By: Katrina Roe
Today, two million African women suffer from obstetric fistulas. Continue reading “Meet the Australian Surgeon Changing the Lives of Women in Africa”
Meet the Australian Surgeon Changing the Lives of Women in Africa
Cannibals, Kanakas & Florence Young
By: Graham McDonald
Our History and the Christian Connection
The Queensland Kanaka Mission had received a request for help from a place where cannibalism is very much alive. Who would be willing to go and maybe risk their life to help tell the cannibals about the love of God? Continue reading “Cannibals, Kanakas & Florence Young”
Adorable “MAF Kids” Star in Colin Buchanan’s Latest Song, for Dads
By: Clare Bruce
If you’re doing a creative project and you’ve enlisted Colin Buchanan’s help, you can assume it’ll involve plenty of adorable kids, and a fair dose of comedy, too.
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Local Manly Pastor says the African Church is Thriving
By: Laura Bennett
This week Manly Life Church Pastor Tim Gionvanelli will take a team of four to see the work of African Enterprise in Kenya. Visiting some their development work in the slums, an orphanage school, and learning about their Foxfires gap year program, Tim believes the team will be encouraged by what they encounter in Africa.
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Thousands Gather to Share the Gospel in Mombasa, Kenya
By: Laura Bennett
With an estimated population of approximately 1.5 million, Mombasa is the oldest city in Kenya. It’s the second largest behind Nairobi, with a strategic location along the Indian Ocean that’s seen Mombasa thrive as an economic and cultural hub.
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Meeting the real Mrs Gladys Staines
By: Ange King
I felt a little nervous meeting a “hero in the faith.” A bit awed.
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Aussie Missionary Story Now a Feature Film Starring Stephen Baldwin
By: Clare Bruce
The tragic yet inspiring story of Australian missionary Graham Staines is one that will never be forgotten by India’s Christian community, who have suffered persecution for decades. Continue reading “Aussie Missionary Story Now a Feature Film Starring Stephen Baldwin”
Going on Mission – Find Your Life Calling While Helping Others Pursue Theirs
Above: Tim and Victoria Giovanelli and their two children.
By: Laura Bennett
Going on a ‘mission’s trip’ has become a rite of passage for many Christians. Replacing traditional gap years or holidays to share Jesus with new people is enticing. Continue reading “Going on Mission – Find Your Life Calling While Helping Others Pursue Theirs”
Eight Lessons to Learn From the Life of Billy Graham (1918-2018)
By: Sheridan Voysey
A college dropout farm boy from North Carolina finds faith, starts to preach, begins travelling the world, meets dictators, becomes a confidante to presidents, becomes a media entrepreneur, catalyses dozens of global ministries, and ends his days as the most influential and best-loved evangelist in history.
Such is the Billy Graham story. Continue reading “Eight Lessons to Learn From the Life of Billy Graham (1918-2018)”
Millennial Missionaries
“Quinn and Kylie, millennial missionaries to the scuba instructors of Aruba, are seeking your financial support” reads the caption to comedian John Crist’s hilarious sketch on young millennials called to the vacatio-cough- mission field.
Millennial or not, most of us living in the 21st century Western World wouldn’t expect the potential of being thrown into jail – or even facing death – to be on the risk assessment for a missions trip. For the most part since Bible times, some people think modern evangelism is a lot less about risk and discomfort and a lot more about vlogging in the perfect lighting.