Keynote Speaker 2025

Miriam Gluyas

Commissioner Miriam Gluyas is the Territorial Commander for The Salvation Army Australia and Chair of its Board of Governance. In this role she holds many responsibilities but the most significant one to note is her responsibility for the spiritual leadership and direction of The Salvation Army Australia.

Having served The Salvation Army for almost 40 years in various appointments, Miriam’s favourite roles have been as a church planter, pastor and Chief Secretary in Papua New Guinea, and Divisional Commander of the NSW/ACT Division.

Miriam has a heart for people and is committed to seeing lives transformed across our nation. She particularly enjoyed her work with youth and children, as well as her divisional and territorial roles, saying it’s the people she has met along the way that have made it an amazing experience.

Commissioner Miriam Gluyas is motivated by co-founder of the Salvation Army Catherine Booth’s quote, ”There is no improving the future, without disturbing the present“ and believes that God is doing some amazing things, and will continue to do so.