The Search For A MAF Pilot Has Escalated
A Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) pilot flying a GA8 aircraft from Elcho Island, Arnhem Land, Australia has failed to return as expected at 2.30pm October 16, following a cargo-only charter flight. The search for a MAF pilot has escalated on the 17th..
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Need & Greed what's the difference?
If Mother Theresa was right that poverty was not created by God but by you and I, because we haven't figured out how to love. Then wow, we need to understand a lot more about love, especially if it's the mitigating factor of poverty alleviation.
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Willie the 'Lionheart' to visit Sydney and Central Coast to say thanks for support for prison ministry in South Africa
Willie Dengler, President of World Hope Ministries in Africa regularly faces up to 1000 maximum security prisoners in South African gaols. "It's a bit like facing a pack of lions sometimes," says Willie, "but God is always with me".
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World Vision Launches Bold Initiative For Worldwide Elimination of Mosquitoes
The humanitarian agency World Vision, in an effort to reduce infant mortality, has taken a bold initiative for a worldwide elimination of mosquitoes. This was made known by its President, Rich Stearns in a statement, adding that the good news is that the elimination of malaria is possible as was done in the United States in 1951.
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Intervention Review Provides Template for Genuine Partnership with Aboriginal People
The recommendations contained in the Northern Territory Emergency Intervention Review Report were welcomed today by the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ecumenical Commission (NATSIEC) of the National Council of Churches in Australia.
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Jesus Racing Team V8 Supercar 08 Campaign in Doubt
The future of the Jesus Racing Team's 2008 V8 Supercar campaign is in doubt following the weekend's horror-smash at Bathurst's Mt Panorama.
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Learning the true value of life
"It was such an interesting experience, with amazing things being done by medical teams. But I realised that they could not do their job without the support of the rest us."
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Billy Graham Returns Home Following Hospital Observation
Evangelist Billy Graham has returned to his mountain home in Montreat, N.C. upon his release this afternoon (Saturday, October 11) from Mission Hospital in nearby Asheville following a brief stay. He was admitted for observation after he tripped over one of his three dogs and fell late Friday.
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Joyce Meyer heads to Ethiopia for humanitarian work
Christian author and speaker Joyce Meyer is preparing for a humanitarian trip to Ethiopia this month.
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Children, displaced peoples and Media featured in Asian Missions Conference
New initiatives to reach children and young people who constitute 30% of Asia, was one of the new thrusts reported in the Asia Evangelistic Fellowship (AEF) triennial conference of leaders held in Hyderabad, India in the first week of October this year. The mission founded by the late Dr G D James is now led by Executive Director Jonathan James and President Met Castillo.
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$2.23 Million to Improve Indigenous Literacy
Rev. Bill Crews's Exodus Foundation will receive $2.23 million in federal government funding to extend its acclaimed indigenous literacy program across the country.
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CSW Welcomes Foreign Secretary's Condemnation of Iran Apostasy Bill
The Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary, Rt Hon David Miliband, MP, has condemned a draft bill currently making its way through the Iranian Parliament, which would codify the death penalty for apostasy.