Rachel Borneman
Rachel Borneman Ngarritjan, photographed here with Anderson George Balang, grew up in a missionary linguist family in the Northern Territory. She now serves with Wycliffe Bible Translators as a support worker with Kriol-speaking communities along the Central Arnhem Highway east of Katherine.
Rachel professed Christianity and was welcomed into an Indigenous Australian community at the age of five, when she was given her skin name, ‘Narritjan’. While completing her education in Darwin, she co-led camps and coordinated high school groups with Scripture Union Northern Territory (SUNT).
When she left Darwin in 2000 to train with Youth With A Mission (YWAM), it became increasingly clear that her gifting was working with Indigenous peoples, so she returned to Darwin and worked for six years with Indigenous high school students. She is currently working with Indigenous adults to develop Kriol materials specifically designed for children and youth and to address youth-at-risk issues.
Articles by Rachel Borneman:
6 January 2020
9.9 MINS
Anderson George shares his views on Aboriginal Christian spirituality, and whether or not believers should participate in Aboriginal ceremonies.
