About Us

History of Worldview Australia

In the USA, Summit Ministries runs worldview formation retreats for college students. During the 1990's a handful of graduates gained permission to do something similar for high schoolers, and so began Worldview Academy.
In 2019, Geoff Westlake, Jenni DeVries, Justin DeVries (16) and Pippa Westlake (17) attended a Worldview Academy Leadership Camp in Cedarville Ohio, and were inspired by the Lord to run a similar experience to Australia, and so the first Worldview Australia Leadership camp ran in Western Australia, January 2021.
Worldview Australia Inc. was established as it's own entity in November 2023. It is a registered Australian charity.

Worldview Australia is a volunteer organisation bringing the good news and it's firm foundation to any who would like to listen!

All scripture is God-breathed. The words of the sixty-six books of the Bible were written by men of God moved by the Holy Spirit. The whole Bible is without error in the original manuscripts and therefore authoritative in all matters of faith and practice (2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Peter 1:20-21).

God eternally exists in three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are the one God (Matthew 28:18-19, Deuteronomy 6:4).

Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin, Mary. He is the true God and true man (Luke 1:30-35, John 1:18, Hebrews 4:15).

Man was originally created by God in His own image. Through sin man fell and lost his spiritual life becoming dead in his sin and subject to the power of Satan. Thus man is in need of salvation (Genesis 1:27, 3:1-24, Ephesians 2:1-2).

In response to man’s need, God the Father sent Jesus to this world to make atonement for sin. His substitutionary death on the cross and His bodily resurrection from the dead provide the basis for salvation. His atonement is completely sufficient for who will believe. (John 3:16-17, 1 Timothy 2:3-6, Mark 10:45).

Salvation for man comes only by grace through faith in Jesus and His provision on the cross. Since salvation is a gift from God, a believer is secure forever (Ephesians 2:8-10, Romans 11:29).

The Holy Spirit indwells every believer at the time of conversion. His baptism unites all believers to Christ in one body. He is the believer’s source of power for all acceptable worship and service (1 Corinthians 12:13, Ephesians 5:18:20, Ephesians 4: 7-16).

It is God’s will for believers to live a holy life in cooperation with the indwelling Holy Spirit while putting to death the deeds of the flesh. God the Father does discipline His children when they sin (1 Thessalonians 4:3, Romans 8:13, Hebrews 12:4-11).

The primary purpose in the life of the believer is to glorify God in everything and to make Christ known to the unbelieving world until His return (Colossians 3:23-24, 2 Corinthians 5:18-20, 1 Thess. 4:13-18).

We believe God has ordained and created marriage to exist between one man and one woman, with absolute marital fidelity. (Genesis 1:26-28, Genesis 2:18-24, Matthew 19:4-9, Mark 10:5-9, Ephesians 5:31-33)

Leadership Team

All our leaders are Christians committed to a Biblical Worldview. All hold Working With Children Checks, have been interviewed, and have completed the Childsafe training. The whole directing team has many years experience in leading young people, in youth groups, christian camping environments, teaching religion in schools, and education, with some homeschooling, and some on school boards, etc.

Our Team

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Geoff Westlake

Chairman
Coordinator - content, curriculum, lecturers; MC

He has over 30 years of full-time experience speaking to teenagers on camps, schools and church settings. He is one of our camp speakers on WVA and coordinates the curriculum and speakers for our programs. Drawing on first-hand experiences, science, history, archaeology, and research on different ways others live out this same Biblical faith, Geoff continues to present Biblical foundations and implications at schools, camps, homes, churches and all-age groups around WA.

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