Sally Bathgate – Board Member, Anglican Aid

Sally Bathgate lives in south-west Sydney with her husband Ben and their 3 children. Prior to this, they lived in the Middle East for language and cultural training. During their time there, they encountered many who were displaced from their home countries due to regional conflict. They were touched and challenged by the stories they heard. With the help of Anglican Aid, Sally (along with Katrina Fleet-Gulbrandsen) published Tea & Thread: Portraits of Middle-Eastern women far from home in 2017. This book has helped raise awareness around challenges facing refugee women, as well as raising funds for charitable initiatives that support women in the Middle East. Sally now supports Anglican Aid as a member of the board.

Helen Hoskins – Founding Chaplain, Bunda Girls Secondary School TANZANIA

In 1983, Helen Hoskins moved from Australia to Tanzania to serve as a missionary with CMS. Helen is the founder of the Girls Brigade Sewing and Handcraft Centre in Bunda. She is the Founding Chaplain of Shalom Pre and Primary School and Bunda Girls Secondary School. Helen taught at Nyakato Bible School in Nyanza, and the Kowak Christian Training Centre (later Bunda Bible College). Helen is a Canon of St John’s Cathedral, Musoma. Helen returned to Australia reluctantly in 2020 and currently volunteers on the ministry team at Mona Vale Anglican as well as at an aged care facility with her therapy dog Maude.

Berthier Lainirina – Principal, St Patrick’s Theological College, MADAGASCAR

Rev Berthier Lainirina was appointed Principal of St Patrick’s Bible College at the start of the 2021 academic year. He is a commissioned Evangelist of Church Army Africa (which has headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya) and an ordained priest within the Anglican Church of the Indian Ocean. He was initially Vicar of a Parish in the Diocese of Toamasina Madagascar, before being appointed Provincial Administrative Secretary of the Province of the Indian Ocean, and now the Principal of St Patrick’s Theological College in Toliara.

He is married to Sandria and they are blessed with two children. Berthier started his tertiary academic study as a scientist, with a Diploma of Science, BSc and MSc in Mathematics (Université d’Antananarivo) during which he was with IFES (International Fellowship of Evangelical Students) evangelising to University students. Berthier has also a BTh (Université Catholique de Madagascar), BTh Honours (South African Theological Seminary) and a Master of Research in Philosophy (Université de Toamasina). He is now working on his PhD in Theology.

Ed Loane – Adjunct Faculty (Church History), Moore Theological College

Ed Loane is the Warden of St Paul’s College, University of Sydney. Prior to that, Ed served on the faculty at Moore Theological College full-time and now continues as Adjunct faculty (church history). Ed’s research interests include Anglican, Reformation and evangelical history, ecclesiology, atonement, revelation, and preaching. He is married to Jocelyn and they have five children. They are members of Cammeray Anglican Church.

David Williams – Principal, St Andrew’s Hall (CMS)

David Williams leads the training ministry of CMS-Australia, based at St Andrew’s Hall in Melbourne. He and Rachel served in Kenya where they were involved in ministries in Kibera slum, one the largest informal settlements in sub-Saharan Africa. David taught theology at Carlile College, and helped the College to launch a training program for Pastors working in the most marginalised parts of Nairobi.