Sydney Missionary & Bible College - SMBC

30/09/2026

We greatly value your prayers for the ongoing work and ministry of SMBC. To assist you in praying for SMBC – its students and staff, events and community life – we encourage you to use our monthly Prayer Diary, where we provide a short prayer point for each day. Get the October Prayer Diary at https://buff.ly/cX8TM9o

30/09/2026

It's mid-semester break and we have three intensives running this week:
📘 History of Evangelical Christianity
📒 Disability, Theology and Religion
📕 The Pentateuch

Intensives are a great way to fit theological study into busy lives. Studying a unit in intensive mode involves:
💻 4 weeks to do pre-reading and assignments before lectures
🧑‍🏫 1 week of lectures, either on-campus or live online
💻 13 weeks to complete assessments

Explore what intensives we have coming up in 2027 at: https://www.smbc.edu.au/study/units/

28/09/2026

SMBC represent!!
Many of our students have come to us via an MTS - Ministry Training Strategy apprenticeship. Last weekend a group of them headed up to MTS Mission Minded - Newcastle Conference...

"I was deeply encouraged to worship God alongside the potential next generation of ministry workers and missionaries!" – Meg

"It was great seeing so many people excited to think about how they can serve Jesus with their whole lives. One of these was a girl I used to read the Bible with. She's starting MTS next year – how encouraging!" – Hannah

27/09/2026

“I want to reimagine workplace evangelism as trying to evangelise like a missionary. How would closed-country missionaries evangelise if they were placed in my job, in my secular workplace?

We evangelise like a missionary because the workplace is, in effect, a de facto 'closed country,' where we’re not supposed to talk out loud about Jesus. That’s why we can learn from the missionaries who work in officially closed countries, where they’re also not supposed to talk out loud about Jesus.

Here are some tips I’ve learned from my missionary friends…”

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There's some really helpful wisdom in this article by SMBC grad, Sam Chan:
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/missionary-insights-workplace-evangelism/

Learn more about SMBC's mission-infused study and training at: https://buff.ly/7FVBRKt

How would closed-country missionaries evangelize if they were placed in my job, in my secular workplace?

24/09/2026

Last Friday was the annual Intercollege Cup! Teams from Christ College, Moore College and SMBC competed in soccer, volleyball and frisbee. Moore won overall – with SMBC and Christ College tying for second.

Thanks for the fun and fellowship Moore Theological College and Christ College, Sydney ⚽️ 🥏 🏐

24/09/2026

Loving Father, Almighty God, Author and Sustainer of Life,

We bow before you now, confessing that we are utterly dependent on you. On your strength, on your wisdom, and on your Spirit.

Thank you for the courageous faith you instilled in Benson Barnett to pioneer this ministry 110 years ago.

Thank you, dear Lord, for his testimony when he wrote: “Every time we’ve been driven into a corner, there we have proved God to be a God of deliverances.”

As we look back over 110 years of nine principals, hundreds of staff and thousands of students, we praise you for entrusting to Sydney Missionary & Bible College this glorious privilege – the ministry of reconciliation.

We praise you for what you’ve done at this place. We praise you for the life that flows from you, through SMBC, down the steps and out into the farthest reaches of the globe.

For the victories behind, we thank you. For the challenges ahead, we trust you. In your presence with us, we rejoice. And for the sake of your holy name, we beseech you, dear Lord, to send from this place many more thousands of loving, skilled graduates who bring the light of Christ to our dark and needy world.

In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

(Prayer from SMBC 110th Anniversary Reunion Day, 19th September 2026)

23/09/2026

The Thanksgiving Session at Saturday's Reunion Day was a time of celebrating our past and delighting in God's faithfulness over the last 110 years of SMBC.

It was also an opportunity to look the future. We heard from graduates around the world and Tim Silberman gave an update on the Gospel Needs of the World. Derek Brotherson preached from Matthew 24:1-14 with an encouragement to 'stand firm till the end'.

22/09/2026

Here's just a taste of all the wonderful people who joined us in person at Saturday's SMBC Reunion Day.

Not forgetting alumni and friends who joined us via livestream from across Australia and around the world (Hello France, Singapore, Chile, Malaysia, South Asia and New Zealand!)

20/09/2026

A huge thank you to everyone who came to the SMBC Reunion Day on Saturday!

What a joy to reconnect with so many of you. And what a privilege to see God's faithfulness displayed in so many ways.

We'll have some more content from our 110th anniversary celebration coming soon.

Meanwhile, enjoy this beautiful painting of Benson Barnett House, the original building on our main campus. It's painted for our 'birthday' by SMBC grad, Sam Johnson – www.artbysamjohnson.com

17/09/2026

The Bridge Gap Year is SMBC’s Bible-centred, mission-focused gap year program for 18 to 21s. Coming up on Tuesday 6 October is The Bridge Online Info Evening!

It’s a great opportunity to learn about the program, meet the team and ask your questions. There will be a short presentation and time for Q&A. It’s ideal for anyone who’d like to know more about The Bridge – young adults, senior high school students, parents, pastors, school chaplains etc.

Get details and register at: https://buff.ly/9TO4Yuy