Dear Everyone, First Activities I have had a busy time since arriving back in Timor. The first weekend back I went to Weberek with Moyses, Josie & Anarela, a young Timorese Christian woman working with us. Josete, a former YWAM missionary who served in YWAM with me till 2007, returned to Timor to start work […]
Lucinda Windeatt and Casa Vida
/in Blog, Lucinda Windeatt, Missionary, Missionary NewsDear Friends, For those of you not yet aware, I would like to introduce you to the Christian Organisation, Casa Vida in Dili, Timor Leste. Casa Vida was founded in 2008 to address and respond to the needs of children who are victims of physical, emotional & sexual abuse. Casa Vida provides safe and secure […]
What Were Early Christians Like?
/in Article, BlogThe Epistle to Diognetes, c. AD 130 Here is a gem we are most fortunate to have as only one copy survived the centuries. We do not know who wrote it. It came from the second century. It was, as the New Testament, originally written in Greek. In this brief excerpt, we have preserved a […]
Lucinda’s News – July 2019
/in Blog, Lucinda Windeatt, Missionary, Missionary NewsDear Everyone, First Activities I have had a busy time since arriving back in Timor. The first weekend back I went to Weberek with Moyses, Josie & Anarela, a young Timorese Christian woman working with us. Josete, a former YWAM missionary who served in YWAM with me till 2007, returned to Timor to start work […]
John Rowse – Update 25th June
/in Blog, John Rowse, MissionaryJohn Rowse – Spiritual Shakings Heaven or Hell? The big seminar I had been looking forward to for so long has finished – disastrously. After 18 hours of teaching over five days, a good group of the pastors and some of their wives – and mothers’ union leaders – seemed to be coming onside. By […]
Lucinda’s News – June 2019
/in Blog, Lucinda Windeatt, Missionary, Missionary NewsLucinda is back in E. Timor with lots of challenges on her plate. After 6 months away many things and situations have changed so she will need flexibility to face them. She’s also alone so please pray for her and her relationship with the people and Moises and Josi, two lovely Brazilian Christians who have […]
John Rowse News – 15 June 2019
/in Blog, John Rowse, Missionary, Missionary NewsRowse’s News – 15 June 2019 Dear Friends, Please thank the Lord for safe travel from Singida to Bariadi and then to Musoma, on the eastern shore of Lake Victoria. On the way, I visited a bush Bible school run by the son of a bishop friend of mine with the African Inland Church […]
Stewart’s News – June 2019
/in Blog, Missionary, Missionary News, The Stewart FamilyA new pastor for the Presbyterian Church of Osaka Rev. Kuno was inducted and he started working at Osaka Presbyterian Church from April. He moved to Australia to study at a Theological college at around the same time when I, Tomoko, moved to Australia in 1997. Please pray for our church and catch up with […]
Why Pray if God’s already decided?
/in Article, BlogPrayer and Predestination A Conversation Between Prayerful and Prayerless (by John Piper) Prayerless: I understand that you believe in the providence of God. Is that right? Prayerful: Yes. Prayerless: Does that mean you believe, like the Heidelberg Catechism says, that nothing comes about by chance but only by God’s design and plan? Prayerful: Yes, […]
School Chaplaincy Abandoned in ACT Schools
/in Blog, NewsSubject: School chaplaincy abandoned by ACT Government schools Date: 13 March 2019 at 2:13:47 pm AEST Dear Friend, Earlier this week School Chaplaincy ACT received the deeply disappointing news from the ACT Government that it would abandon the school chaplaincy program at the end of 2019. In its place, it will introduce a secular support […]
Pres. Church of Australia – Stand on Abortion
/in Blog, Church, NewsThe Presbyterian Church of Australia has taken a clear stand on “the murder of unborn infants” or abortion. Here is a statement from Rev John Wilson, the Moderator-General of the PCA on this issue. Take a few minutes to read it as it’s important.