Itinerant Speakers
Itinerant speakers can play a useful role in churches using their diverse knowledge and experience to impart a different reflection on Gospel teachings. They can deliver a message when the current speaker or Pastor is ill or on leave and be called to speak when their particular skills and experience can be used to address challenging doctrine.
Listed are a number of esteemed colleagues in the Brethren movement that are willing to offer their services. Contact details are included should you wish to discuss fees and engage any of them.
Disclaimer: With the exception of David Wraight, none are employed or insured by CCCVaT, which means you engage them at your own risk.
Keith attended the Assembly Bible School in Auckland NZ, and then went on to complete his theological degree online with Trinity Theological Seminary and Pacific University.
Keith spent many years as an itinerant evangelist based in NZ. He founded an evangelistic ministry “This Is Life Ministries” and was heavily involved for 10 years in joint church missions, running team vacation outreaches and overseas short term mission trips, and Bible teaching.
In 1996 God led Keith and Marg into a more settled pastoral ministry in Australia following an internship “Training in Expository Bible Teaching” with the late Dr Stephen Olford in USA. He then served as Senior Pastor for ten years at Canterbury Gardens Community Church on the outer eastern rim of Melbourne, followed by five years at Edge Church in East Doncaster. God then led them to take up a pastorate at the Carmel Friends Church in Indiana, USA when he served for 5 years.
He and Marg returned permanently to Melbourne in August 2019. Keith is available for Bible teaching, pastor mentoring, church vision casting, church conflict resolution. He has completed an ‘Intentional Interim Pastor’ course and is available where churches may need someone in a transitional role between pastors. Keith also is a marriage celebrant and works part time as Chaplain at a retirement village.
God has enabled Keith to write and publish a number of books, training manuals, courses and gospel leaflets. Some of these, along with audios of recent sermons are now available on his website. – www.keithglasgow.com
Some of his sermons are on his YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLej-klqL3jwvo1R8rPW3Ya8Xn_LezilS
Contact Keith:
Mobile: 0413 651 197
Email: kglasgow22@gmail.com
Web: https://www.keithglasgow.com/
God’s Calling
Keith and Kathryn are called by God and commissioned by CGCC to serve in a Bible Teaching Ministry, serving churches and individuals nationally and internationally. They have served God in: Argentina, Australia, Bermuda, Fiji, Ghana, India, Italy, Malta, New Zealand, United Kingdom, USA, Zambia, as principal – Emmaus Bible College.
Ministry Focus
Keith – Bible teaching/mentoring/preaching/writing/small group leader/pastoral care/marriage celebrant/pre-marriage counselling/studies at camps/forgiveness seminars/ consultant/advisor to church leaderships/Board member CCCVaT [https://cccvat.com.au], vets KYB courses. Keith has a website with resources to serve you: http://www.equiprockministry.org/
Kathryn – uses their home for hospitality, is secretary to SERB-CWCI, is a member of the CWCI Dandenong Ranges Committee [http://www.cwciaus.org.au], speaker to women’s groups, play-group assistant at Canterbury Gardens, member of pastoral care CGCC team. Assists Keith in all aspects of their ministry.
Keith Graham
E: keithrockmin@ozemail.com.au
M: 0438 189 151
CCCVaT Comment: Keith is one of Brethren movements foremost experts on biblical interpretation and doctrine and has written policy for the International Brethren movement, CCCAust, CCCVaT and others. His knowledge will deepen your understanding on Gospel.
Peter and Anthea have been in Christian ministry for forty years and are members at Ringwood Community Church (RCC), where Peter was the Pastor.
Peter and Anthea are commissioned by RCC to work full time with ‘HELP’. Peter founded The HELP Charitable Trust in 2010 and together with the Trustees founded HELP CT LTD in 2017.
The TRUST’s mission is training and resourcing pastors and their projects in developing countries. It is engaged in church and community projects.
The COMPANY’s mission is resourcing people and projects that transform communities in developing communities. As a DGR entity it is engaged only in community projects.
HELP currently supports people and projects in Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa and Zambia.
Long pastoral experience in our churches feeds directly into Peter’s cross-cultural work and especially into the development of pastors he is working with in mentoring and training.
Peter has degrees in Theology, Ministry and Professional Education and Training.
He is passionate about:
- The church everywhere and how it relates to its local context.
- Building relationships that create authentic community.
- The practical application of the Bible in real-world contexts.
- The example of Jesus’ leadership and how that applies to leadership now.
CONTACT: peterk@helpct.org
WEB: www.helpct.org
Roy was raised in a Brethren Assembly at Katoomba NSW. He came to know Christ under the preaching of his dad was an elder in that assembly. Graduating from High School he moved to Newcastle to train as an Industrial Arts teacher and attended the Adamstown Gospel Chapel. He is an Educator now with more than forty years teaching experience and has been involved in Christian Education for the last 30 years. He was School Principal for ten years at Maranatha Christian School in Adelaide, South Australia and Head of Campus at Seabrook Christian School in Hobart. He served two consecutive three-year terms as a councillor on the Australian Association of Christian Schools. He has held several different executive and board positions in his local church and para-church ministries in New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland and now Tasmania. He served as an elder at Mt Druitt Village Chapel in Sydney’s western suburbs and at Maranatha Christian Assembly in Adelaide, South Australia. Roy’s current local assembly is Midway Point Christian Fellowship, near Hobart in Tasmania where he serves as the Chairman of Elders and is a preacher and worship leader.
For almost 15 years he fellowshipped at Grovely Christian Community Church in Brisbane and during that time worked for Southern Cross Educational Enterprises as the Manager of the Schools Services Department. This resulted in teaching and preaching at staff training, educators’ conferences, churches and Christian Schools in many different locations around Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and other South Pacific nations as well as Indonesia. He has also preached at International Student Events in England, South Africa and China. He was the instigator of a volunteer service group called His Servants 24/7 Squad, which serve at the ACE International Student Convention in the USA and at most other A.C.E. Student Conventions around the world. He has also preached in many different assemblies and assembly camps in NSW, SA, QLD and Tasmania.
The vision and sacrifice for living life 24 hours a day seven days a week for Christ (1L2474C) is shared by his wife Sue, who has always fully supported his call to ministry during their married life of more than 40 years. They have two adult children and two grandsons.
Roy is willing to travel interstate and international to serve the Lord by inspiring the Lord’s people and preaching the Gospel.
www.promiseboxaudio.com and www.mpfc.com.au
Roy can be contacted at royasavage@gmail.com or phone 0466803209
A passionate Bible teacher with a transformative personal journey—from functional illiteracy to leading international biblical literacy initiatives after coming to faith in Christ at Gormandale Chapel in 1966. As CEO of Walk Thru the Bible Australia, I am dedicated to helping individuals grasp the overarching narrative of Scripture, fostering a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ. Turning disciples into disciple makers by equipping believers with tools to understand and share God’s Word effectively.
- Regularly preach at various churches.
- Develop and deliver sermons that connect biblical truths to contemporary life.
- Engage diverse audiences, from local congregations to international conferences
- Regular guest on Neil Johnson’s 20/20 on Vision Radio
Al Watson
E: biblewalk@icloud.com
M: 0418 368 866
David taught at Kingsley College for over 25 years and was its Principal for 18 of them. He continues to teach at a number of Colleges in an adjunct role. His degrees cover the areas of theology, psychology, counselling, and the social sciences. He has also been an elected Councillor with the City of Melbourne, the Director of Sophia Think Tank (Bible Society public theology) and the CEO of Urban Seed, a community development agency working mainly with homelessness, substance abuse, and mental health issues.
David has recently retired from paid employment and is enjoying the freedom this gives him to fulfil his passions of preaching, teaching, training, and mentoring. He loves the Bible and is keen to help people discover its depth of relevance to the everyday issues of today. He believes in the local church as God’s gift to neighbourhoods the world over and is committed to helping churches fulfil their local mission as embedded agents of God in Australia’s neighbourhoods.
David is available on Sundays for preaching and at other times for training and mentoring. There is no charge for these services although travel costs would be received gratefully.
Dr. David Wilson
E: davidroachwilson@gmail.com
M: 0414 862 922
CCCVaT Comment: David is a well known and gifted speaker in the Brethren movement and is in constant demand to speak at our churches. He has been recruited many times by CCCVaT to speak at its events and recently delivered the final message at the CCCAust National Conference.
DAVID & JENNY WRAIGHT. David & Jenny Wraight have served in ministry and mission for 35 years.
After completing a horticultural degree David started his working life as the Director of Parks and Recreation for the City of Essendon, a suburban area of Melbourne, Australia. Jenny’s education is in early childhood development and after completing her studies she took on a role as Director of a preschool in the Western Melbourne suburb of Thomastown. David and Jenny married in 1977.
Not long after they married, David and Jenny had a clear call from God to give up their careers to serve in ministry and mission. They moved to a remote area of Western Australia and served for four years at Kurrawang Aboriginal Christian Community reaching out to Aboriginal families and caring for neglected and abandoned Aboriginal children.
Following their time in Western Australia and completing further studies, David worked for six years as a pastor at Notting Hill Community Church in the South Eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Under David and Jenny’s leadership the church grew rapidly. David developed an extensive youth ministry reaching hundreds of un-churched young people. Jenny implemented a variety of family and children’s ministries include several playgroups that enabled the church to connect with many families in the area.
It was through his work with homeless and marginalized young people, and conducting youth outreach programs in local secondary schools, that David came in contact with Youth for Christ (YFC). David worked with YFC for a number of years in a volunteer capacity and in 1990 became the Executive Director of the ministry in Melbourne.
In 2004 David was appointed as International President of Youth for Christ and served in this role until the end of 2013. Prior to his appointment to the International President David served as Area Director of YFC Asia Pacific (2000-2004), National Director of YFC Australia (1994 – 2000), and Executive Director of YFC Melbourne (1990–1993).
During the ten years that David was International President, Youth for Christ pioneered or restarted ministry in 68 nations; connected with around 60 million young people with over 2 million giving their lives to Jesus; developed and implemented a prayer strategy that now has 237,000 prayer intercessors globally and involves 14 prayer initiatives; implemented a young leaders’ development and empowerment process that identifies, trains, equips and mobilizes thousands of strategic young leaders across the world and has been the catalyst for exponential growth of the movement. When David completed his term of leadership in 2013 YFC had ministry in 140 nations, over 30,000 staff, and was impacting around 6 million un-churched un-reached young people every year.
David’s passion and calling is to see as many young people as possible have the opportunity to meet Jesus and become life-long followers of Him. He also has a strong sense of calling to the local church and to seeing local churches become authentic Kingdom communities reaching the unchurched. He is the author of two books: The Next Wave which describes how God is raising up a generation of globally connected young people who—with the empowerment and support of the Church—have the potential to usher in the greatest mission movement this world has ever experienced; and Kingdom Come which explores what happens—or what should happen—when the God’s Kingdom comes in a person’s life, in the Church and in the world.
Jenny’s passion and calling is to children and families. After 10 years at home raising their 3 children, she returned to education and has many years of experience teaching preschoolers and supporting and equipping parents. She has a deep desire to see the church develop effective children and family ministries that serve and impact whole communities. She has served as a ‘Mentor Mum’ at two MOPS (Mothers Of Pre-Schoolers) groups providing support, teaching and encouragement to young mothers. Jenny is also called to music and worship ministry and has much experience in leading worship in various church and mission contexts.
David and Jenny have three children, Belinda, Tracey and Michael, as well as four grandchildren.
David Wraight
E: david@cccvat.com.au
M: 0437 075 777
CCCVaT Comment: David gained significant experience and insight into mission during his time at YFC and has a large repository of interesting testimonials about young people who risked all to spread the Gospel.