Sponsors & Exhibitors

AIFC – Australian Institute for Family Counselling

As a ministry of formation, training and equipping, aifc is committed to transforming the lives of people and families through Christian Counselling and Coaching.
Many nations including Australia, are experiencing a mental and emotional health crisis, aifc’s work has never been more important and needed than it is today.
The team at aifc remain on mission ensuring that Christ centered training combined with the latest technology, flexibility, a highly supportive learning community that ensures our graduates are accredited and work ready to step into the next season of their calling.

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

Arrow Leadership is one of Australia’s premier Christian providers of national, trans-denominational leader development and training. We accomplish this through innovative programming and coaching which is highly personal, deeply relational, unequivocally intentional and transformational. Arrow develops and shapes young, emerging and executive women and men to be Jesus centred leaders, enabling them to transform the context of their work through their ministry and mission.

Australian Ethical

Australian Ethical is Australia’s leading ethical investment manager. Since 1986, we’ve provided investors with investment management products that align with their values and provide competitive returns. Our investments are guided by the Australian Ethical Charter which shapes our ethical approach which guides us to parts of the economy that are good for the planet, people and animals and away from harmful sectors

Baptist Financial Services

We’re passionate about Christian ministry. We want to see it grow and thrive, all over Australia.

For nearly 40 years, we’ve helped ministries get the funding and support they need to build and expand their ministry operations. And we’ve done so by walking side-by-side with our clients, understanding their needs and sharing our experience and insight along the way.

And it’s not just a baptist thing, either. We firmly believe we’re the most approachable financial services provider for Christian ministries in Australia.

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 stands alongside our Christian brothers and sisters around the world where they suffer discrimination and persecution. By providing aid through our Christian partners on the ground, we are able to operate with low overheads. Please help us to help those who desperately need relief from their suffering.

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.

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.

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.

EA Insurance Services

EA Insurance Services is a specialist insurance brokerage. We are owned by 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

Whether you’re a school-leaver, or transitioning mid-career, we provide teaching, training and research from a Christian worldview that contributes to the church and the flourishing of humanity through the lives of our graduates.

Eastern College Australia offers nationally recognised courses and we have found that often students are most interested in courses in the following areas:

– Teaching/Education
– Early Childhood Education and Care
– Teacher Aid
– Counselling/Psychology
– Chaplaincy
– A gap year course to deepen their faith

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”.

Media Sales Australia

Community funded media connects people across Australia; it speaks their language; it knows them – and gets them. At the heart of every community is media that engages, serves, influences and entertains. Its media by the people, for the people.

This is where Media Sales Australia comes in, we are an audience funded network of 40 radio stations, one subscription television channel, 40 websites and 5 printed publications.

Media Sales Australia provides a strategic platform for you to reach a national audience of 4.3 million listeners and 3.1 million viewers with authenticity and purpose.

Moores

Moores is a specialist law firm here to help empower Christian organisations to fulfil their purpose. Our team work with faith based clients across the not-for-profit and charity sector – from denominations to congregations, large educational bodies to individual private schools, overseas development organisations to local soup kitchens. We understand the nuances of faith based organisations in a complex regulatory environment.

We would be delighted to help empower your organisation. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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

Real World Technology Solutions is a family-owned Australian business that provides human-centric IT services including powered-by-NBN internet connectivity, internet-based phone solutions, cyber security consulting and solutions and managed IT services & Help Desk support. We especially focus our service on Christian and NFP organisations.

Saward Dawson

Passionate about assisting clients with their mission, Saward Dawson understands the challenges faced by those running a charity, church or not-for-profit. We work directly with clients providing audit, accounting, remuneration services, taxation and other services. Our 75+ staff members have broad knowledge and experience that is needed when supporting clients.

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.

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, crowd-funded multimedia Christian ministry dedicated to ensuring God’s Word continues to have a place in Australia’s media landscape.
Since our inception in local community radio in 1988, under the original name of United Christian Broadcasters, Vision Christian Media has grown to over 750 radio transmitters all over Australia; an app with unlimited reach potential; a streamed Christian worldview national news service; plus a range of devotional publications and digital channels.