BCA Connect

For adults and youth, with inspiring Bible teaching, interactive interviews and panel Q&A. This year, primary-aged children will also enjoy their very own BCA 4 KIDS program, and a cry room will be available for little ones.

Roll in after work, home or holiday for pizza, salad and Golden North ice creams under the trees on the lawns of the Bible College of South Australia. Men in Boats will again lead us in AN ‘ALL AGED’ time of singing and praising our great God before the kids head out for their very own BCA 4 KIDS program.

Speakers

MIKE RAITER is the Director of the Centre for Biblical Preaching in Melbourne. He was formerly Head of Missions at Moore College and, more recently, Principal of Melbourne School of Theology. Mike is a gifted preacher and communicator, having spent 11 years working in Pakistan. He is married to Sarah, and they have four children (Joel, Nate, Pippa and Lauren). He is the author of over 35 books and articles, most notably the 2004 Australian Christian Book of the Year, Stirring of the Soul.

TOPHER & CHICA HALLYBURTON are BCA Field Staff in Alice Springs. Having grown up in Chile, the Hallyburtons moved to Australia where Topher studied at Moore College before serving in Darwin with BCA and Scripture Union for four years. They moved to Alice Springs in early 2021, where Topher is training as an Assistant Minister at Alice Springs Anglican with former BCA Field Staff Kristan & Kathryn Slack. Topher & Chica will inform and enthuse us about life, mission and good things going on in Alice, while spurring us to consider the many different ways we can be part of Jesus’ mission in regional, rural and remote Australia.

JACK & LILL HARRADINE have a calling and to minister amongst, but not exclusive to, Indigenous people. They have a great desire to share the Gospel in both word and deed. The Harradines have been with BCA since 2017 and previously served in Broken Hill. In 2023, they commenced an evangelistic outreach role with the Aboriginal Berean Community Church in South Australia.

GREG HARRIS the National Director of BCA, previously worked in Church ministry in Collarenebri, Guyra and South East Bendigo for over 20 years. Greg’s passion is to see more Christian men and women mobilised to make Christ known in regional, rural and remote Australia.

What to expect

BIBLE – Affirming the one mission of God’s love we are all part of
Jesus’ ‘ageless’ call is for all his people to follow him and fish for souls with him.  Jesus’ mission is for ‘all the family’ and it’s fun! There are precious roles we can and must play until Jesus’ return. Mike Raiter will not only help remind us of the one mission we are a part of until Jesus’ return, but will move and motivate us to appreciate the deep JOY of Jesus as we each give more of ourselves to joining Him in his one mission.

MISSION – Heart-warming and challenging stories

What’s God doing in Alice?
Alice Springs the third largest town in the Northern Territory is a multicultural city with a high Indigenous population. Colloquially known as ‘The Alice’, it is situated roughly in Australia’s geographic centre, nearly equidistant from Adelaide (1532 kms) and Darwin (1499 kms). Come and hear about some amazing answer to prayers and some beautiful stories of partnership. God is on the move in Alice – come and find out how we can all be part of this great(er) story that’s still being written.

What’s God’s doing among Indigenous communities in the Murray?
Jack and Lill Harradine are currently based in Murray Bridge and living in a caravan. You will find out some of the beautiful things God is doing through creative and generous partnerships, with many Indigenous lives touched and transformed through the Gospel. 

PANEL – YOUTH & YOUNG ADULT MISSION TRIPS
Be inspired as we hear from a panel of people about what God have done through youth and uni mission trip partnerships to Roxby and Coober Pedy. What this could mean for you, your youth and adult groups and your Church in 2025?

BCA SPOTLIGHT ON 2025
Be informed and enthused as National Director, Greg Harris shines the spotlight on some of the challenges and developing mission opportunities with BCA in 2024. Also, meet one of BCA’s sponsored indigenous Bursary Students – Lonny Bendessi who will continue his studies at the Bible College of South Australia in 2025 in partnership with the Aboriginal Berean Community Church.

MUSIC
Men in Boats will once again lead us in a fun all-aged time of new songs and old favourites to the great God of mission.