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God and Golf, Hand in Hand.

God and Golf, Hand in Hand.

In 1984 Baptist Minister Mark Tronson along with Heads of Churches initiated the Professional Golf Chaplaincy, providing chaplains and spiritual guidance to professional golfers, with humbling success..

  • Olympic Ministry in three shapes

    With the London 2012 Olympic ministry full stride in its planning stages, it is perhaps time to stand back a little and reflect on what it all means. Mark Tronson, the Australian Baptist minister who consults with Olympic host cities organising committee\'s of Olympic Village\'s Religious Services, is in a prime position to relate the process to the fundamentals.

  • Public response to Calvin Jubilee exceeds expectations

    Celebrations in 2009 of the 500th anniversary of the birth of the Protestant reformer, John Calvin, were a resounding success according to an assessment by the international committee which coordinated Calvin09 Jubilee activities.

  • John Cleary reveals on IPTV the straightest man

    Speaking Australian Missionary News IPTV, John Cleary, elder statesman of ABC\'s Religious Affairs, said that in all his years of radio interviewing he had never met a more straight and upright man than Britain\'s Anthony \'Tony\' Wedgwood Benn, who was born in 1925 and served in the British Labor Party until his retirement in 2001.

  • Logo unveiled for London 2012 Olympic outreach

    Dr Sam Mings, the president for Lay Witnesses for Christ International (Chaplains to the world\'s Olympians) has unveiled the \'Logo\' for the London 2012 Olympic outreach ministry, with the accompanying slogan: \'BRIDGING THE GAP 2012 LONDON~ENGLAND\'

  • A heart for Africa and its people

    Coffs Harbour nurse Margo Clerc has returned from serving as a volunteer with Mercy Ships in the West African nation, Benin, on the world's largest non-governmental hospital ship Africa Mercy.

  • Former Olympian appointed to key leadership role in 2012 Olympic outreach

    Lay Witnesses for Christ International's Board of Directors have unanimously endorsed its Presidents' (Dr. Sam Mings, Sr.) recommendation to appoint Angela Harris to serve a s a pivotal member of the Athletes Executive Committee for Lay Witnesses for Christ International's forthcoming eighth Summer Olympic Outreach to be known as 'Bridging the Gap 2012 London ~ England Olympics'.

  • Vote for the "hidden workforce" this National Carers Week

    UnitingCare NSW.ACT is seeking your vote on whether you think carers are undervalued in Australia on www.withoutfearorfavour.org.au. This move is in response to the call for community support for Australia's 2.6 million carers during National Carers Week, 18 – 24 October 2009.

  • Gloria Jean's Coffee raises fund for poverty

    Opportunity International is marking the UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty through its 'Cappuccino for a Cause' campaign that will run in Gloria Jean's Coffee stores cross Australia. The campaign is aimed to raise funds for its poverty alleviation programs in Indonesia, one of the sources for Gloria Jean's coffee beans.

  • David Smethurst says on IPTV 'Scots turn to Christ'

    For 30 years, Dr David Smethurst has been running the most remarkable Missions within Britain, Eastern Europe, Africa, Eastern Europe and Australasia. He recently conducted a fortnight of men\'s ministry throughout Scotland where hundreds of men gave their lives to Jesus Christ.

  • Mentor is so very precious

    Well-Being Australia\'s chairman Mark Tronson, a Baptist minister and cricket chaplain, says that when a mentor has become very special to your heart over many years, that when that person becomes frail, there is heartache.

  • Desperate appeal for typhoon victims

    Bible Society is working with aid agencies to support thousands of people left homeless by the two typhoons which hit the Philippines last week, but workers say they desperately need more funds.