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Dying for a dunny – Christians rush to join Canberra's longest toilet queue

Dying for a dunny – Christians rush to join Canberra's longest toilet queue

On Tuesday 20 September, hundreds of Micah Challenge supporters from all over Australia will converge on the lawns of Parliament House to join federal MPs in a queue for a giant toilet, and raise awareness for the 2.6 billion people around the world who still have no access to a toilet..

  • Unreasonable? This can change to Restrictive!

    Martin Niemoller\'s famous quote has become the hallmark of responsible free speech when he opposed the Nazi\'s.

  • Christian leaders are different from politicians

    The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, told reporters, \"We cannot wait for politicians to sort things out, we have got to make a difference ourselves", at the conclusion of a two-day conference at Lambeth Palace on Christians in the Holy Land.

  • A goal in Comment writing

    Well-Being Australia chairman Mark Tronson has developed "Press Service International" to communicate matters of Christian interest to the wider community. Part of this ministry initiative is to provide the news service "Christian Today Australia" with a daily comment article written by one or more members of a group of young writers.

  • John Piper: Christians, do not waste your lives on the 'Australian dream'

    Leading Evangelical Pastor, John Piper, last night pleaded with over 10,000 people at the 'One Saviour, One Life, One Night' event in Sydney not to waste their lives buying into the 'Australian dream', but to put the value of Jesus on display in their lives.

  • Two worlds exist for many immigrants

    Mark Tronson, Chairman of Well-Being Australia, recently read an interesting story about a Sudanese man who has applied unsuccessfully for more than 1000 jobs who then resorted to using a fake Anglo name on his resume in a desperate attempt to get work. As a result he received five call-backs for an interview.

  • Madagascar local go 'extra miles' to spread the gospel

    On the surface, Hanta makes for an unusual missionary. A daughter of farmers from outside Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo, she first became interested in telling others about Jesus through seeing her sister's commitment to sharing the Gospel.

  • 20,000 turn out for Greenbelt

    The mixed weather wasn't enough to stop the fun at this year's Greenbelt.

  • Burning off a necessity

    An annual "burn-off" takes place during the later part of Winter and early Spring, throughout every bushfire-prone part of Australia. Planned and controlled burns take place, to remove the tinder-dry fallen material and undergrowth so it doesn't pose so much danger when the hot winds of summer come along.

  • Global Care honours flood recovery partners in Goodna

    A flood-ravaged house under rehabilitation in Goodna was the scene for a special ceremony recently for Global Care to honour partners who had helped in the flood recovery work in the first half of this year.

  • Soul Survivor and Momentum bring 1,500 to Christ

    A whopping 33,000 delegates attended youth conferences Soul Survivor and Momentum this summer, with more than 1,500 youngsters becoming Christians.

  • Respite visits 'very welcome'

    Well-Being Australia chairman Mark Tronson is pleased that the associated interstate respite facilities are all reporting very pleasant and most welcome \'visits\' by those clergy and missionaries seeking some \'time out\'.