Sponsors & Exhibitors

Abound

For 30 years AIFC has been training and equipping people in Christian Counselling to meet the growing spiritual, mental and emotional health needs in families and communities. Through a range of nationally accredited courses, short training courses, pathways and partnerships, aifc creates vibrant learning communities that transform lives and gain the knowledge and skills to fulfill their unique calling. Visit www.aifc.com.au

In recent years Abound was launched to provide hope and healing through the provision of Christian Counselling services for individuals, families and workplaces.

Abound at Work provides Christ centered workplace wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs to Not-For-Profit organisations, Schools and Churches. The Abound team partners with you so that your staff can benefit from Christian Counselling, Coaching and other support services that are confidential and integrated to support spiritual, mental and emotional health. Our state of the art platform also ensures your organisation meets and exceeds all requirements under the recent Psychosocial Hazard legislation

ACOM – Australian College of Ministries

Discover Ministry Training with Australian College of Ministries (ACOM). If you’re investigating options for ministry training, ACOM has a broad variety of units in areas of Spiritual Formation, Biblical Studies, Theology, Practical Ministry, Leadership, Counselling, Intercultural Ministry, and much more.

Two specialist areas we want our CMA delegates to know about include the Graduate School of Leadership, and the Stirling School of Community Care. Both schools contain awards that will equip you for God’s calling in your church, workplace and community. For more information email info@acom.edu.au

Ansvar Insurance

For over 60 years, Ansvar has specialised in protecting and supporting organisations who care for and serve our communities. With a strong social conscience and ethical approach, Ansvar provides specialist insurance and risk solutions to specific industry sectors including Care Services, Community Service (and Not for Profit) Organisations, Faith Communities, Education and Learning Services, Arts, Culture and Heritage and Commercial Property Owners.

As a sector specialist, Ansvar has developed a deep understanding of clients’ needs, the risks and challenges they face and the complex environments in which they operate. We understand that fully protecting our clients requires a holistic approach and that being protected isn’t simply about insuring against events that might happen but where possible taking steps to prevent or minimise the impact of those events in the first place. To this end, Ansvar has a dedicated team of risk management specialists that can assist brokers and clients in assessing effectiveness of current approaches to risk management and guide opportunities for improvement.

Arrow Leadership

Irrespective of leadership context, culture or community, we recognise emerging leaders are facing a transition in their leadership assignment. To see them thrive through this transition, Arrow Leadership creates transformative experiences that engage, stretch and release leaders for the present and future flourishing.

Australian Ethical

Australian Ethical is Australia’s leading ethical investment manager. Since 1986, Australian Ethical has provided investors with investment management products that align with their values and provide competitive returns. Investments are guided by the Australian Ethical Charter which shapes its ethical approach and underpins both its culture and its vision. Australian Ethical has over $6.0 billion in funds under management across managed funds and superannuation.

Baptist Financial Services

For over 40 years, we’ve helped ministries get the funding and support they need to build and expand their ministry operations.

We offer a range of savings and term investments to help pool funds to resource Christian ministry. Loans and other assistance are made to churches and Christian organisations to support their work and activities.

Baptist Insurance Services

Baptist Insurance Services is a ministry of Australian Baptist Ministries and exists to provide insurance and risk management services to Baptist organisations throughout Australia.

Barnabas Aid

Barnabas Aid exists to provide both practical and spiritual aid to Christians who experience discrimination, oppression or persecution because of their faith – channeling support from Christians through Christians to Christians, funding projects which have been developed by local Christians in their own communities, countries or regions. In these, and related ways, we therefore seek to encourage, strengthen and enable the existing local Church and Christian communities.

Benkorp

The Benkorp Team understand that you, the management and board of your organisation, need access to quality financial information to effectively manage and grow your organisation. At the same time it is essential that the bookkeeping and accounting and compliances are maintained to ensure that the reporting and budgeting are managed.
Benkorp can provide you with the services to meet these needs.
A Xero accounting system can be setup and customised for you to use with focused training. The bookkeeping can be done by the Benkorp Team for you on your Xero system, with timely full financial reporting provided, or the work can be shared with your Team.
For the past 25 years Benkorp has provided these services for over 1200 organisations so that Benkorp is a trusted name in bookkeeping and accounting for churches and NFP organisations.

Bethel Funerals

Bethel Funerals has been providing Christ-like care for grieving families and friends in Melbourne and Brisbane since 1997. As a not-for-profit Funeral Director, we have served more than 20,000 families and donated over $5,000,000 to mission work and disadvantaged communities around the world.

Clarety Community

Grow with confidence knowing that as you expand there’s a Clarety module for your next fundraising or ministry initiative. From hundreds to hundreds-of-thousands of supporters, Clarety is the seamless engagement solution that grows with you.

CMA

CMA is a charity serving 1700 members (church, ministry and business leaders) around Australia. We seek to advance ministry by maximising the effectiveness of leadership, governance and management in Christian churches and organisations. We do this by providing resources, training and networking across a range of areas like boards, people, money, risk, strategy and communications.

Our firm belief is that more people will experience the love and mercy of God in this world, and more people will enter into a relationship with God for all of eternity, if our churches, schools and organisations can lead, govern and manage more effectively.

To this end, we have also formed the CMA Standards Council, Q4 (Rethinking Retirement) and, in partnership with Korus Connect, The Board Internship.

CMA Standards Council

Our mission is to help build faith and trust in Christian organisations, be they churches, charities, schools or otherwise, to enable them to achieve more effective outcomes.

We believe that the love and teachings of Jesus are vital for our world to experience and understand, and therefore we believe that Christian organisations and churches perform a valuable role in society. Our desire is that these organisations are effective in pursing their mission, and that they govern and account for themselves in a manner that stands up to public scrutiny. Christian organisations should be the standard-setters in terms of impeccable corporate behaviour, and the CMA Standards Council exists to help the Christian sector meet that high standard.

EA Insurance Services

EA Insurance Services is a specialist insurance brokerage. We are a not-for-profit and exist exclusively to serve faith and not-for-profit organisations. We work with a variety of insurers to give you the best cover for your specific needs at a competitive price.

Eastern College

We’re a digital agency for Christian ministries. Dedicated to the nonprofit sector, our capabilities in web design and crm technology help organisations reach their supporters, achieve their goals, and maximise their impact. For over 18 years, we’ve partnered with our clients in the pursuit of their “heartburst”.

For Purpose Leadership

For Purpose Leadership is a human solution to your complex problems. We work with you, your teams and your organisation across to provide governance solutions, leadership development and executive EQ training. Our business is to see yours thrive. We do this by helping you create exceptional workplaces and engaged staff. Using world renowned programs such as The Leadership Challenge and Gallup Q12 an CliftonStrengths we teach people to reach their full potential, empower teams to discover their strengths and develop leaders to grow engaged and thriving workplaces.

Heartburst Digital

We are an Australian digital agency dedicated to the nonprofit sector. Our capabilities in design and technology help many Christian ministries reach their supporters, achieve their goals, and maximise their impact. For over 17 years, we’ve partnered with our clients in the pursuit of their “heartburst”.

International Needs Australia

International Needs Australia is a global organisation dedicated to fostering social impact by empowering marginalised women and children in developing regions worldwide. Through sustainable, country-led partnerships, we prioritise innovation and scalability to enable women and children from diverse backgrounds to realise their full potential.

Jersey Road PR

Whether you want to raise awareness of your cause, engage new audiences or protect your reputation in a crisis, we’ve got the right tools for the job.

Media Sales Australia

Community funded media connects people across Australia; it speaks their language, understands them deeply, and resonates with their experiences. At the core of every community lies media that not only engages and entertains but also serves and influences. It’s media by the people, for the people.

This is precisely where Media Sales Australia excels. We represent an audience-funded network comprising 40 radio stations, a subscription television channel, 40 websites, and five printed publications.

Media Sales Australia offers a strategic platform for you to engage with a national audience of 3.4 million listeners and 490,000 monthly viewers authentically and purposefully.

Moores

Moores is a leading legal practice located in Hawthorn. The firm was established over 50 years ago with an ethos concerned about values and care for the individual, an ethos that still remains an integral part of the practice today.

The team at Moores are experienced with working with faith based organisations across the not-for-profit and charity sector – from denominations to congregations, large educational bodies to independent and Catholic schools, overseas development organisations to local soup kitchens.

We appreciate the imperative to integrate faith and values into your strategic and operational decisions. We understand the nuances of operating a faith based organisation in a complex regulatory and social environment while making room for faith, culture, history and community.

Neumann & Turnour Lawyers

Neumann & Turnour Lawyers, a law firm serving in Brisbane since 1981, has an unwavering commitment to delivering exceptional legal services. With an impressive track record, the firm specialises in commercial and property law and litigation and dispute resolution for charities and not-for-profits as well as personal legal services for those involved in the sector.

Our team of accomplished legal professionals are unafraid to take on complex cases, and will always fight tenaciously for our clients’ interests. We pride ourselves on our ability to provide practical, innovative, and effective legal solutions tailored to our clients’ specific needs.

At Neumann & Turnour Lawyers, we have earned a reputation for delivering exceptional results through our meticulous attention to detail and comprehensive understanding of the law. Our clients are at the heart of everything we do, and we remain focused on achieving the best possible outcome for them. With our passion and commitment to excellence, you can trust us to be your unwavering legal allies.

Prolegis Lawyers

Prolegis Lawyers is an incorporated law practice established in 2001. We exist solely to provide specialist legal services in relation to charities, not-for-profit organisations and philanthropy.

Our clients include organisations and individuals directly involved in this work, as well as their other advisors, companies (public and private) and individuals who have an interest in the sector.

Our purpose is to help enable and support the good work of the people and organisations who seek our services.

We believe in the values of trust, humility, teamwork, reliability, service and honesty. With these values we support our clients and their work.

RDL Accountants

RDL Chartered Accountants have been providing specialist accounting and financial advisory services for over 60 years.
RDL provides a full range of services including taxation, accounting, computer consulting, auditing and investment consulting, financial management and superannuation and retirement planning.

Our practice is well diversified, serving many types of businesses, industries, professions and charitable organisations of varying sizes.

Our team will provide you with a wealth of experience to assist you with your specific requirements.

Real World Technology Solutions

We are an IT solutions company offering a comprehensive set of solutions delivered through a relationship you can trust. From our roots in IT hardware supply and software development we have grown to run a carrier grade national network that we are proud of. Our staff understand that your IT needs are important to the success of your business just the same as ours. For this reason we run our business with respect and passion aiming to provide a service that is reliable but still personal. Many of our clients have been with us long term and can attest to that. We look forward to getting to know you and your particular needs.

Saward Dawson

Saward Dawson is a full-serviceO accounting firm, known for its longstanding commitment and proven expertise in the not-for-profit sector. We are currently working with hundreds of organisations in the not-for-profit sector throughout Australia and beyond. Each not-for-profit has its own distinct needs and obligations.

Please come and visit our Saward Dawson stand. We would love to meet you.

SIM Australia

Convinced that everyone needs to hear the Gospel,our heart is to make disciples of Jesus in communities where He is least known.

We partner with local Australian churches in equipping and sending out cross-cultural gospel workers,with a variety of skills and talents,to serve in a diverse range of ministries.

We also seek to demonstrate Jesus’ love and compassion to the vulnerable by offering holistic care through our aid and development arm, SIMaid.

Steer Incorporated

Steer Incorporated is dedicated to assist ordinary people support worldwide Mission in a tax effective way.
We have 5 Programs which assist people to make the most of what they have to promote the Gospel through Mission activity.

Studio B Architects

For over 20 years, Studio B has helped many faith communities advance their mission by maximising the unlocked potential of their existing property and assets.

Studio B provide full architectural services including masterplanning, development strategy, church, heritage, housing (single and multi), education, and community projects.

We make the church’s, and other clients’ property, serve its future mission. This may be for any of the above beneficial purposes. We can start the process by assisting Christian communities to distill their own individual missional aspirations and to then provide a clear, forward-looking strategy. This is developed through a comprehensive member survey program called Missional Identity (midsurvey.net.au)

If you have a project Studio B would love to help you!
Call us on 03 9486 4425

The Board Internship

The Board Internship (TBI) is a joint initiative of Korus Connect and CMA which matches selected applicants with the boards of well-governed Christian organisations around Australia and with respected and experienced mentors.

Tri-Meridian Lawyers

We have found that the best solutions are fully tailored to the way you do business, the resources you have access to, the relationships that are important to you, and the dreams you have for the future.

With a wide range of expertise when it comes to corporate and commercial law, we are able to tailor a solution that meets your needs and builds a strong foundation for your business future.

Our tool kit is full of tried and true preventative solutions to help you avoid problems in the future. In our experience, preventative solutions deliver much simpler, easier and lower cost results.

Vision Christian Media

Vision Christian Media is a non-profit, non-denominational organisation that provides crowdsourced multimedia Christian content across Australia. We have grown from hundreds of radio transmitters to include an app with unlimited reach, streamed national news service, and youth radio station – V180.

Vocare Law formerly Corney & Lind Lawyers

At Corney and Lind Lawyers, we offer customised professional legal services tailored to meet our clients’ needs. Our vision is to seek to provide advice and solutions that deliver just and redemptive outcomes. We are committed to being agents of justice and mercy in the community – seeking to make a positive contribution to the fabric of this world.

Wild Hive

Wild Hive is a vibrant, collaborative, cross-functional, relationship-building, marketing, creative and fundraising agency. We’re a hive of team players, each with our own unique skills across marketing communications and strategy, market research, brand management, social media, fundraising,
graphic design, website development, photography, public relations and copywriting.

We select and embed high-performing, multi-disciplinary teams within organisations we work with. Our purpose is to develop and implement a communications strategy that reaches people and emotively connects them with your organisational distinctive.

Wild Hive has the combined experience and expertise to promote your organisation using our knowledge of the international and domestic market place. As a collective, our team can implement and execute tailor-made brand and marketing strategies on time and on budget.