Christian Conferences in Australia 2024

Christian Conferences in Australia offer a wonderful opportunity to gather with other Christians & dive deeply into discipleship, faith & worship.

Australian Christian Conferences 2024

Christian Conferences offer a wonderful opportunity to gather with other Christians and dive deeply into discipleship, faith and worship. There are a host of Christian conferences in Australia each year.

There are women’s conferences, men’s conferences, discipleship conferences, evangelism conferences, leadership conferences and youth conferences. There are Christian conferences in many distinct parts of the country – some that draw participants from across the land, and others that are more regionally oriented. Some conferences offer the option to participate on-line if you can’t make it in-person.

In this article we’ll provide a roundup of just some of the major Christian conferences in Australia in 2024. Each will offer a unique opportunity to learn, grow and worship. Don’t forget though to check in with your local church for church conferences and events that are being offered in your community, or by your particular denomination.

If you know of a major national conference we haven’t listed, please get in touch, we’d love to hear from you.

Major National Christian Conferences

Popular national Christian conferences offer attendees high quality input from keynote speakers, together with a range of elective options to dive deeper into the conference theme. Check out these options for 2024 and early 2025:

Awakening Australia has a vision that the church would be united to demonstrate the gospel. The first conference was held in 2018 and in 2024 will be held in Brisbane. It’s about prayer, training for evangelism, discipleship and building a stronger church in Australia.

Date: 26 – 29 September, 2024

Format: In-person & Livestream

Hillsong Conference has always sought to gather and equip the body of Christ to bring about change for good in families, churches and communities. Come along to be inspired and hear about the mighty ways God moves in people’s lives.

Date: 9-11 July, 2024

Topic: Joy

Format: In-person/On Demand

Katoomba Christian Convention offers a range of Christian conferences each year both online and in-person. Their vision has always been to see the nation of Australia transformed by Jesus Christ through the powerful preaching of the Bible. Men’s and Women’s conferences are held in August and various other conferences throughout the year.

Date: Various – Combined, Men, Women, High schoolers

Topic: Various

Format: In-person/Online

Reach Australia National Conference is a time for gospel workers and church members to gather together to dig into God’s word, challenge each other to see growth and change in churches, and pray together for Australia. By the grace of God and through the collective wisdom of church leaders around the country, their vision is to increasingly see churches become healthy, evangelistic and multiplying.

Date: 13-16 May, 2024

Keynote Speakers: Gary Millar & Ray Galea

Format: In-person/Recorded replays

Planetshakers Conferences exist for the sole purpose of helping to build local churches around the globe, championing Holy Spirit and seeing the Kingdom of God advance. The Conference is all about inspiring passionate, authentic praise and worship, creating an insatiable hunger for God in people’s lives, releasing generosity and faith in God’s people and facilitating divine partnerships. Book early for next year!

Date: January 2025

Topic: TBA

Format: In-person/Online

Christian Women’s Conferences

There is something special about gathering with other women to pray, worship, learn and grow together in a Christian women’s conference. For 2024 women’s conference highlights include:

OneLove is a one-day women’s conference from the team at Katoomba Christian Conference. The purpose is to gather women together for life changing preaching and fantastic fellowship. Whether you have been a Christian for many years or are still seeking answers about God, join us and be encouraged, refreshed and renewed for the journey ahead.

Date: 24 August, 2024

Keynote Speaker: Blair Linne

Format: In-person/On Demand

Grace is an annual one-day Christian women’s conference – held in Adelaide in May, Sydney and Brisbane in June. It’s a time of women encouraging women from the Bible through worship, teaching, workshops and fellowship for women and teen girls. Our aim is to gather women together to strengthen our faith and biblical understanding through engaging with the Bible, as we seek to encourage each other in our relationship with the Lord Jesus as we live and serve in today’s world.

Date: 24 May, 2024

Keynote Speaker: Nancy Guthrie

Format: In-person/On Demand

EQUIP women exists to equip and train women in local churches to share Jesus. They organise livestream conferences for women, teen girls, and ministry wives, that can be hosted in local churches.

Date: 22 June, 2024

Topic: Hope For The Weary

Format: Livestream/On Demand

Christian Men’s Conferences

Join with your brothers in Christ for a Christian men’s conference – a time to be challenged, stretched, encouraged and build relationships with other men as you grow in faith. 2024 options include:

Basecamp offers an annual Christian conference for men to renew their strength in Christ. From the Katoomba Christian Conference team, Basecamp offers options of either a 6-hour Sydney recharge, an overnight mountain retreat or online anytime . This year’s theme of Unravelling Emotions dives deep into the challenges facing modern men.

Date: August, 2024

Topic: Building Brotherhood

Format: In-person/On Demand

Immoveable is the Adelaide Men’s Convention annual conference. A day of blessing, encouragement and equipping through the exegetical preaching of God’s Word, in order to help men grow strong in the Lord Jesus Christ in order that they go on to exercise God-honouring leadership and service in family, church, work and community and be ambitious to win men for Christ.

Date: 11 May, 2024

Topic: Built To Serve

Format: In-person

Christian Youth Conferences

There’s almost nothing more exciting than a Christian youth conference – electrifying worship experiences combined with powerful teaching that energises youth and young adults for a deeper faith in Christ. Here’s some Christian youth conferences to consider:

Youth Alive is a Christian organisation with the purpose of bringing the message of hope and encouragement to today’s youth. they provide genuine support for local youth groups with each state holding conferences, retreats, fundraisers and more for youth and young adults.

Date: Varies in each state

Topic: Various

Format: Various

Compass is the annual student leaders conference offered by Australian Christian Schools, oriented at emerging year 12 leaders and inviting a reflection on how faith, life and leadership connect. Compass is about helping student leaders be formed by the Biblical story and vision for the future, and invites them to see how they can participate in that story.

Date: early 2025

Topic: Know the Gospel, Know Culture, Translate.

Format: In-person

NTE (or “National Training Event” if you prefer the full, non-hip title) is a project of Australia Fellowship of Evangelical Students, inviting university students and young adults from across the country for a week of transformative worship and training at a Christian youth conference like no other. NTE is held in Canberra, after Uni wraps for the year – what a way to kick start Christmas holidays! It’s all about being transformed by the gospel, trained in the gospel and sent with the gospel.

Date: TBC

Topic: The Edge of Eternity

Format: In-person; NTE In the Regions is coming!

The Download is a 7-day intensive dive into what it means to hold a Christian worldview. A project developed by the Australian Christian Lobby and the Lachlan Macquarie Institute, The Download is for 18-25 year-olds. Get equipped with the truth you need to take your faith into the real world.

Date: 20-25 January, 2025

Topic: Various

Format: In-person, Canberra.

Ignite is a national Christian youth conference for Catholic young people, offered in Brisbane and Sydney . For 2024 the theme is Rise Up! inviting young people into a deeper exploration of faith and spirituality.

Date: Brisbane – 19 – 22 September; Sydney – 26-29 September, 2024

Topic: Rise Up!

Format: In-person

Christian Leadership Conferences

Developing high quality leadership is one of the most important tasks facing the church today – and Christian leadership conferences are a wonderful way to help kick start your own leadership journey. Take a look at some excellent 2024 examples:

The Global Leadership Summit is possibly the best-known Christian leadership conference on the planet. With quality teaching shared both live and by video, GLS24 is the chance to join with Christian leaders from around the globe. With local community gatherings, on-line and Premier (in-person) event options, GLS24 takes place across October and November and is not to be missed.

Date: October/November 2024

Topic: Various

Format: In-person, livestream, on-demand

Australian Christian Schools Leadership Summit is a notable example of a Christian leadership conference focussed on a particular context. It draws together staff and board leadership teams from Christian schools across the country to develop skills and offer insights from renowned speakers and international education experts.

Date: 22-23 July, 2024

Topic: Various

Format: In-person, Gold Coast.

Mission, evangelism and church-planting Conferences

Christian conferences focussed on mission and evangelism are the perfect way to open your eyes to new possibilities, to build skills and networks, and to challenge and equip you to put your faith into action. There are some wonderful mission, evangelism and church-planting conference options for 2024:

Digital Discipleship Conference: If the online sphere is the new village square, then the Adventist Media’s Digital Discipleship Conference might just be one of the most important Christian mission conferences for 2024. Sessions will be recorded for later release on-line.

Date: 9 March, 2024

Topic: Various

Format: On-line

Exponential is the national conference for a community of activists who champion the cause of healthy church multiplication. Their focus is on raising up leaders to plant churches of all sizes, shapes, denominations and movements across Australia.

Date: 5-7 August, 2025

Topic: TBA

Format: TBA

Multiply invites you to its conference to learn to turn your vision for disciplemaking into a practical reality. An offering from the Power to Change team, Multiply will draw insights from the life of Jesus, to build principles for your local church.

Date: 19-20 June, 2024

Topic: Disciple-making

Format: In-person, Launceston.

OMF Mission Conference offers Bible teaching and inspiration to remind us of the imperative to take the gospel to the ends of the earth. OMF supports the growth of the East Asian church and its communities and takes the gospel to those who have not yet heard it.

Date: 15-17 March, 2024

Topic: Passion For The Lost

Format: In-person, On-demand

Mission Matters takes seriously the question of inter-cultural mission and evangelism at its His Plan, Our Purpose gathering at Queensland’s Mt Tamborine. You’ll consider God’s call to both local and global mission, and meet those who are on the ground, working in mission.

Date: 7-9 June, 2024

Topic: HIs Plan, Our Purpose

Format: In-person, Mt Tamborine.

Children’s and Youth Ministry Conferences

A ministry conference is an ideal setting to develop your skills to lead in ministry with children, families and young people. This set of 2024 offerings combines time-honoured techniques with new mission insights. Take a look at what’s coming up:

Amplify is Australia’s largest children, family and youth ministry conference in partnership with SU Australia. Backed by a multi-denominational consultancy team, it has been created to inspire, equip and resource those who serve in children’s, youth and family ministries in churches and in schools (RI and SRE). Offered in person, in regional hubs and online, Amplify for 2024 is complete – but it will be back early 2025, and it’s not to be missed. In the meantime, keynote session videos are available online from earlier Amplify events.

Date: March 2025

Topic: Various

Format: In-person hubs,

SMBC Children’s Ministry Conference is hosted by Sydney Missionary and Bible College. The children’s ministry conference is offered in parallel at two locations and a livestream option is offered as different approaches to children’s ministry are explored.

Date: 4 May, 2024

Topic: Small Groups, Big Gains

Format: In-person, Livestream

Ministry Skills Conferences

There are a host of Christian conferences aimed at developing skills for those serving in particular contexts. While there are too many to list individually, here’s a few great examples for 2024:

Chaplaincy Australia hold conferences and training days that dive into the unique and vital world of chaplaincy. At a time when more people than ever are struggling with identity, mental health, grief and los,s and finding purpose, the role of chaplains in Australian society has never been more important.

Date: 22-23 June, 2024

Topic: National Online CA Supervision & Mentoring Conference

Format: Online

Christian Venues Association Leaders Forum, Uplift2024, brings together those serving in Christian venues such as campsites and conference centres to nurture and develop leadership skills and ministry approaches in this vital setting.

Date: 29 July – 2 August, 2024

Topic: Various

Format: In-person

Connect Media and Arts Conference is a long running project of Christian Media and Arts Australia, welcoming Christians working and practice in the arts and media industries. Connect24 will help media and arts teams think, create and speak well into lives, society and culture.

Date: 24-26 September, 2024

Topic: Think well, Create well, Speak well

Format: In-person, Gold Coast.

A Smorgasbord of Christian Conferences!

That’s an incredible list of options for you to consider and, as we said earlier, it’s really just the tip of the iceberg. Take your pick from the list above, hit the relevant link and register now – or check in with your local church or denomination to see what other options are available to you locally.

Scott Guyatt is a writer, speaker, trainer, and facilitator who has served the church in Australia for more than two decades. Scott’s experience includes helping the church explore mission, discipleship and leadership practices in local communities across the country.