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A return home
David & Emma Thompson have been serving in the Parish of Moree for nearly two years. They have a heart for ministry to the bush and 2024 sees them return to their home state of Western Australia to serve with BCA.
8 Dec 2023
New Field Staff for Coober Pedy!
After nearly six years without Field Staff, Coober Pedy will welcome a new ministry couple in 2024. Dave & Margie Wood commence serving in the opal mining town in March .
8 Dec 2023
Going the distance to meet BCA pen pals
Four years ago, BCA supporters Ross & Sarah Andrews encouraged their daughters to write a letter to a Field Staff child their own age.
8 Dec 2023
A foretaste of heaven
“A foretaste of heaven” was how BCA’s Indigenous Ministry Officer Neville Naden described the third NSW Aboriginal Evangelical Fellowship Family Camp held at Gilgandra on the October 2023 Labour Day long weekend.
8 Dec 2023
MAC provides encouragement and fellowship alongside study
2023 has been a year of new things for the Connellys. They joined the BCA family, moved to a new town, where Ben’s taken on the role of senior minister at a new church, and Alissa commenced study at Mary Andrews College (MAC).
8 Dec 2023
From East to West we're going the distance
Last month you may have received a letter from me asking for your support to help strengthen the communities of Emerald/Blackwater in Central Queensland and Dongara in North West Australia.
1 Dec 2023
Answering God's call to ministry
We officially welcomed Lonny Bendessi to the BCA family in August this year when we commenced supporting him with a theological bursary. Lonny is currently doing an Associate Degree in Ministry at Ridley College.
1 Dec 2023
Acknowledging our First Nations Peoples
It was a joy to celebrate NAIDOC Week at Saltbush Evangelical Church earlier this year. A special NAIDOC Week Celebration Service was held in July as a way of acknowledging the First Nations People in our church, the wider Broken Hill community, and throughout the far-reaching corners of our nation.
1 Dec 2023
St Barnabas' Julia Creek restored, revitalised and ready for worship
“Creeaak, creeaak...bang!” After walking up the old rickety steps and nearly taking the wooden door off its hinges, we ventured into the vestry of Julia Creek’s St Barnabas Anglican Church, unsure of what we’d discover inside.
1 Dec 2023
The Real Australian Summer 2023 editorial
The other day I was reading an old RA magazine from 1983 which I found in the online archive on our website. (Did you know that all of the RA’s from the last 100+ years are there?)
1 Dec 2023
Post & Rails Summer 2023
Messages of congratulations, welcomes and farewells from across the BCA family...
1 Dec 2023
Life in Mallacoota
Recently Jude Benton was the guest on Gippsland Anglicans on Air a show broadcast on Life FM in Gippsland.
29 Nov 2023
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