Langham Partnership seeks to raise the level of Biblical preaching throughout the world.  It does this by holding preaching schools in strategic locations, by making available quality Biblical literature to aid national pastors in the Majority World, and by providing scholarships for people to gain higher degrees so that Biblical expositional preaching will help the church worldwide to grow in effectiveness.

One major project has been the production of the Africa Bible Commentary, the first ever one-volume commentary written by Africans, for Africans.  It has taken seven years to produce with more than $1million raise to make the project a reality.  Now plans are afoot to translate this into other languages.  The Kiswahili translation project is already under way, and others will follow.  This will all make a huge contribution to the maturing of the African Church.

Koorong is teaming up with Langham Partnership Australia to help in the distribution costs of this commentary.  During the month of May, customers are being encouraged to add as little as one dollar to any purchase, and Koorong will match it dollar for dollar to a total of $40,000.  Just $30 will provide one ABC to needy pastors in Africa.  John Stott has commended this project to the Christian public and it certainly deserves our support.

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Simply Christianity was the Australian Christian Book of the Year in 2000. One of the reasons people sometimes avoid looking into Christianity is that there are so many Christianities on offer, each with their spin on things, their own rituals and practices, their own religious package. But just imagine we were able to get beyond this--to strip back all the rituals, myths and dogma; to put to one side the hair-splitting and disagreements; to get beyond all the trappings of 'religion'--what would we find? If we were to go back to Jesus himself, to the biographies about him contained in the New Testament, what would we discover Christianity to be about? That is the project of this book and this Course. It aims to present simply Christianity, by reading and reflecting upon the ancient biography of Jesus written by Luke. John Dickson has put the course together.

We are running Simply Christianity: The Course
5 Weeks from Wednesday 30th April with Gavin Parsons 7:45pm.

This is for people seeking to understand the central teaching of Christianity and for christian people wanting a refresher in the essential teaching of Christianity. It is a chance to ask hard questions about Jesus! For more information or to sign up contact Gavin at the church office 9381-2640 This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it  

An opinion piece from ACL's WA Chief of Staff Michelle Pearse was published in The West Australian. The article points to the credible research showing the real harm which will result from the WA Government's decision to legalise brothels and urges a serious rethink on this issue.

Please click here to read the article....

http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=54&ContentID=64313

The Apostle Paul instructs Timothy that prayers be made for peace on a regular basis in the church.

"I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone- for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness." 1 Timothy 2:1-3

Anzac Day reminds us men and women serve in our armed forces with a view to bring peace in the troubled spots of the world. The Australian Army currently has significant forces deployed on four major operations :

1. Operation Catalyst - Australia's commitment to the Coalition forces in Iraq. Overwatch Battle Group (West Iraq); this is a battlegroup consisting of a headquarters, infantry company, armoured squadron and training team, with a total of 450 personnel. This has two tasks: Provide support to local Iraqi security forces Assist in the training of local Iraqi Army units so that they are able to take over the internal and external defence of their country.

2. Operation Slipper - Australia's commitment to the War on Terror. The army contribution is primarily concentrated in Afghanistan:

3. Operation Astute - Australia's commitment to Timor-Leste. This constitutes the largest overseas deployment of Australian forces, with around 925 troops deployed. These are primarily formed into a single battlegroup.

4. Operation Anode - Australia's commitment to the Regional Assistance Mission Solomon Islands (RAMSI) has changed over the years, with an initial influx of over 2000 troops to one Platoon of Australians, New Zealanders and Pacific Islanderers just before the riots of April 2006.

Australians are also involved in other peacekeeping operations:

A. Operation Mazurka - Australia's commitment to Multinational Force and Observers (MFO). From 1982-1986, the RAAF provided rotory wing aviation support.

B. Operation Paladin - is the Army's longest ongoing operation, where Australian personnel have served since 1956. Operation Paladin is Australia's contribution to the UN Truce Arab/Israeli War.

Pray for our armed forces as they seek to bring peace in the world.
often in places were violence rules and their is no peace.

Paul prays for earthly peace that we might have an opportunity to find peace with God through Jesus. Paul prays that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness For...

"This is good, and pleases God our Saviour, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all men-the testimony given in its proper time".

Pray for peace on earth
Pray for the armed forces of our country as they seek to bring peace in difficult places
Pray for peace with God that comes through knowing Jesus

"Lest We Forget"

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