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World Youth Day Use As Evangelising Tool

On the 11th December 2005 the Catholic Church is planning to use the World Youth Day celebration held in Sydney for 2008 to evangelise as many young people as possible..

  • Theme For Youth Conference ‘The Living and Active Word’

    On the 30th November 2005 the Sydneyanglicans.net has report the third annual Youth Ministry Conference is being held on the 1st December 2005 at Moore Theological College with the focus on ‘The Living and Active Word’. The conference will be held for 2 days and it has attracted 140 registrations from across Australia.

  • Salvation Army Expands Mission to 111th Country Since its Foundation

    This weekend the Salvation Army will officially commence its work in the 111th country since its foundation. Poland will be the latest country to receive the worldwide Christian movement as celebrations take place over the 24-25 September.

  • Motorbike Mission To Encourage Missionaries

    On the 23rd September 2005 the Sydneyanglicans.net has reported that Nathan Brown and his long time friend Julian Price will undertake a cross-continent motorbike mission from New Delhi to London to encourage the missionaries where the duration will take months and the thousands of miles of tracks will be ‘some of the most inaccessible, visually staggering and potentially dangerous countries in the world.’

  • Youth Spirituality Survey Release

    On the 23rd September 2005 the Anglican Media Melbourne has viewed the Youth Spirituality survey conducted by the Christian Research Association (an Australian body providing research to a variety of churches) which included of a broad range of young people such as Lutherans and Catholics that found depending on the relationship the adolescent have with their family it ‘can have a tremendous impact on the adolescent spirituality.’

  • The Fire Burns In Cambodian Hearts

    On the 7th September 2005 Cambodia a Buddhist country in Southeast Asia is experiencing a massive movement of accepting the Gospel message where Cambodians Christians are eagerly joining Bible League’s Church Planter Training which saw the church growth exploding there.

  • Bibles for the Persecuted: Australia Sends Bibles for the Needy

    On the 7th September 2005 a program starting on the 4th September 2005 to the 23rd September 2005 will entail Christians praying during the 21 days and making financial contributions to provide the bible to the persecuted Christians communities worldwide. This program known as ‘Bibles for the Persecuted’ initiated by Bible League’s Bible have been joined by over 600 churches and nearly 300 family and bible study groups right across Australia.

  • Imprisoned Indonesian Women Praise God Despite Three-Year Sentence

    On September 1, three Indonesian women were convicted of violating the 2002 Child Protection Law in Indonesia and were sentenced to three years in prison. Before the final hearing, an interview was held by Open Doors with Dr. Rebekka Zakaria, Eti Pangesti and Ratna Bangun.

  • Indonesia School Teachers Guilty, Sentenced to Three Years in Prison

    Three women in Indonesia, who were arrested and charged with 'Christianisation', have been convicted by Indonesian judges and sentenced to three years in prison

  • Indonesia Gov't to Review Controversial Decree as Threats on Christians Increase

    Indonesian officials have decided to review a controversial decree issued in 1969, which has limited the religious freedom of Christians by requiring permits to set up churches.

  • Australians Celebrates as WYD is held at Sydney in 2008

    On the 22nd August 2005 Pope Benedict XVI has finally made an official announcement to an open-air Mass in Germany attended by 1 million people from 193 countries that the World Youth Day (WYD) a Roman Catholic Church international jamboree for young believers will be held in Sydney in July 2008 and he will be going there.

  • Thousands of Young Catholics Gather to Share Faith at World Youth Day

    Thousands of young Catholics have converged upon the city of Cologne, Germany to see the Pope and, more importantly, to share and celebrate their faith.