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Tracking where missionaries go and where they come from

Posted on 23/09/2024 by John Sandeman
State of the Great commission report pages

Radical shifts in the sending and receiving of Christian missionaries across the world are detailed in The Lausanne Movement’s State of the Great Commission report. The Lausanne Conference is gathering evangelicals across the world this week in Seoul, South Korea.… Continue Reading →

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‘This is a brutal facts moment for us’: Sydney’s Anglicans have their attendance issues laid bare

Posted on 19/09/2024 by John Sandeman

Dominic Steele, Senior Minister at inner-city Annandale, delivered a no-holds-barred speech calling on Anglicans to respond to the fewer people in their churches. In a statistic-laden speech, Steele introduced a frank and detailed report on attendance patterns to the Sydney… Continue Reading →

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An instant city at the end of the metro line

Posted on 15/09/2024 by John Sandeman
Tallawong developer Deicorp's vision

The very end of Sydney’s shiny new Metro line is Tallawong station, a place destined to be a high-rise-only suburb. The sort of “Transport Oriented Development” (TOD) that strikes fear into the heart of inner city NIMBYs is here at… Continue Reading →

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Queensland and NSW kids get the message

Posted on 12/09/2024 by John Sandeman
Christmas is Merry Quiz Worx

Quiz Worx children’s ministry team ran 767 live puppet shows to over 87,000 kids last year – 362 of them were performed in five weeks in our Christmas period, Quiz Worz supporters’ nights gatherings were told this week. That’s not… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Children, Christian news, evangelism
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Hope for Anglicans (and everyone else) and help for those of us nervous to talk about Jesus.

Posted on 08/09/2024 by John Sandeman
Hop[e 25 logo

What does it look like for a wide range of Christians to be “sharing hope in Jesus”? Australia is about to find out. Between Easter Sunday (April 20) and Pentecost (June 8, 2025) the Anglican Church “each parish to commit… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Christian news, evangelism

Meeting Jesus Christ at the Paris Olympics 

Posted on 15/08/2024 by John Sandeman
Paris Olympic Rings Hôtel de Ville

From Marty Woods in paris Hundreds of people in Paris for the Olympics came away with something much better than a gold medal. They came away with a saviour. Missionary organisations and Churches trained and practised for the game, just… Continue Reading →

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What Aussie Christians should learn from majority world sisters and brothers

Posted on 14/08/2024 by John Sandeman
State of the Great commission report pages

The stand-out fact from The State of the Great Commission report from the evangelical Lausanne Movement is the exponential growth of Christianity in the two-thirds world. It rivals the stories of the early church: “Christian communities that had been planted… Continue Reading →

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Jesus is really all about life in Rwanda

Posted on 08/08/2024 by John Sandeman
Praying for a new Christian in an agricultural project on the outskirts of Kigali

When Glynis Quinlan went on a mission trip to Rwanda with African Enterprise, she found that a very familiar Australian-made evangelistic campaign had taken off in the East African country. In 2023, 16,141 people were saved through the Jesus All… Continue Reading →

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Athletes witness to Christ at the Paris games

Posted on 01/08/2024 by John Sandeman
Hunter Armstrong

U.S. Olympic swimmer Hunter Armstrong may not be a fan favourite in Australia as part of the men’s 4×100 metre freestyle relay team that beat the Aussies to win the American’s first gold medal at Paris 24. But Armstrong is… Continue Reading →

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100 years after Eric Liddell won gold in Paris, Christians prepare to witness at the Olympic games.

Posted on 07/07/2024 by John Sandeman

100 years ago this weekend, Christian sprinter Eric Liddell put his faith before his passion for athletics by going to church and missing the 100 metres qualifier. His inspirational story was retold in the movie ‘Chariots of Fire’. Eric’s reward… Continue Reading →

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