Mission Profile

Jude & Andy Benton

Serving with BCA since April 2020

Jude & Andy Benton minister in the Cooperating Parish of Croajingolong in the Diocese of Gippsland. The parish includes St Peter’s Mallacoota and St John’s Cann River. The Parish was hit hard by the devastating Black Summer Bushfires, followed by COVID restrictions. Through those difficulties, many new opportunities for ministry have emerged, including a weekly Christian radio broadcast, and involvement in recovery and community projects.

BCA’s link with Croajingolong dates back to 1921, when our founder SJ Kirkby first travelled there by foot. In 1922, Cann River became just the third location that BCA supported in both church ministry and through nurses who served the surrounding area. St John’s Cann River was built in 1928 from funds donated by BCA Deaconess Edith Reece.


b>The Bentons Prayer Points for June 2025

Jude has been invited to be the community representative on the Mallacoota P–12 school council. Pray this will continue to build a positive relationship between the church and school. Give thanks for this opportunity.

The Bentons Prayer Points for July 2025

As winter sets in, many of the locals in Mallacoota & Cann River take holidays to recover from the summer period. Pray for safety on the roads, and that we would still be able to minister effectively with less people around.

The Bentons Prayer Points for August 2025

We pray for those in the congregation and community who are struggling with ageing, and the decisions to be made in a town with no residential care facilities. We pray each may know God’s peace and presence with them afresh each day.


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