Kurt & Bec Langmead’s heart for mission led them to the remote parish of Lightning Ridge in early 2020. It’s a place that attracts  people who want to get away and it’s joked that there are more people listed as members of the Bowling Club than on the town census.

In 2023 I met my neurodivergent brain for the very first time. As a late-diagnosed, high-masking “AuDHDer”, it was not until my mid-thirties that I learnt I’d been living with undiagnosed ADHD and autism.

At the end of the year, we will bid farewell to another BCA family, the Goldmans, who are set to commence a new journey serving God.

In 2023 BCA re-established the Theological Bursary Program for Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. The first ever theological trainee Eric Felton was sent to Mungindi in 1927 for his first posting. Below is an excerpt of an article that appeared in the book ‘These Ten Years’ written by our founder S J Kirkby.