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Excerpt*: "What
is also pleasing about Open Brethren is their commitment to
missionary work. It is estimated, for example, that one per cent
of the total number of members in Brethren assemblies are
serving on the mission field. By modern standards, this is in
excess of almost every Christian denomination. Operation World
reports that Brethren fellowships in Canada, USA, UK, Australia
and New Zealand together have 1223 missionaries. But, in
addition, there are many national workers as well as workers
from other countries involved in world mission. The position is
that several thousand members are currently working in
mission."
(* Source:
Cult Awareness & Information Centre by Eryl Davies
http://www.caic.org.au/biblebase/brethren/concerning%20cults.htm) |
What
is a MISSIONARY?
10 ways to AVOID serving the Lord!
Ruma Abedona Hospice
(R.A.H.) - West Bengal, India
 Ruma
Abedona Hospice for palliative care in West Bengal, India, has been
created to be a warm welcoming home-like place that has open doors
for anyone suffering from a terminal illness, especially cancer – no
distinctions are made. By the time a
victim
reaches the hospice in West Bengal, they have usually been given no
hope of life by their doctor and have spent all their finances (if
they had any) on trying to find a cure. At the hospice they find
compassionate, understanding, kind, caring people who seek to
support them in the remaining time they have left to live. The
palliative care centre in West Bengal was opened and dedicated on
9th February 2005, and is beautifully appointed and finished – it is
an “oasis in the desert”. The centre offers its services free of
charge, however clients are asked to assist financially if they
possibly can. “Abedona” means “without pain”. The aim of the centre
is to assist the client to be as pain and fear free as possible, and
give support to their family.
www.rumahospice.org.in
 Pam
STATHAM
GBA Ship: Logos Hope
Details
to come shortly.
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BACKGROUND:
GBA
Ships - Serving others with ocean-going ships began in 1970 with the
purchase of the
 original Logos. Since then the ships (Logos, Doulos,
Logos II and now Logos Hope) have visited 500 different ports in 160
countries and territories and welcomed 40 million visitors on board.
Our goal is to bring knowledge, help and hope to the people of the
world. The ships visit each port for several weeks each and open the
gangways to hundreds and sometimes thousands of visitors each day.
On average, over one million visitors have been welcomed onboard
every year! The floating book fairs offer over 6,000 titles,
providing many visitors their first-ever opportunity to purchase a
wide
 range
of quality literature. An international crew and staff of
volunteers live and work on the ships. Teams from the ship go
into surrounding areas to supply aid and community care. In
each port, the ship’s crew partners with local community
groups to bring hope and show love to people whatever their
circumstance, culture or background.
www.gbaships.org |
Operation Christmas
Child
 Operation
Christmas Child is a
unique project of Samaritan's Purse which brings joy and hope to
children in desperate situations around the world through gift-filled
shoeboxes. It provides an opportunity for people of all ages to be
involved in a simple, but hands-on, project which has the power to
transform children's lives. In 2009 our teams in
 Australia and New
Zealand delivered over 300,000 gift-filled shoeboxes to South East
Asia and the South Pacific. Globally, Samaritan's Purse distributed
an estimated 7.6 million shoeboxes to children in 105 countries. As
each shoe box gift is delivered, it is treasured by the
 child
who receives it and is a lasting reminder that he or she is precious
to God.
Lynwood
Christian Church's Involvement
Since
1999 we have produced 2,652 shoeboxes for Samaritan's Purse! This is a
testament to Lynwood's desire to reach children with God's Word and
serve Him in a practical way. The Shoebox Ministry team has seen it's
numbers dwindle, although the enthusiasm for this ministry remains
strong. Please pray for guidance for the future of this ministry here
at Lynwood after this year's outreach. We encourage individuals
to fill their own boxes (these will be provided from the church office
when available) and/or get involved on the two or three packing days
we will hold in August/September. Any queries, please see
Linda Russell.
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Here is a
sample
of videos on YouTube of Samaritan's Purse...
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 "Boxes
of joy in Papua New Guinea"
Follow the shoe boxes that originally came from Australia up
 along
the river to the village of Miri, Papua New Guinea.
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 "Music
Video: Love in a Box"
by Melisa Bester
Melisa is a long time supporter of Samaritan's Purse - features
footage
from Cambodia and Papua New Guinea.
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..... WARNING:
Please be careful of what YouTube recommends you to watch after
these clips - many are anti-christian .....
Zimbabwe Focus
 Zimbabwe Orphan Care (ZOC)
is a registered UK based charity working in Harare, Zimbabwe. The
charity was
established by Alan & Dorothy Graham (originally from Belfast) in
2000 to help orphaned children and abandoned babies in the Harare
area. Zimbabwe is among one of the poorest countries in the world
with very high unemployment and HIV/Aids having wiped out a whole
generation.
Jabulani
Children's Home -
Over
recent years there has been a distressing trend in Zimbabwe of
babies being 'dumped' after they are born. This can be for a number
of reasons but often key factors are an inability to care for the
baby, or an
 unwanted pregnancy due to rape. To help address this
trend, in 2008 ZOC purchased a house with four acres in the
Marlborough district of Harare. Although the house was in need of
much repair, with
the donations received we were able to renovate, extend and complete
the main home in May 2009. The main house can facilitate 12
abandoned babies and phase 2 of the project (due to be completed mid
2010) will see the construction of two more homes on the site. We
have worked closely with local social services and council officers
to ensure everything is done legally in the building and running of
Jabulani. We have been commended on the way Jabulani was built, and
is now being run. It is unlike any
other children's home in Zimbabwe, or even Africa due to the care,
love and attention every individual child gets each and every day.
It is our intention that this house can offer a hope, a home and a
future to all these children for life.
 Vaughan and Cathy PIRIE
Thailand - At present in Pak Phanang
Come to Thailand by
joining our “Serve Thailand” program for 1- 3 years. As a “Serve
Thailand” worker, you will receive training and support that will
help you to discover where God can use you in the future.
For more
information click
here.
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BACKGROUND:
Overseas Missionary
Fellowship International
(formerly the China Inland Mission and Overseas Missionary
Fellowship) was founded by James Hudson Taylor in 1865. We
serve the church and bring the gospel to many of the countries
in East Asia, and we have a pioneering ministry in the rest.
We help place Christians with professional skills in China and
other Asian countries, and share the love of Christ with East
Asians worldwide. In 2006 OMF International began praying for
900 new workers to reach the gospel neglected frontiers among
East Asia's peoples. Now in 2010, 449 of those workers have
been provided by praying for the remaining 441 you can play a
part in reaching East Asia's millions.
www.omf.org |
 Dave and Judy
HUDDLESTON
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
(Back row - left to
right: Scott, Dave, Judy and Tim.)
(Front row: Liam and
Caitlin.)
Youth Ministries
Australia is currently partnering with the Churches of Blacktown in
Schools group [COBIS] to assist with the placement and equipping of
schools workers in the Western Suburbs of Sydney. Within this region
there are Christian students feeling alone and isolated; Christian
teachers feeling overwhelmed, and disengaged young people who may
not receive biblical teaching and modelling any other way! State
High School workers serve the school community to which they are
assigned providing religious instruction, but in so doing
sensitively address the social, emotional and spiritual needs of
staff, students and families. The harvest is plentiful - the workers
are few!
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BACKGROUND:
Youth Ministries
Australia
was founded in 1979 by Bill and Faye Hodgson as the youth
ministry arm of Campus Crusade for Christ Australia. From our
beginning we have served the local church in equipping those
with a ministry amongst youth in building Jesus-centred church
and school-based ministries. YMA’s National Ministry Leader is
Dave Huddleston. Dave lives in Melbourne with his wife Judy
and their four children. Dave has a background in both local
church and high school youth ministry. He and Judy have also
lived in Adelaide, Perth and Sydney and have been associated
with YMA for 18 years. They are passionate about seeing
leaders raised up to influence this generation for Jesus.
www.yma.com.au |
 Tarsha's Legacy
Centre
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Opened in
May 2008 in the New Happy Village at Koh Krobey in Kandal Province.
It is named after Natarsha Charlesworth, a 22 year old trainee
teacher from Australia, who wanted to come to Cambodia and teach the
children in Happy Village, but sadly passed away in a white water
rafting accident in October 2007. This education centre now provides
 regular English, Khmer, arts and crafts, story classes and spiritual
input for nearly 100 children. They not only receive education, but
also health care and a nutritional meal each day to help them grow
and develop into the children God created them to be! Since TLC
began we have seen these many of these
 children move from being at
the bottom of their class at the local Government school to being
top students! These children have so much potential; all they need
is the support and encouragement to help them achieve all that they
have the ability to achieve! Would you consider sponsoring a child
at TLC for AUD$40 per month, so that this vital ministry can
continue? Our dream is to see these children build a brighter future
not only for themselves, but for the nation of Cambodia.
http://www.fellowshipofhope.net/projects/tarshas-legacy-centre/
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BACKGROUND:
Tarsha's Legacy Centre
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With an acronym like TLC (which could also stand for Tender
Loving Care) is bound to equip, empower and enrich the lives
of Cambodian children in a loving, caring environment. Patrick
and Carol Kelly have been involved in a huge initiative - to
re-locate and house people who were being evicted from an
inner-city slum area. A Khmer pastor, Sara, has a huge heart
for his people within the slum and together with Patrick and
Carol and and his wife Shansi, Pastor Sara has been looking to
God for an answer. Out of all this has come the purchase of a
90 metre x 10 metre block of land not far from Phnom Penh,
where 18 small (6m x 4m) homes have been built. A whole new
community has been formed. Further, a school has been opened
on the property. Called 'Tarsha's Legacy Centre' (in
remembrance of Natasha, a young Tasmanian lady who lived a
short earthly life, but whose passion for the poor lives on)
this school serves not only the new community but also
children in the immediate district. Shansi heads up the school
of 90 children, together with a great team of staff. |
Working for God full-time is a noble and viable career option!
    
The harvest is ready, but the workers are
few.
The time is short.
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Challenge Literature Fellowship is a non-profit
organisation. We publish an evangelistic newspaper to
encourage and help Christians to share their faith regularly
and to give readers the opportunity to learn about Jesus
Christ. Challenge was established over 20 years ago. By the
grace of God the past ten years have seen significant
increases in our monthly print run distributed by churches and
individuals in Australia, New Zealand and Africa. We are
blessed to have our own premises in Perth at Wattle Grove, on
the Keswick Campsite block; and a stable team of full and
part-time workers who have gifts that enhance various aspects
of the ministry. Apart from the Challenge newspaper, we offer
a printing service to the church and missions communities. |
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MOBILE
MISSION MAINTENANCE |
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 If you're looking for a way
to combine your commitment to serving God with a love for
adventure, why not 'hook up' with MMM? Maybe you’ve just
retired, or been made redundant well before you’d planned to
finish work. Maybe you’re planning to retire, but not sure
what you’re going to do once you’re free of the daily
‘nine-to-five’. If this sounds like you, God still has work
for you to do!
Read more » |
Get out of your comfort zone
and get a real experience of what it's like to go on a mission
for God! You get the chance to expose yourself to the mission
work that other Christian groups are doing, often in a
completely different culture, and be part of a team that
contributes to a work project to benefit the people you are
visiting.
Read more » |
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AMT - Australian
Missionary Tidings
partners with churches to
educate, motivate
and
facilitate
Christians for global service.
Australian Missionary Tidings functions to facilitate the
involvement of Christian Brethren in Australia in this
commission. AMT is a comprehensive service organisation caring
for workers sent out from Christian Brethren churches. AMT
provides pastoral care and practical helps to workers and
seeks to educate the local churches at home of their
responsibility in world mission. AMT represents a worldwide
fellowship of workers who are engaged in evangelisation,
church planting and Bible teaching, along with Bible
translation, education, medical care and training of nationals
in Christian ministries. |
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GLO - GOSPEL LITERATURE OUTREACH
GLO
began in 1965. They have grown steadily both in training and
in the ministries they have undertaken. They are based within
the Christian Brethren assemblies and see GLO in partnership
with commending assemblies, assembly missionary service
organisations and national leaders. GLO has developed into an
international ministry and now has almost 200 people
world-wide engaged in various ministries aimed at
strengthening and planting new Christian Brethren assemblies. |
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Bible Study
Fellowship (BSF) International provides lay
participants the tools, the environment, the relationships,
and the support needed to grow deeper in knowledge and
understanding of God and the Bible. This comprehensive
inter-denominational Bible study program helps you gain a
practical understanding of this important book. What makes BSF
unique today is what made BSF unique in that first Bible study
more than 50 years ago: a Four-Fold Approach to learning. BSF
studies throughout the U.S. and around the world all utilize
these four elements: 1) Daily questions for individual Bible
study; 2) Discussion groups; 3) Challenging lectures; 4) Study
notes. This approach is consistent with each of BSF's eight
yearlong studies that coincide with the school-year calendar:
John, Isaiah, Acts of the Apostles, History of Israel and the
Minor Prophets, Romans, Genesis, Matthew, The Life of Moses.
While this is a comprehensive 33-week study, it is also
designed for you to jump into it at any time.
To
find out what's involved in getting started in a BSF class
near you,
click here. |
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