Celebrating Father’s Day and Honouring a Champion for Families
We are delighted to share that Warwick Marsh has been named the inaugural Australian Christian Man of the Year for 2026 by FamilyVoice Australia and the National Alliance of Christian Leaders (NACL).
NACL and FamilyVoice spokesman David d’Lima announced the winner live on Neil Johnson’s 20Twenty programme, saying:
“For more than three decades, Warwick Marsh has raised a voice for the irreplaceable importance of fatherhood, and he is a most worthy recipient of this honour.
“He was, by a long way, the outstanding candidate. What a track record of leading the nation, churches and families, and enriching men.
“I think there’s no one else in Australia who’s so dedicated to preserving and promoting God’s gift of fatherhood.”
Be sure to check out Johnson’s announcement on Vision Christian Media’s 20Twenty programme by clicking on the podcast below!
A Faith and Family Advocate
Warwick was a builder/carpenter by trade. But in 1990, he bundled up his young family and ventured out across Australia in a caravan and converted bus. The Marsh family toured Aboriginal communities, country towns, schools, prisons and churches, performing original music grounded in faith, family and hope.
After witnessing firsthand what fatherlessness does to children, families and communities, Warwick and Alison founded what is now known as Dads4Kids in 2002.
In 2003, Warwick convened the Fatherhood Forum at Parliament House, producing a 12-Point Plan on fatherlessness endorsed by more than twenty organisations.
Due to his tireless advocacy for men and fathers, in 2008, the federal Labor government appointed Warwick as Men’s Health Ambassador. But after some public backlash over his convictions that marriage is between one man and one woman, and his refusal to repudiate research linking family breakdown with poorer outcomes for children, they sacked him days later.
That willingness to pay a price for truth is part of what makes this recognition so fitting.
Warwick helped draft the Canberra Declaration in 2010, helped establish the National Day of Prayer and Fasting in 2011, and in 2019 helped launch The Daily Declaration — now Australia’s largest Christian news site. He has co-authored four books.
Married to Alison since 1975, he is a father of five and grandfather of eleven (with the most recent arrival last night — although born very early, mum and baby are doing well!).
Giving Honour to Those Who Honour God
God declares in 1 Samuel 2:30 that “those who honour me I will honour.” Please join us in congratulating Warwick on this richly deserved occasion!
Humbled, Warwick responded:
“Thank you to FamilyVoice Australia and the National Alliance for Christian Leaders for the Australian Christian Man of the Year Award.
“It means a lot to me and those who work with me and support me. Especially my team at the Canberra Declaration. They make me look better than I am. Massive thanks!
“Thank you to all our donors and supporters over 36 years of full-time ministry in Australia and around the world who have helped with their prayers and donations. Where would I or our family be without them?
“Their sacrifice has enabled me to do the things I have done and to be who I am today. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
“The truth of the matter is my wife, Alison Marsh, should receive the award because I would be nothing without her.
“I am greatly humbled by the Australian Christian Man of the Year Award and very thankful.
“The words of the Andrea Crouch song, ‘My Tribute – To God be the Gory,’ come to mind. Watch it below.
“I give all the glory to Jesus Christ my Saviour. Soli Deo Gloria.”
Happy Father’s Day!
This award lands on a fitting weekend. Around 870,000 Australian children — one in six — currently live without their biological father at home. Warwick has given his life to changing that reality.
This Sunday is Father’s Day, and we know that Warwick would love nothing more than for godly masculinity and fatherhood to be proclaimed, and marriages, families and children built up and restored.
This Father’s Day, let’s celebrate God’s good design for fatherhood and pray for its restoration across our nation. And let’s thank God for men like Warwick Marsh, who have paid a personal cost to champion that design for over thirty years.
Happy Father’s Day!
Samuel Hartwich & Kurt Mahlburg
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