Our Board
The Council is BCA’s Board of Directors. They set the vision and direction for BCA and are elected at the National Annual General Meeting in May each year.
Councillors
The Rt Revd John Harrower – President
The Revd David Crain – Vice President
The Revd Tom Morgan – Vice President Emeritus
Mr Fred Chilton – Chairperson
The Revd Dr Mark Short – National Director (Ex officio)
Mr Richard Host – Treasurer
Mrs Aila Alderson
Dr A William Anscombe
Mrs Mellita Bate
Mrs Lisa Bateup
Mrs Leonie Burgess
Mr Martin Drevikovsky
Mr Terry Keith
Mrs Jane Lamont
The Revd Stephen May
The Revd Tom Melbourne
Mr Peter Michalke
The Revd Richard Minol
The Revd Rod Morris
The Revd Peter Palmer
Mr David Peters
Mr Henry Schafing
Dr Roslyn Symons
The Revd Neil Walthew
Mr Geoff Williams
Executive
The Executive is made up of a number of Council members and meets four times a year. They have all the powers of Council between Annual General Meetings.
Mr Fred Chilton – Chairperson
The Revd David Crain – Vice President
The Revd Dr Mark Short – National Director (Ex-officio)
Mr Richard Host – Treasurer
Mrs Aila Alderson
Dr Bill Anscombe
Mrs Mellita Bate
The Revd Stephen May
The Revd Tom Melbourne
The Revd Rod Morris
Mr David Peters
Dr Roslyn Symons
The Revd Neil Walthew
Committees
Finance and Property Committee
Mr Fred Chilton - Chair
Mr Richard Host – Treasurer
The Revd Dr Mark Short – National Director (ex officio)
Mr Greg Bridge
Mr Martin Drevikovsky
Mr David Peters
Ministry Priority Panel
Mr Fred Chilton – Chair
The Revd Dr Mark Short – National Director (ex officio)
Mrs Mellita Bate
The Revd Stephen May
The Revd Tom Melbourne
Personnel Committee
The Revd Dr Mark Short – National Director (ex officio)
Mrs Aila Alderson
Dr Bill Anscombe
The Revd Rod Morris
Regional Officers
Regional Officers travel to churches in their state to promote the work of BCA. They typically preach from the Bible and share about BCA's work in remote Australia. Please get in touch with one of the following officers if you would like them to visit your parish.
The Revd Ted Brush – New South Wales /ACT
The Revd Steve Davis – South Australia/NT
The Revd Robert Healy – Western Australia
The Revd Adrian Lane – Victoria
The Revd Dennis Quinn – Tasmania
The Revd David Rogers-Smith – Queensland/Nth NSW