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New e-newsletter offers families resources to teach children about Jesus

Youthworks have initiated a new family ministry – Growing Faith, which focuses on addressing the important responsibility of parents, carers or grandparents in teaching their children about Jesus..

  • Volunteer nurse becomes a reminder of the important things of life

    "When family and friends hear about what Mercy Ships is doing, they say it changes their perspective on what really in important in their lives," says Swan Hill nurse Jenny Adamthwaite.

  • Bold step for Australian Missionary News IPTV!

    A bold new step in the presentation of the Australian Missionary News IPTV has taken place and it\'s possible as there are two separate sites.

  • Witness on the run

    When the annual City2Surf 14km Marathon was held in Sydney, on Sunday, 8th August, amongst the 82,132 participants were those from 500 registered charities. Some were Christian organisations, witnessing and raising support through sponsorships, for their efforts in this, the World's largest run.

  • Our children are a sacred duty

    A recent travel story from the US tells how two unaccompanied children on separate flights, the \'paper work\' got mixed up and they both ended up at the wrong destination. To compensate the airline publicly apologised, refunded the air fares, finally got both children to where they were supposed to be, and issued credits for future air fares for both families.

  • Caritas Australia calls for support: 13.8 million people affected by Pakistan flooding

    A humanitarian disaster of massive proportions is developing in Pakistan with an estimated 13.8 million people affected by the worst floods the country has seen in decades.

  • A need to disclose 'murder or noise

    Well-Being Australia chairman Mark Tronson was very interested to read a recent article by Hamish Heard in news.com (Sunday Herald Sun) that those real estate agents who fail to disclose a house for sale \'had a murder\' or has \'unruly neighbours\' will get huge fines.

  • Sudanese Pastor tours Australia, tells of the civil war damage and appeals for help

    Live Connection, with the support of Aussie Christian Gigs, is hosting Pastor John Thon Australian tour for 3 months to share his stories of the civil war damage to all human beings and every living thing in the Christian part of Southern Sudan.

  • "The Rev" launched to continue conversations started in Jesus. All About Life campaign

    Building on the Jesus. All About Life (JAAL) theme of "creating conversations", Bible Society NSW has launched an interactive blog by CEO Daniel Willis.

  • Addicted to fame

    Ian Dickson (Dicko) is a former Australian Idol judge and host of My Restaurant Rules and Celebrity Survivor. After recently losing his Melbourne radio gig, he said that it was time to bury his on-air persona of Dicko.

  • A painful truth: Cleary speaks out at Brisbane Christian communication forum

    High-profile ABC personalities John Cleary, national religious affairs commentator, and David Busch, Executive Producer of ABC Religious Radio, will lead the 2010 ARPA Communications Forum.

  • Act for Peace assists flood ravaged people of Pakistan

    Act for Peace, the international aid agency of the National Council of Churches in Australia, is responding immediately to assist the flood ravaged people of Pakistan with emergency assistance as the death toll soars beyond 1,100 and disease outbreaks emerge.