean since January 1913. It's on Ivanhoe Street.

There are two Sunday services, at 10am and 6pm, and the morning one is streamed live. Home groups meet during the week, and there are youth and young adults' groups too. The church office is open from Tuesday to Thursday.

Methodist

United Methodist Church of Western Australia

The United Methodist Church of Western Australia meets at 14 Broadway. The congregation has its roots in Zimbabwe's United Methodist Church, and brings members and their families together in Perth.

It's part of the worldwide United Methodist Church. Call the church for service times.

Nearby, outside Bassendean

There's no mosque or synagogue in Bassendean itself. These are the closest.

Swan Valley Mosque, on Smallbrook Retreat in Caversham, serves the local Bosnian Muslim community and opened in 2007. It has a prayer hall for about 350 people. Check prayer times with the mosque directly.

Temple David, Perth's progressive synagogue, is at 34 Clifton Crescent, Mount Lawley. See templedavid.org.au for services.

More than Sunday

Most of these churches do more than hold a weekly service. Between them you'll find kids' and youth groups, Bible studies, a men's breakfast and a monthly market. Get in touch with any of them to find out what's on.

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