One man who left an enduring heritage is John Flynn, featured on our $20 banknote. From small beginnings, the Australian Inland Mission under this visionary pioneer changed the face of the Outback. The Royal Flying Doctor Service was the culmination of his dream for a ‘Brighter Bush’.
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Arthur Stace was one of Australia’s earliest graffiti artists. He wrote the word Eternity in beautiful copperplate script over the streets of Sydney more than half a million times over a span of 35 years. Before that, he was a homeless Aussie battler, a drunk and a criminal.
“We wish to express our thanks to God and all who have continued to pray for us,”
“She knew her purpose in life. She knew what God had told her to do.”
“We know God has called us to be able to reach out to those boys.
‘Father Bob Maguire was the ‘larrikin priest’ who had a great love for Jesus.”
“One of the most influential Christian leaders of the last century.”
On 14 April 2023, George Verwer, founder of Operation Mobilisation (OM), finished his ‘race’ on Earth and passed away to be with Jesus. He was fourteen when Dorothea Clapp heard about his rebellious conduct and put him on her ‘Holy Spirit hit list’.
“The state law used to protect the Mission by exempting religious nonprofit organisations, but the Washington Supreme Court gutted that exemption,
Hunger in a family means young women are often forced to stay at home and miss out on education. As the pressure to find food rises, girls can face forced labour, child marriage, adolescent pregnancy and even human trafficking.
Naomi Reed’s life changed when in high school she went to a Christian group and heard about the Lord Jesus for the first time. The message of the gospel has impacted her ever since.
Over the 30 years of the Open Doors World Watch List reporting, the global phenomenon of Christian persecution has grown alarmingly.
Penny Reeve is the author of several books for Children and Young Adults. But her goal is to get her readers to go beyond just passively reading books. She challenges them to engage in the world and calls them to action.
Sam Childers rose to fame as the preacher with a Bible in one hand and a gun in the other after Hollywood released the film The Machine Gun Preacher, starring Gerard Butler. In 1998, Sam made his first trip to Sudan to help rebuild villages destroyed by civil war.
Brave Brazilian missionary’s astonishing outreach to cannibal tribes in the African jungle.
“You’ve seen the persecuted Church, you’ve seen persecuted believers. Where are your boots, Pastor Devlin?”
“Ryan Koher did nothing wrong. His wife and children deserve to have him back home in time for Christmas.”
Brave Brazilian missionary’s astonishing outreach to cannibal tribes in the African jungle.
“I’ve done more along the lines of Green Beret stuff here than I’ve ever done in my military career.”
Despite everything Kamal has seen his country go through over the last 50 years, he knows God is building His Church and raising a new generation of workers.
A lot of us have come to believe that a mission field has to be in a different country. But sometimes we forget that Jesus also calls each of us to be a missionary right here in our own communities
In 1978, Mercy Ships set out on its goal to help people in need by bringing them hope and healing. Every year, they deploy hospital ships staffed by specialists who donate their time and expertise to help children and adults who may not otherwise have access to life-changing procedures.
Peter Hammond has been a pioneering missionary to nations like Mozambique, Angola and Sudan. He knows what it means to be in danger for the advancement of the Gospel. In the course of his missionary activities, Peter has been ambushed; he’s come under aerial and artillery bombardments; he’s been stabbed, shot at, beaten by mobs, tortured, waterboarded, arrested and imprisoned.
When Diana was 19, she visited Hong Kong and witnessed Chinese nationals being shot as they tried to swim across the Sham Chun River to escape Communist China. This had a deep impact on her, and twenty years later, God prompted her to take action after a lady gave her a book called God’s Smuggler by Brother Andrew.