Michael David Raiter (born 19 September 1953) is a well-known Christian speaker and is the current principal of the Melbourne School of Theology in Melbourne, Australia. He is also the author of a number of books, including Stirrings of the Soul (Matthias Media, 2003), which won the 2004 SPCK Australian Christian Book of the Year Award.[1]
Born in Liverpool, England and raised in the New South Wales town of Dapto, Raiter began his career as a high school teacher in Sydney and Pakistan. After studying at Moore Theological College he returned to Pakistan to teach at the Zarephath Bible Institute. In 1997 he joined the faculty at Moore College as head of the Department of Missions.
Since 2006 Raiter has been the principal of the Melbourne School of Theology (formerly the Bible College of Victoria), an evangelical theological college.