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Dave Andrews In Malaysia

Dave Andrews will be in Malaysia with Malaysian Care in August. Check out the possibility of joining him for a three day compassionate community work conference. http://www.malaysiancare.org/index.cfm?menuid=109 Malaysian Care www.malaysiancare.org

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Dave Andrews In North America

Dave Andrews Visit To North America Dave will be in the US & Canada June 8-24 2012.   He will be meeting people and speaking with groups in Vancouver, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Houston and last but not least at the one and only Wild Goose Festival in North Carolina. Los Angeles June 8-11. If […]

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Enough – 6-8 July, Sydney

TEAR National Conference:  We live in a culture that is held captive to a vision of growth: where privilege, entitlement, exploitation and endless accumulation are the norm. But we yearn for a Kingdom culture, where followers of Jesus have been freed to practise Christ’s vision of sufficiency: living in solidarity, humility, justice and equality. TEAR […]

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Giving up Empire for Lent

Opposition to the propaganda that prepares the public to support war is a trickier proposition. It requires scepticism of the media, cynicism about the intentions of our leaders, and the articulation of a factual narrative countering what is being reported by mainstream media. Most congregations have no interest in such activities because they seem to […]

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Engage.mail

Engage.mail is a free monthly e-publication that engages Christians in different conversations regarding issues facing Christians in Australia. Conversations for 2011 include: Religious Freedom and Equal Opportunity Legislation/ Providing Asylum / Truth and Wikileaks / Theological issues facing the Australian church  Readers are encouraged to join the conversations and add their comments to the articles. http://www.ea.org.au/Ethos/Engage-Mail.aspx

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Providing Relief In East Africa

Providing emergency food, water, medical assistance and supplies 26th August, 2011 TEAR’s partner, World Concern is providing emergency food, water and medical assistance and supplies to over 12 million people in East Africa are still in the midst of what the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is calling “the world’s most serious […]

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African Famine – TEAR Response

Update: Three new areas of Somalia have been classified as having been hit by famine, the UN says. According to the UN Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit, “Famine is expected to spread across all regions of the south in the coming four to six weeks,” and is “likely to persist until at least December […]

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The Abraham Fund Initiatives

The Abraham Fund Initiatives has been working since 1989 to promote coexistence and equality among Israel’s Jewish and Arab citizens.  Named for the common ancestor of both Jews and Arabs, The Abraham Fund advances a cohesive, secure and just Israeli society by promoting policies based on innovative social models, and by conducting large-scale social change […]

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Caring For Creation And The Challenge Of Climate Change

“The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it.” (Psalm 24:1) I’ve been reflecting on this reality as I have listened to the debates around a price on pollution this week. As Christians, we embrace the core belief that we are not owners of creation, but stewards. It all belongs to God. Our responsibility as […]

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Friends Without Borders

Friends Without Borders has spearheaded the largest peace effort in India and Pakistan’s joint history, igniting an historic campaign called Aman ki Asha. Now, we’re going global… Welcome to a brand new approach to world peace. All across India, tens of thousands of children have begun writing heartfelt letters to the students in Pakistan. All […]

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The Peace Pastor Blog

When Martin Troyer, a Houston pastor, began blogging for his church nearly two years ago, about 30 people read his posts. 
Now his blog, “The Peace Pastor,” reaches an online audience of tens of thousands of people. On one occasion, his blog post received 15,000 hits within six hours of publishing a post…Troyer’s blog focuses on […]

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Welcome to ‘Peacemakers’! Inspire, learn … and act!

How can we dare to hope? 
How can we keep pushing against the tide of violence? When one war is finally brought to a weary end, another breaks out with horrifying ferocity. There is no end to the work of peacemaking. These are words from “Blessed Are the Peacemakers,” debuting today. 
It’s a book and, […]

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