The Speaker

Mike Raiter became principal of the Bible College of Victoria in 2006. Born in Liverpool, England, his family migrated to Australia in the mid 1960s. After graduating from Wollongong University in 1976, he started a career as a high school teacher. In 1978 he went to teach at Murree Christian School in Pakistan with the Church Missionary Society, where he met his wife, Sarah, the daughter of American missionaries.

After completing theological studies at Sydney’s Moore Theological College and a stint serving on its faculty in the late 1980s, Mike, Sarah and their young family returned to Pakistan to work in theological education with Interserve for seven and a half years. In 1997 Mike, Sarah and their four children returned to Moore Theological College, where Mike was head of the Department of Mission until the end of 2005. Mike has written several books, including Stirrings of the Soul (Matthias Media 2003), which was awarded the 2004 Christian Book of the Year. Mike is in wide demand as a conference speaker. His hobbies include cryptic crosswords, crime novels and walks with his wife.