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In this our Centenary Year, a number of exciting new ministries and projects are being launched to lead Bush Church Aid into its next 100 years. The first of these is the Digital Church Pilot Project.

Chris was living in his car when he turned up at St Matthew’s Church in Port Hedland last year. I think he was a bit embarrassed by his situation.

Since 2004, fifteen young people have benefited from the legacy of the late April Bottom. The scholarship established in her honour has eased their financial burden as they have moved away from home to attend university.

Happy birthday! This edition of The Real Australian marks 100 years since the formation of The Bush Church Aid Society and as a treasured supporter and partner in mission you are part of that milestone.

Messages of congratulations, welcomes and farewells from across the BCA family.

The bush holds great significance to our newest Field Staff Glen and Beth McDonald. It was in Narrabri, on the northwest slopes of New South Wales, that Glen first understood the gospel and God’s saving grace. Beth, who can’t remember a time when she didn’t trust in the Lord as her saviour, has a strong memory of the old faithful Bush Church Aid money box that sat on her kitchen windowsill.

Since Neville Naden took on the role of BCA’s Indigenous Ministry Officer nearly two years ago he has been kept busy working with Field Staff, undertaking speaking engagements and most importantly developing a Reconciliation Action Plan.

As we edge closer towards 100 years of BCA we remember the people who have gone before us and those who shared the vision of spreading the good news of Jesus Christ across our nation

Sometimes where you are changes what you see. Gabrielle Chan is the city-born daughter of a Chinese migrant who trained as a metropolitan journalist and later worked in the Canberra Press Gallery.

It is the generous help and care of thousands of supporters like you that enables BCA to continue sending Field Staff into the bush to spread the lifesaving message of Jesus.

On behalf of The Bush Church Aid Society of Australia I would like to congratulate our National Director The Revd Dr Mark Short on his recent election as the 11th Bishop of the diocese of Canberra & Goulburn.

Messages of congratulations, welcomes and farewells from across the BCA family.

Your support of BCA means that we can continue to spread the gospel message across remote parts of this country.

Think of the tiny mustard seed which became a shrub for the birds, or the widow’s mite which gave Jesus a powerful teaching moment.

Five teenagers from Kununurra made a stand for Jesus when they were baptised at Swim Beach, part of the Ord River, on Sunday 13 May.

God used this year’s Katherine Christian Convention to give BCA several exciting opportunities to serve the wider highlighting body of Christ.

The family of the late April Bottom and Bush Church Aid have offered a scholarship to a student from the Parish of the Far West and Broken Hill looking to undertake study away from home for the past fifteen years.

BCA is delighted to welcome back Chris and Wendy Thiele as Field Staff. They served in Beaconsfield Tasmania from 2006–2010 and now take on the previously vacant parish of King Island.

Ceduna, South Australia Total population 1850 Indigenous population 415

BCA has commenced supporting the work of a chaplain at Gilgandra High School. Ayumi Tamsett, wife of local Presbyterian Minister Peter Tamsett, has taken on this role.