Anglican Diocese of Bendigo

What Anglican Diocese of Bendigo does

The Anglican Diocese of Bendigo is a constituent diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia, headquartered at 4 Myers Street, Bendigo, Victoria, with a central office staff of approximately 20. It serves communities across regional Victoria through a network of 35+ parishes, including locations such as Bendigo Cathedral, Echuca, Swan Hill, Castlemaine, Maryborough, Kyneton, Mildura, and surrounding districts. The diocese delivers spiritual services (worship, sacraments, pastoral care), formal ministry training via The Curnow Centre (workshops, professional supervision, the Australis Certificate of Ministry, and the Keith Cole Library), and a portfolio of community welfare programs including New Horizons Welfare Services, Bencourt Care grants, family violence response, indigenous ministry, chaplaincy, and Mothers' Union. Operational and compliance services include Safe Church training and clearances, the Eddington Cottage holiday accommodation for clergy at Point Lonsdale, and payroll administration via the Key Pay system. Supporting partners include Kooyoora (professional standards), CrimCheck (background screening), ChildWise (child safety resources), Broughton Publishing (liturgical materials), E-pray (digital worship resources), Donorbox (online donations), and Blaze Aid (disaster relief).

The diocese's revenue model is donation- and retail-led. Streams include voluntary parish tithes and offerings, retail revenue from a network of Anglican Op Shops (locations include Northern Mallee, Cohuna, Elmore, Heathcote, Nyah West, Red Cliffs, and Stanhope), application-based grant funding through Bencourt Care and the Claude Jennings Trust, and donations to community welfare services via Donorbox. Distribution is through the parish network and physical Op Shop storefronts, supported by a WordPress website and The Spirit monthly newsletter magazine as the principal communications channels. The go-to-market motion is community-led, with parishes serving as the primary touchpoints for congregants and community members across regional Victoria. There is no pricing model, no SaaS/product monetization, and no public revenue disclosure; the diocese is a registered religious non-profit operating under the governance of the Anglican Church of Australia.

Name

Anglican Diocese of Bendigo

Legal name

Anglican Diocese of Bendigo

Website

https://bendigoanglican.org.au

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Anglican Diocese of Bendigo is a regional Victorian diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia serving communities through 35+ parishes, providing worship, pastoral care, ministry training, and welfare services including Op Shops, New Horizons, and Bencourt Care grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Organization and Community Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (813110), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

akta.pro primary industry

Denominational & Ecclesiastical Governance Bodies (Dioceses, Synods, Conferences) (BPAGAJAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues) (BPAGAJAA), Faith-Based Humanitarian Aid & Relief Ministries (BPAGAJAF), Faith-Based Missions & Evangelism Organizations (Domestic & International) (BPAGAJAE)

Keywords

• Religious services
• Pastoral care
• Parish ministry
• Community welfare
• Theological education

Headquarters

HQ city

Bendigo

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Parish Tithes and Offerings: Voluntary contributions from church members through regular giving programs
2. Op Shop Operations: Multiple Anglican Op Shops across the diocese generate revenue through retail sales of donated goods
3. Grant Funding: Bencourt Care provides grant funding to parishes; Claude Jennings Trust offers application-based grants
4. Community Services: Welfare services including New Horizons Welfare Services, Bencourt Care supported by donorbox

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Anglican Diocese of Bendigo is a religious administrative body of the Anglican Church of Australia that coordinates worship services, pastoral care, sacraments (baptisms, weddings, funerals), and community welfare programs across 35+ parishes in regional Victoria. It operates ancillary services including Anglican Op Shops, holiday accommodation (Eddington Cottage), ministry training (The Curnow Centre), Safe Church compliance services, grant programs (Bencourt Care, Claude Jennings Trust), and welfare services (New Horizons).

Product overview

The Anglican Diocese of Bendigo is a religious institution providing church services, community programs, and parish administration across regional Victoria. The diocese offers a portfolio of services including The Spirit (a monthly PDF newsletter magazine covering diocese news and events), Eddington Cottage (a beachside holiday accommodation service at Point Lonsdale for clergy and lay ministers), a network of Anglican Op Shops supporting parish funding, The Curnow Centre for ministry training and professional supervision, Safe Church compliance services, Bencourt Care grants, and New Horizons welfare services. The diocese operates an extensive resource library and provides payroll services for employees via the Key Pay system.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The Spirit Monthly Magazine

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• KooyooracoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerKooyoora handles all professional standards matters for the Anglican Diocese of Bendigo. They manage complaints and professional conduct issues, with a dedicated contact poster and free-call phone number for complaints.
• CrimCheckcoreOthersOnline criminal history check service used for volunteers, clergy and employees. Clergy and laity needing police checks access the service at crimcheck.org.au/check/bendigoanglican
• ChildWisecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerChild Wise provides resources and online publications for child abuse prevention. The diocese uses their materials to help parishes create safe environments for children.
• Blaze AidminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership providing disaster relief assistance - mentioned in news about Blaze Aid for Harcourt showing community support during bushfire recovery
• Broughton PublishingminorOthersProvides Anglican prayer books, lectionaries, certificates and related materials for purchase through the diocese
• Anglican Church of AustraliacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent organization of the Anglican Church of Australia providing liturgical resources, governance frameworks, and General Synod guidance
• Eddington CottageminorOthersHoliday house at Point Lonsdale bequeathed by Miss Caroline Eddington to the Anglican Diocese of St Arnaud, now part of Bendigo Diocese. Provides affordable beachside accommodation for clergy and their families.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Uniting Church Synod of Victoria and Tasmania: The Uniting Church Synod of Victoria and Tasmania is a regional Protestant governing body that operates parishes, community welfare agencies, and aged-care services across the same geographic region. It is structurally analogous to an Anglican diocese and competes for the same pool of regional congregants.
• Anglican Diocese of Gippsland: The Anglican Diocese of Gippsland is another small regional Anglican diocese within Victoria serving eastern regional communities. It shares the same parish-network model, donation-based revenue, and small-staff central administration as the Bendigo diocese.
• Anglican Diocese of Melbourne: The Anglican Diocese of Melbourne is the metropolitan counterpart within the same Anglican Church of Australia province. It operates parishes, welfare services, and ministry training across a different (urban) geography but shares the same ecclesiastical governance structure, liturgical framework, and revenue model as the Bendigo diocese.
• Catholic Diocese of Sandhurst: The Catholic Diocese of Sandhurst covers the same Bendigo/northern Victoria region under a different denomination. It runs parishes, schools, welfare services, and sacramental programs with the same community-led regional model, serving as a directly comparable inter-faith peer.
• Anglican Diocese of Wangaratta: The Anglican Diocese of Wangaratta serves north-eastern regional Victoria and southern NSW with a similar parish-and-welfare model. It is directly comparable as another regional Anglican diocese with small headcount, dispersed parishes, and community service programs.
• Anglican Diocese of Ballarat: The Anglican Diocese of Ballarat is an immediately adjacent regional Victorian diocese within the same Anglican province. It operates with a similar mix of regional parishes, community welfare outreach, and congregational giving — making it the closest geographic and structural peer to Bendigo.

Regional players

• Presbyterian Church of Victoria: The Presbyterian Church of Victoria is a regional Protestant governing body operating across the same Victorian geography with similar parish and community welfare functions. It is comparable in mission and revenue model but operates under different ecclesiastical governance.
• Lutheran Church of Australia, Victorian District: The Victorian District of the Lutheran Church of Australia serves regional Victorian communities with parishes, schools, and welfare programs. It is comparable as a regional Christian denomination operating an analogous parish-network and welfare-services model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/anglican-diocese-of-bendigo

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