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Euthanasia bill Last words from Rudd announced

Greens MP Robin Chapple introduced a private member’s bill called the Voluntary Euthanasia Bill (2009) in the Western Australian parliament on 20 May, 2010. The bill allows those 21 years and over, who have a terminal illness that will cause death within two years and are experiencing considerable pain and suffering, to request euthanasia. It calls for “immunity from criminal prosecution and civil ramifications to a person who assists a suffering terminally ill patient to die.” The request must be witnessed by two independent and unrelated people. Perth doctor, Dr Lachlan Dunjey, from Medicine With Morality, said in a letter to all Western Australian politicians, “In the best traditions of medicine the doctors of Medicine With Morality are resolutely opposed to any laws that permit euthanasia in Australia no matter how particular bills might be framed.”

Photo: ACL “The proper role of a doctor The 2010 Make it Count event with former PM Kevin Rudd and Leader of the Opposition, Tony Abbott was webcast into churches across Australia. is to uphold the value of life in all circumstance, to comfort Former Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd Mr Rudd spoke first and said until the end of 2011 when it will be but ... appropriate sanctuary and always, but never to kill or assist and Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott he is, “proud of the role played reviewed. Mr Abbott supports funding residency in our country are not the in killing. Ethical and moral values spoke directly to Christians across by Christian churches in forming for chaplains to 2014. same thing.” His government will that honour our nation should be Australia by webcast on Monday Australia.” He acknowledged that National Convenor of the Schools reintroduce temporary protection upheld by all governments. We 21 June, just 64 hours before Julia many social institutions, including Chaplains Association Stanley Jeyaraj visas. urge your strong opposition to this Gillard became Australia’s first schools, hospitals, orphanages and said from his Perth office, “It’s “It’s hard … the balance between bill,” he said. woman Prime Minister. groups caring for the poor were shaped promising to see both parties valuing protecting those in genuine fear and Dr Dunjey believes the framing Organisers, Australian Christian by efforts of the Christian church. the contribution of Chaplains to keeping an orderly migration system,” of the bill would allow euthanasia Lobby estimates that at least 60,000 In his speech, Mr Abbott schools across the country. We Mr Rudd said. for many more people than the people participated in the event by commented on the Howard years welcome the Prime Minister’s Three days after the Rudd- usual scenario stated. attending screenings in local churches and argued strongly against anti- comments that he can’t see why Abbott forum, Ms Julia Gillard was Salt Shakers, the Christian across the nation. discrimination principles being applied the Government’s commitment elected unopposed as leader of the Ethics Action Group based in The former Prime Minister and to church-based bodies. wouldn’t continue past the current Parliamentary Labor Party, making Melbourne, urged Christians to Opposition Leader presented prepared “Values do not change and yet funding round and also appreciate her Australia’s first female Prime write to their local politicians and speeches followed by questions from how they express themselves in policy the Opposition Leader’s commitment Minister. the Western Australian Premier, denominational church leaders and should and can change over time,” to funding through to 2014. We look The ACL said that it expects urging them to reject the Bill. representatives who were gathered Mr Abbott said in acknowledging forward to working with either party to see Labor under Ms Gillard The bill will be debated before in the audience. he would be more ‘progressive’ than in Government.” confi rm its concern for the poor and a full sitting of the House in Rudd and Abbott followed similar former leader John Howard. Both said the refugee situation disadvantaged, as well as the values in September or October during the lines on the issues of school chaplaincy, The school chaplaincy program is complex and requires a balanced society that proved attractive to many spring sitting of Parliament. gay marriage and prayer in Parliament. was confi rmed as a vital part of the response. Mr Abbott noted, “We have Christians throughout Australia under For more information visit Both confi rmed their Christian faith. education system and will continue an obligation to genuine refugees Mr Rudd. www.medicinewithmorality.org.au news theadvocate July2010 Local MP joins Aid party

Ms Jackson, the Member for Hasluck (WA), spoke at a ‘Survive Past Five’ 5th birthday party at Maida Vale Baptist Church (MVBC) in June to briefs remember the children of the world who will never celebrate their 5th birthday. “I’m delighted to come across a Births and large group of people committed to Baptisms foreign aid,” Federal MP Ms Sharryn Mackensie Tayla Atkinson was Jackson said. born to Noal and Rachel Atkinson In 2008, 8.8 million children died from South Perth Baptist Church before their fi fth birthday, most from on the 24 April. Maida Vale easily preventable causes. Twenty- Baptist celebrated two baptisms two percent of these children died recently. Darren Williams was from diarrhoea and 21 percent from baptised at City Beach on 2 May pneumonia. and Robert Green was baptised Organiser Steve Bedells said the in the Swan River at Middle Swan event was a response to the church’s on 5 June. on-going commitment to raise the

profi le of people trapped in global Photo: Jill Birt poverty. MP Sharryn Jackson with members of the Catalyst at Maida Vale Baptist Churches ‘Survive Past Five’ 5th birthday party. Not for Sale “We formed a Catalyst group after Don Batstone, Professor of Ethics doing the Baptist World Aid Australia With party food and hats, 110 Jackson to take a strong clear funds used for international aid, so at the University of San Francisco 50:50 program last year and learning people enjoyed the celebration message to Canberra that the people Maida Vale’s positive response was and President of Not for Sale, about Micah Challenge’s Millennium and cheered loudly as Ms Jackson of MVBC want the government to give encouraging for her. an organization which is making Development Goals,” Steve Bedells confi rmed the federal government to international aid generously. The congregation presented Ms inroads into the world of the said. is on target to achieve their goal of Ms Jackson said she is part of a Jackson with a thick pile of hand- global slave trade will speak at Goal 4 is to reduce child mortality increasing international aid to 0.7 non-political group of politicians in made cards outlining their message Mt Pleasant Baptist Community by two thirds and Goal 5 is to reduce percent of GDP as they promised. Canberra called Friends of Millennium for the government and applauding College on Thursday 15 July at by three quarters the number of Currently Australia gives 0.5 percent. Development Goals. She is often her work to promote increased 7.30pm. For more information women dying in childbirth. Steve Bedells implored Ms jeered by Australians who don’t want funding for international aid. call 9329 1777.

Perth Women’s ‘Testdrive’ your cultural skills Convention coming soon Worldwide Evangelisation for surveys — how to write down what was born overseas or has a walking alongside seekers — that’s The Perth Women’s Convention is Christ (WEC) is planning a you may discover of the visible and parent born overseas. The multi- discipling, and gathering these being held on Saturday 14 August ‘Testdrive’ training event in Perth heart-felt elements of a person’s cultural population of Perth gives people into communities of faith — at Swan Christian College. Judith from 23 to 25 July to introduce culture. Participants will join with unique opportunities for practical that’s the church,” Jim Dawson said. Nichols, a lecturer at Trinity people to church planting experienced cross-cultural workers training in working with ethnic “It will be like a ‘taster’ in these areas Theological College, will give work among culturally specific doing door knocking, prayer walking communities. over the three days.” three talks on A Praiseworthy God: communities. and learn skills to help them make WEC Mobiliser, Jim Dawson, is “We’ll visit a Temple and a Insights from the Psalms. This The training introduces friends with the locals. excited about this type of training Mosque too,” he said. “And of is an opportunity to spend a day foundational skills in ethnographic One in four people in WA being available in Perth. course there’ll be interesting food being encouraged by good Bible “This opportunity will be great to try!” teaching, music, fellowship and for people with an interest in cross- Participants will also visit an food. For more information go to cultural work who want to have a ethnic church to experience the www.ccowa.org. try,” he said. “It’s also really useful vibrancy and reality of Christian for anyone who knows or supports community and worship from an cross-cultural workers overseas, to outsider’s perspective. give you an idea of what their work Participants need to be at Colourful Dave is about.” least 17 years old and have the launches new book “We plan to get people involved support of their local church to do Local Perth man Colourful Dave, in teams sharing the stories the course. For more information launches his new books at Wesley of Jesus — that’s evangelism, contact Jim Dawson on 9470 2725. Uniting Church Hall on 11 July. His autobiography is titled The voices in my head are real but greater than these is God’s love. His book Hope in a dark place follows his journey through disability and mental illness. It includes a chapter on adjusting to a new disability or illness. Wheelchair bound, Colourful Dave runs several websites including www.theencourager.info targeted at people with mental illness. Physically disabled people may find help at www.christiandisabledaustralia.net. Colourful Dave sells pre-loved Christian books through www.christianbookscheap.net. To donate books contact

Photo: Sean Boucher [email protected]. Testdrive offers practical experience for people interested in cross cultural church planting.

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Perth song writer published Jesus Racing hits Perth Nedlands song-writer Ann Bettison, recently published her first music book titled Such is the Love. The volume, Andrew Fishtail Fisher doesn’t just “One guy emailed me the day which contains 24 musical wear his heart on his sleeve. It’s all after the dinner and told me he’d scores, lyrics, a story about over his V8 ute as well! been challenged about being a man of how each song was inspired He was going to put a ‘fish integrity and went home and gave his and a demonstration CD which symbol’ on the back of his race car life over to God,” Andrew Fisher said. includes each song, was to show that he is a follower of Jesus. As well as speaking at churches, launched with a concert at His wife challenged him to make a schools and clubs, Andrew Fisher Nedlands Uniting Church in June. bold statement about his faith and gets to connect with a large cross- As well as a book, the material promote Jesus ... All about Life, all section of the community through is available in digital format. over his car! So he did. racing. For more information contact “Many racing people are “Motorsport is the equal second [email protected]. obviously surprised and challenged most watched sport in Australia. The by the boldness of the Jesus Racing utes raced in front of one million live branding,” he said. “They have been spectators and a TV audience of over challenged by the integrity we have fi ve million last year, so the cross Urgent call and the way we go about our lives. We section is very wide,” he said. to pray for have been well accepted and people The strategic thinking and careful Afghanistan are interested in our faith and what planning that elite racing requires Devastating reports have been makes us tick.” inspires Andrew Fisher. released from various news In Perth recently, Andrew “So much of being fast around a agencies that a member of the Fisher spoke at a Men’s Dinner race track is working out how to set Afghan government has called for and the Sunday morning service up the car and how to get the best the public execution of Christian at Lakeside Baptist Church. He out of it,” he said. Photo: Andrew Fisher converts from Islam. This is in Andrew Fisher’s Jesus Racing V8 ute in action. talked about his life as a V8 racing He keeps his spiritual vibrancy response to a video broadcast driver on the Australian circuit and through the disciplines of daily Bible by the Afghan television network called men to live with integrity, reading, prayer and having signifi cant Noorin TV, which showed footage making sure their actions and conversations with people, including of Christian men being baptized beliefs added up. his wife. and praying. The deputy secretary of the Afghani parliament said, “Those Afghans that appeared [in the footage] should be executed Artfest success in public.” The video clip, along with inflammatory statements against the Christian faith, has repeatedly been broadcast on different television stations. Afghan law declares proselytising is illegal and conversion from Islam is punishable by death. Many Afghan followers of Jesus have been frightened by these events and have gone into hiding while others have fled. Afghan Christians have few rights and no voice in their own country, but they ask Christians around the world to pray for them and their families. Photo: Lauren Waye Painting winner of Expressions 2010, Hilary Monton and Expressions ‘Son of Hamas’ Festival Coordinator, Marie Johnson. battling deportation from USA Entries in the Expressions Creative a new dimension,” Baptist Ministries Mosab Hassan Yousef, the eldest Arts Festival filled the foyer area worker Erik Olsen said. son of a prominent Hamas leader at the Warwick Leisure Centre Prizes in all categories were on the West Bank and author recently. Photographs, paintings, presented on Sunday 20 June at of Son of Hamas, is facing a sculpture, poetry and even a video the Warwick Leisure Centre. Local deportation hearing in San Diego. were exhibited. businesses sponsored the prizes Yousef, 32, first sought political “This year’s Expressions Festival for poetry, photography, sculpture, asylum in the United States in has been great,” organiser Marie painting and fi lm. Prizes included cash, 2007. “My concern is not about Johnson said. “In total we received vouchers and products. being deported. It is that I am 60 entries.” “In the category of painting we had being forced to stand and defend A joint venture by Baptist Youth a good selection of entries, but we would myself as a terrorist! This is and the Warwick Leisure Centre, the have loved to see a few more entries in ridiculous.” Yousef said in his Expressions Creative Arts Festival the other categories,”Events Coordinator book that he worked as a secret gives people within the Christian at Warwick, Marie Johnson said. agent for the Israeli intelligence community who have creative talent They expect there will be a similar agency Shin Bet for more than an opportunity to display their works. event in 2011. ten years as a way of countering It is a unique event on the Christian “Our long term hope is to see this violence in the Mideast that he calendar which is specifi c to the art event grow much bigger,” Eric Olsen had come to regard as senseless. community and is for all ages. Most said. “We’re planning the next one for While a secret agent, Yousef events are aged limited, but this around this time next year. We would became a Christian, four years event crosses the age boundaries love to see several more people come after a chance invitation to a allowing children from age ten to on board to help in the planning and Bible study in Jerusalem. He was participate. promotion of this event.” baptised in 2005 near Tel Aviv. “This year, with the introduction Visit www.sportandleisureministry. of Painting and Sculpture, it added com.au for details. 3 opinion theadvocate July2010 On Air with Graham Mabury Last time I promised ‘more’ on many others we haven’t prayed for Somehow I expect to always be what God seems to be doing, or you down, nor relax My hold on being empowered to follow Jesus have.” able to work it out — that I’ll always what He seems to be allowing. you.” Heb 13:5 Amp in our own distinctive ways, so I In the same vein, I was once understand. Perhaps they’re especially clear Enduring the pain of that bus offer the following scenes from playing piano at a meeting in the This expectation, however, does then, actually. There is always a crash in New Zealand, I gained the last three decades on Nightline Perth Concert Hall. The speaker not come from Scripture. The Bible purpose. Sometimes I begin to a much deeper understanding of and at Mt Pleasant Baptist Church. believed God was asking Him to is crystal clear that God is faithful, see it months or years later. That some words of Peter. Many were Following a wonderful family pray for people who habitually bit and God is love. It is equally clear helps me leave the rest until that leaving Jesus. He asks the twelve, holiday in New Zealand, combined their nails. He confessed to being that I will not always understand day when everything will be made “Will you go too?” Peter responds, with radio work, I organised a embarrassed by how relatively trivial what He is doing, for the simple clear. My Mum is with the Lord now, “Lord, to whom would we go? You tour for Nightline listeners and my this problem is, but in obedience reason that He is God and I am but I can still hear her saying, “My have the words of real life, eternal hard working producer to enjoy he asked those desiring prayer to not! “As you do not know the path thoughts are not your thoughts, life.” John 6:68 Msg that beautiful place. The tour bus stand. A ministry colleague and I of the wind, or how the body is neither are your ways. My ways, crashed. One lovely lady died and were both nail biters. He stood, I formed in a mother’s womb, so declares the Lord”. She would go many others were severely injured. didn’t. I simply wasn’t motivated you cannot understand the work of on, “My word that goes out from It was the touring companies fi rst enough. My friend continued to bite God, the Maker of all things.” Eccl my mouth … will accomplish what I such incident in over 80 years. his nails and I have never done so 11:5. Scholars point out that Jesus desire and achieve ‘the purpose’ for What’s more, it happened on my since that moment. had this same understanding of which I sent it.” Isa 55:8-11 40th birthday. I’m human. I feel the range ‘the path of the wind’ when he said The other certainty I’ve For decades our church’s of emotions and have the same to Nicodemus, “The wind blows discovered — He never leaves us, healing prayer group has faithfully questions found in the Psalms. wherever it pleases. You hear its even when He seems impossible and diligently prayed for those in Why God, why? When God, when? sound, but you cannot tell where to find. He ‘understands our need. Soon after it began, one of How long O Lord? Why didn’t God it comes from or where it is going. weaknesses’. Heb 4:15. Perhaps them spoke about their work at a protect the tour for which people So it is with everyone born of the it’s that understanding that causes Graham Mabury is a broadcaster church service. “Since we have had prayed? Why was I healed yet Spirit.” John 3:8 Him to give such emphasis to His and pastor at Mt Pleasant Baptist been meeting, we have prayed for a my friend wasn’t? At times when I I have discovered two things to promise, “I will not, I will not, I Church. You can hear Graham on number of people,” he said. “Most don’t understand, however, I often be certain even when it’s diffi cult will not in any degree leave you Radio 6PR (882AM) every weeknight of them have not been healed. Yet, have another reaction — surprise. or impossible to understand helpless, nor forsake you, nor let from 8:00 pm to midnight. My Thoughts

When facts aren’t factual ... WHAT PEOPLE ARE BLOGGING

Sensing that my dream of a fit at another pathetic reading, I 09/06/2010 wants and how churches can provide them with a desirable lean body would prove elusive eventually concluded, “This Mark Edwards: marked35.blogspot.com product. It’s unseemly, to be sure, but it’s just a symptom unless I took some drastic action, can’t be accurate!” I carefully “If there is one thing that is appreciated in all walks of of the consumerist culture we live in. Presumably, it’s how I recently purchased a pedometer. paced out 100 steps. You’re right! life ... it is communication. Honesty, frankness ... reality. things must be done. Whatever else you might say about I’m one of those strange people That deceitful little pedometer You can deal with those things. Falsehood, covering up a product you’re trying to sell, the one thing you know for who are motivated by figures, recorded only 63 of them. I put it ... unspoken words ... not as easy to deal with. Jesus said, sure is this: the audience is sovereign …” and I calculated that if I set through another test. This time it ‘The truth will set you free’. Aint that the truth! AFL coaches myself a weekly step total, a subtle recorded the 100 as 46. The third are the master of saying nothing. Some politicians are the 14/06/2010 glance at my trusty pedometer trial clocked in at 71. For weeks master of saying nothing while their lips are moving at a Todd Rhodes: mondaymorninginsight.com would spur me on to take the I had trusted an untrustworthy furious pace. Sometimes it is best to hold your tongue. But “Is call to ministry important these days? To be honest, additional steps required to reach measure. most often, it is best to be open and share. I hope I am I don’t hear the words ‘called to ministry’ much anymore. my target. It’s the stuff of parables. When open and honest, it is a great quality for a leader to have.” Heard it all the time when I was growing up ... either you It went rather well at the start. facts aren’t factual, we’re all at sea. were ‘called to ministry’ or you were not. If you were ‘called From a measly 49,782 steps in the Whether it is facts about mining 07/06/2010 to ministry’ and you decided at any point that God had fi rst week I was soon passing my taxes, or which foodstuffs give you Vince Parker: vinceparker.com you in anything other than a church role ... well, then you target of 70,000. In one staggering cancer, knowing what information “Apple just delivered its big keynote at the WWDC and had some ‘splainin’ to do. Perhaps the whole discussion of week, I went round the clock and to trust is often a hard call. it got me thinking. Every year companies are working hard ‘calling’ broke down when the church started hiring so many finished on 8,025 — the system Jesus warned about it. Do you at improving upon what they did the year before; to present specialists. Sure, senior Pastors are ‘called’. But what about not being designed to record totals remember those four sentences in a better product, strategy or service. Now whether you love children’s Pastors; and music Pastors, and tech people; over 100,000. Whilst that may not Matthew 6, “The eye is the lamp what they do or hate it, they’ve been putting in work. and fi rst impressions staff ... the list goes on and on …” impress marathon runners, for me of the body. If your eyes are good, So what are we doing each year to improve who we are? it represented solid progress. In no your whole body will be full of What are you doing to get better at what you do? Whether 03/06/2010 time I was obsessional about taking light. But if your eyes are bad, you it’s your family, job, hobby or ministry, if you had a keynote Nathan Bierma: www.thinkchristian.net my pedometer everywhere. Indeed, whole body will be full of darkness. If coming up what would you present? Everyone may not like “In theatre, there’s a phrase about what it takes for I no longer make my 3:00 am trip to then the light within you is darkness, it, or they may love it. The point is, you are doing something the audience to feel that what it’s watching is real: the the bathroom without it — a return how great is that darkness!” He’d to improve where you are every year. We can’t just stay suspension of disbelief. journey of 16 steps, should you be been speaking about what mattered comfortable where we are; we should always try to improve.” That is, the audience starts by disbelieving that interested! and where to store up treasure. So the action in front of them is real, since they know it is And then disaster. Instead of easy to trust the wrong ‘light’ on 14/06/2010 staged. But gradually, as the audience gets drawn in to passing my 70,000 weekly target, that one! Carlos Whittaker: www.ragamuffi nsoul.com the setting, the characters, and the story, the play almost I recorded a disappointing 67,634. Time for a stroll. My new “In my quest to write songs that disturb and disrupt, ceases to be artifi cial to them and can start to seem real. I rationalised that it was because I pedometer says I’m only on 12,705 we found that this Puritan prayer was as disturbing as they At that point the audience has suspended its disbelief, had fl own to Sydney that week, and steps, and it’s already Tuesday ... come. Save us from these comforts; Break us of our need and believes what it sees. it is jolly hard clocking up enough for the familiar; Spare us any joy that’s not of you; And we Is growing in faith like that? Do we start off with an overly steps when you’re restricted to will worship You. What songs are the hardest to sing for you realist sense of the world, and gradually allow ourselves to aeroplane aisles. But the next week because they challenge you in ways most don’t?” suspend disbelief and accept what we say we believe in as was a miserable 64,612. Appalled real? Much of what we believe is invisible and abstract, and at my laziness, I did not realise that 15/06/2010 it isn’t until we see it acted out in front of us that we start to worse was to come. In spite of two Brett McCracken: stillsearching.wordpress.com suspend disbelief. And of course, one important difference lengthy walks I fell short of my target “One of the most troubling things I see when I look at is that unlike a play, what we believe in actually is real.” by 21,143 steps. My disappointment contemporary Christianity is the mentality that the church knew no limits. The harder I tried, the should fashion itself according to the needs and wants of worse it got. Dr Brian Harris is the Principal of the “audience.” It’s an idea that grew out of the evangelical Digital Church is Perth’s own online look Now I accept that at times I am Vose Seminary and Senior Pastor church growth and seeker movements and is practically an at all aspects of digital life in the church. intellectually challenged, but I’m of Carey Community Baptist epidemic today. Almost every evangelical church these days www.digitalchurch.com.au. Proudly a little embarrassed at how slowly Church. He can be contacted at is to some extent thinking in terms of what the audience supported by The Advocate. the truth dawned on me. Aghast [email protected] 4 July2010 theadvocate news

Human traffi cking link to World Cup Authorities estimate between 40,000 Women inspired to give to 100,000 people may be traffi cked during the World Cup. In January, Time magazine reported fi nding a lucrative trade in child sex near two stadiums. Children can earn $45 to $600 a night for their captors. The number of people traffi cked is hard to verify, but the issue is of enough concern for South Africa’s President Zuma to warn parents to be vigilant during the World Cup in guarding against child traffi cking. On 21 May at the launch of Child Protection Week and the Children’s Act, Zuma said, “While we are excited that we’ll be receiving visitors for the FIFA World Cup we must be mindful that an event of this magnitude opens opportunity for criminals with ill intentions of traffi cking in women and children.” Church groups responded by running special programs for children in safe environments close to soccer venues across the nation. Photo: Karen Wilson Lesley Taylor (left) and Debbie Barnett from Church of Christ Busselton hand over a cheque for more than $8,300 to the head of the Board of the Womens Refuge, Dr Mary Collins (right) at INSPIRE Down South in May. Kyrgyzstan on brink of civil war More than 200 women from 68 being who they are. Many women money was collected, overwhelmed to the conference. She is a teaching Ethnic tension between Kyrgyzstan churches gathered at Abbey Beach were encouraged by her frankness, by the opportunity to be involved in Pastor at Willow Creek church in nationals and the minority Uzbeks Resort, Busselton on 29 May for a her genuineness and warmth as she such an important mission. South Barrington, Chicago and leads has existed under the surface for full day of teaching and worship. spoke from her heart. Women travelled from Moora, the creative arts team there. many years, but was recently stirred Billed as INSPIRE Down South, Karen Wilson, Executive Director Perth and the Great Southern region Karen Wilson expects there up for political purposes. It erupted Baptist Churches WA, together with Willow Creek Australasia, said it was to join with women from the South will be more combined events for in violence in southern Kyrgyzstan in Churches of Christ (WA) and the inspirational to worship with a large West for the first ever combined women in country regions in the early June. Independent reports cited Willow Creek Association sponsored group of women. There was a strong women’s event in country WA. future. A highlight on feedback 180 deaths and up to 2,000 people the event with international leader sense of unity and receptiveness to Because of WA’s isolation, forms handed to the organising injured. Thousands of Uzbek people Nancy Beach as the keynote God’s message. international speakers rarely visit team was that their attention to detail fl ed the bloodshed across the border speaker. The group also heard about the the country regions. Many women and thorough preparation were to their native Uzbekistan. A Russian During four teaching sessions South West Women’s Refuge and commented that INSPIRE Down inspirational to women. man working in the city of Osh Nancy Beach encouraged women sacrifi cially gave more than $8,300 South addressed this need well The Advocate interviewed Nancy said whole blocks of Uzbek homes to use the gifts God has given them to help support country women by bringing such an experienced Beach prior to the conference. Turn have been torched and burned. He and to make a difference just by facing crises. Women wept as the teacher and leader as Nancy Beach to page 10 to read the interview. reported seeing bodies and injured people lying in the streets. Kyrgyz youth under the infl uence of alcohol and drugs are running wild in the streets killing anyone and burning Bone marrow donor gives life whatever lies in their paths. A church in the capital city Bishkek In 2004, Mark Taylor from 70 km round-trips to hospital. has started daily prayer meetings at Parkerville Baptist Church joined Her temporary employment was 7.30 am. People are pouring out their the global Bone Marrow Registry terminated because she was late hearts to God for their country, their in an effort to save his friend, arriving at her job one morning. leaders, for revival and for unity Adrian’s life. Unfortunately Adrian On the fifth day, medical staff at among the churches. died just months after being the hospital filtered Mark Taylor’s diagnosed with leukaemia. But blood for two hours to harvest the Mark Taylor’s details remained on stem cells. New Tribes workers the Registry. Darlene Nielsen received the report just victory By October 2005, Darlene life-giving material and it saved her Nielsen of New York, USA, was life. Through the Red Cross she Umba, a Kuman man in Papua New facing the possibility of her own recently contacted Mark Taylor. Guinea was accused of using sorcery imminent death having been “To say ‘thank you’ just really to cause the death of his two-year- diagnosed with leukaemia just doesn’t even begin to scratch the old nephew. In early June, Umba three months earlier. Her doctors surface of how deeply grateful I called on his relatives to have the could not find a suitable bone am to you. This coming December witchdoctor they had hired come marrow donor in the USA or I will be celebrating the ‘magic 5th forward so he could prove his power. Canada. As a last resort, they tried anniversary’ of being cancer free. I The relatives said they couldn’t fi nd the International Bone Marrow thank God every single day for the him. Umba’s relatives quickly began Donor Registry and one suitable medical doctors and staff — and backing down. Knowing about Umba’s donor appeared. Mark Taylor was especially you, Mark, for giving me faith and good works in the village, her only hope. He was eager to a second chance at life.” and the wisdom he shows as a village help, but didn’t fully understand Now 50 years old, Darlene magistrate, the people clearly saw all that it would mean for his family. Nielsen saw her son marry three through the lies of his accusers. Preparations to harvest bone years ago and expects to retire with The village leaders wrote a court marrow required him to have her husband Larry within this year. document declaring that no one is hormone injections twice daily Mark Taylor thanks God the allowed to use a witch again and that in hospital for four days. In transplant worked. all accusations of sorcery killings would be met with a stiff fi ne. Umba’s

considerable pain and feeling “It was so humbling to know Photo: Jill Birt nauseous, Mark Taylor asked his I’d helped someone in desperate Mark Taylor is surprised that God used him to help someone on the other stand for the truth was a complete wife Jenelle to drive him on the need,” Mark said. side of the globe fi ght leukaemia. victory for Christ. 5 news theadvocate July2010

Uzbek church raided From Mt Barker to Zambia The Religious Liberty Commission of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) reported police raided Tashkent City Church of Christ in Uzbekistan on 16 May without a warrant. They seized computers and confi scated Christian literature. Assistant Pastor Artur Avanesyan and seven others were arrested. Three received 15 day jail terms and the others received heavy fi nes.

Iranian women acquitted Fourteen months after they were arrested for their Christian

Photo: Boston Mwebela faith and activities, Maryam People of the Kabwe Baptist Church celebrate the completion of a new roof for their worship centre. Rostampour (28) and Marzieh Amirizadeh (31) were acquitted Pastor Paul Mckeich visits Pastor at Lighthouse Baptist Community strong element of the partnership a similar course. It was encouraging of all charges by Iranian judicial Boston Mwebela each year. Their Church in Kabwe. between Mt Barker and the Baptist to see these businesses growing authorities. But warned that any partnership crosses cultures and The team put the roof on a new churches of central Zambia. This crops, including maize, sweet future Christian activity will be international boundaries. It’s quite church worship centre and a block year 26 men and women from shanty potato, peanuts, soya beans and seriously dealt with, the women a journey from Mt Barker to Kabwe of offi ces and accommodation units. towns and rural villages studied the cotton, as well as projects selling have left Iran to serve the Lord in central Zambia. The mild winter weather provided Bible and were trained to teach clothes, cooking oil and plastic bags in another country. Maryam and “I work under Boston’s ideal conditions for the roofing others. fl o u r i s h i n g . Marzieh expressed deep gratitude leadership, with Global Interaction, projects. Some design challenges To promote a sustainable lifestyle, Paul Mckeich said the trip was for the international prayers that when I go over to Kabwe each year,” caused concern, but with God’s the team taught a short course in life-changing for team members. sustained them during their harsh Pastor Mckeich said. help and using their fl exible ‘can do’ book-keeping and small business “It was humbling to see the months of imprisonment in Iran’s This year he enlisted six men mentality they completed the job. management to a group of women, happiness of the people despite their worst prison, where both became from Mt Barker Baptist and Christian The Kabwe people worked alongside most of whom are AIDS widows. poverty,” he said. “The Good News ill. Open Doors’ World Watch List Family Church Albany to join him the Aussies. Two years ago, a group of trainees of Jesus is clearly changing lives for ranks Iran as the number two and help the followers of Jesus Developing local leaders is a submitted business plans following the better in Zambia.” persecutor of Christians with North Korea in the number one position.

Salvation Army China choir strikes a local chord moves into UAE Glenice Nicholls from Riverton “We’ve heard that choir,” she Inland Mission) in China in the early 1904. He returned to Adelaide with The Salvation Army received the Baptist Church was surprised told The Advocate recently. “They 1900s,” Ross Nicholls said. “He his wife and children after World War go-ahead to offi cially start work to read about the prize winning are beautiful.” worked with the choir back then.” II. By 1909, 4,000 Miao people had in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Chinese choir in the May edition of “My great-uncle, Arthur Nicholls, Arthur Nicholls went to China responded to Jesus and a chapel from 1 June. The decision comes The Advocate. was a missionary with CIM (China to work among the Miao people in seating 900 was built. less than two years after the Army The Perth Nicholls learned more began its ministry in neighbouring of the family’s China connection Kuwait. They have already found and decided to visit the area. Ross premises for regular meetings Nicholls taught English at a college in in Sharjah and Abu Dhabi, where Kunming, in the remote mountainous signifi cant groups of Tamil- Yunnan Province in south west China speaking Salvationists live. The for ten months in 2001 and returned Army is also building relationships to teach more students in 2003. with the government and diplomatic Glenice Nicholls helped a group of and legal communities in the UAE as domestic helpers informally with their it works to become part of daily life English. They made a third visit for in the Middle East. This development fi ve months in 2005. and service organisation now works During their fi rst visit they met in 121 countries. a petite woman named Eva Yushou who had worked alongside American missionary, Isobel Kuhn decades Speaking to the earlier. Eva introduced them to other heart of Central followers of Jesus, some of whom Asia had worked with Arthur Nicholls, After only fi ve months on the including an aged Pastor who had air the radio program, ‘Heart been imprisoned for 22 years by Companion’ is getting an the Chinese government during the impressive response from Cultural Revolution. Thirty-four Miao listeners. A partnership of elders and deacons were sent to Christian broadcasters FEBA Radio labour camps during the Revolution and HCJB Global Voice launched and one Pastor was executed in the 30 minute program in January. 1973. It’s heard fi ve days a week and is The Nicholls travelled with designed to encourage believers in Chinese Christians and foreign guests an area where they are persecuted to join the centenary celebrations of a and isolated. “The program’s goal church started by CIM workers. It was is not just to help Christians keep at those celebrations that the Nicholls going, but to help the church grow, heard the choir with its prize winning stimulating believers to share harmonies and grace. their faith in a relevant, non- Today approximately 60 percent confrontational way,” commented of the Miao minority group are Peter Philips of FEBA. Christians. 6 July2010 theadvocate news

Bunbury plans for celebration The Bunbury Baptist Church is WA links to Dayak church celebrating its 50th Anniversary in July with a fellowship dinner They came in ones and twos, on foot on Saturday 24 July. The church and motorbike. Others arrived at expects the dinner to be a Kambong village, West Kalimantan, memorable event with many Indonesia, by boat. Dayak Christians people who have past and gathered for four days of teaching present connections with the and celebration in May when the church. The celebrations will GAPPIN (Gereja Persekutuan continue on Sunday 25 July with Pengabar Injil) denomination turned the congregations from Eaton 30. Six new Pastors were ordained and Australind Baptist to join at the meetings. the Bunbury Baptist In October 1975, North Beach congregation with a service Baptist sent a 23 year old single celebrating the influence of guy, with two other graduates from Baptists in the area for 50 years. Perth Bible College, to join American For more information email

missionary, Bob Williams of the Go Ye Photo: Suyono Asun [email protected]. Fellowship, to work among the Dayak Suyono Ausn with his family in Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia. people of West Kalimantan. “The Holy Spirit was setting hearts schooler Suyono Asun to Jesus. Baptist churches, prayed and gave Kalimantan in January 1986. alive like wild-fi re and there was no- God called Suyono to lead and after sacrificially to support the work Today there are over 92 strong Hopes rise with one to teach them. I knew God was studying for a Master of Theology at among the Dayaks, helping people congregations with 12,000 Dayak new Nigerian calling me to go and help,” Peter Birt a seminary in West Kalimantan, he meet Jesus and become his fully- believers nurtured by 97 shepherds President said recently. returned to Sanggau and his home devoted followers. and a large group of lay workers. The The Baptist Times reports Small congregations had sprung church as a Pastor. He recently By 1985, the Australian team denomination holds three-monthly church leaders in Nigeria up in villages along the Kapuas River started his second fi ve-year term as had grown to 20 and they sensed it training events for church workers will see the instalment of a and through the Borneo jungle. Director of Ministries for the GAPPIN was time for local leaders to take full and has plans for church planting new president as a ‘divine’ At a youth camp in the early denomination. responsibility for the denomination. teams to work in two areas further opportunity for reform 1980s, Peter Birt introduced high- West Australians, many from The last Australian workers left inland from Sanggau. and overcoming violence. Baptist Convention leader Revd Dr Solomon Ishola said, “Nigeria had been in ‘political Insight into local church life limbo’ during the illness of the previous president,” The National Church Life Survey functions (feeling and thinking) and some psychological types could be structure and a God who welcomes who died early in May. New (NCLS) research group gives attitudes toward the outer world reluctant to respond. In particular a regular pattern of worship. They president Goodluck Jonathan, Australian churches insight into (judging and perceiving). intuitive, perceivers and thinkers may tend to reject spontaneity and a Christian, this week pledged local church life. Each of these four dimensions might fi nd it more diffi cult to access flexibility, characteristics highly his ‘total commitment to Data from the 2009 survey was can be thought of as existing along a their local churches. valued by people who are perceivers. good governance, electoral analysed by British academics at continuum, rather than being polar The over-representation of The preference for feeling reform and the fight against the University of Warwick, UK. Their opposites. For some people the preference for ‘sensing’ characterised characterised a community corruption’. The new president results were recently published in preference may be crystal clear while a community concerned with concerned with human values, will have just 12 months to a report, “All are called, but some others have mixed preferences. continuity, stability and a God interpersonal relationships and with make his mark before the end psychological types are more likely The British research showed grounded in divine changelessness. a loving and caring God. Such a of the eight year presidential to respond: profi ling churchgoers in Australian men and women That community is concerned with community may tend to project a cycle. In 2010 alone hundreds Australia.” churchgoers displayed signifi cantly guarding what has been handed feminine profi le and not be attractive of people have died and many They examined a sample of 1,527 high levels of preference for sensing, down by previous generations and to the thinkers of the world. churches have been burned in Australian church goers distinguishing for feeling and for judging. may be quite alien to individuals who NCLS Research Director Dr northern Nigeria. between four aspects of personality: It concluded that, while churches are strongly intuitive. Ruth Powell said, “These fi ndings orientation (introversion and might think they were proclaiming The judging preference provide a challenge to churches ... to extraversion); perceiving functions their invitation to worship to all characterises a community that ensure that all personality types are Indonesian (sensing and intuition); judging psychological types, in practice values organisation, discipline, acknowledged and valued.” Church closure goes to court The Huria Kristen Batak Pretestan (HKBP) Filadelfia Church filed a lawsuit against their local government on 30 March. They claim the local government acted unconstitutionally on 12 January by sealing off their church, which is under construction, and not allowing them entry or for the building process to continue. At a court hearing on 2 June, the Coordinator of the litigation team, Thomas Tampubolon, explained that the regent’s decree of 31 December 2009 to seal the building conflicted with Indonesia’s 1945 constitution. He said the decree violated Article 28 of the constitution, which guarantees freedom of religion, and Article 29, which guarantees freedom of worship, as well as Law No. 39 (1999) concerning human rights.

7 feature theadvocate July2010 Photo: Jill Birt Refugee churches grow World Refugee Day was celebrated on 20 June. It passed unnoticed in many Baptist churches in WA. The issue of refugees continues to cause division in many sections of the community. Some people want to reject all refugees. Photo: Jill Birt

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Photo: Jill Birt Photo: Marc Chan Photo: Jill Birt

Over the past two decades, thousands of refugees from Sudan ethnic clothes and the service is conducted in the Karen Their three children are doing well with their new language and Burma (Myanmar) have settled in WA. They have started language. and fi nding their place in Perth’s school system. some of the fastest growing Baptist churches in the state. Karen culture highly values the arts, especially poetry, The Karen people come from the South East of Burma, With strong cultural elements, including their own language music and stories. Some teenagers, under the guidance of just across the Thai border. and music, these new churches meet deep needs for families their music master, play violins when the congregation sing. The Chin people originate from the North West of from specifi c people groups. Young men toting guitars join a talented pianist to accompany the country, near the Indian border. Pastor James Tin Two Sudanese congregations meet in the northern suburbs. a youth choir during the service. shepherds the Chin Christian Church. “Many Chin refugees An Arabic speaking Sudanese group of 60 meet at Yokine Belonging to family and being part of a cultural group are spend years in refugee camps in India or Bangladesh before Baptist. Another Sudanese group meets at Girrawheen Baptist. important elements of Karen life. On Karen Children’s Day arriving in Australia,” he said. Pastor Marc Chan, Consultant for Cross Cultural and in early June, the entire Sunday service was focused on the More than 400 Chin Christians gather each Sunday Indigenous Churches with the Baptist Churches WA, works children and youth of the Karen community in Perth. afternoon at Girrawheen Baptist Church for worship and closely with the group at Yokine, mentoring leaders and training Elder Kyaw and nine others from the congregation teaching in the Chin language. The service is like ones some of the women to help other women learning English. recently returned from the International Karen Conference in they held back in Burma. Formal choirs, dance, teaching “There’s a strong partnership with the Sudanese leaders Chang Mai, Thailand, where representatives from the Karen and prayer. The children’s program teaches Bible, worship, being part of the church (Yokine Baptist) leadership team,” Diaspora in Norway, Sweden, Japan, India, Canada and the culture and Chin language in a four hour block each week. Marc Chan said. USA gathered to hear news of the growth and development The women’s fellowship recently celebrated their fourth The Sudanese children are part of Yokine’s Sunday morning of the Karen people group. A new Global Karen Education anniversary by leading and teaching the Sunday service. children’s program. Many of the adults attend the English Fund was launched at the conference to support their people They minister to newly arrived Chin refugees with a welcome service, but their hearts resonate more when they gather later who remain in refugee camps in Thailand, helping them gain prayer gathering in the newcomer’s home and deliver a 25 in the day and worship in Arabic. tertiary qualifi cations. kilo bag of rice as a welcome gift. The tragic death on a Beechboro street of a young boy from The process for many families that come to Perth is long. In Burma 99 percent of the Chin people are followers one of the Sudanese families earlier this year has strengthened Mr Wah and his family left their village in 1994 because of of Jesus. Marginalised from education and employment by relationships between the two language groups as they grieved military incursions and religious persecution. They returned politics and the Buddhist religion, their plight, like that of together. Yokine’s congregation provided signifi cant fi nancial home eight months later, but left Burma permanently in 1997 the Karen (95 percent Christian) is daunting. help to the child’s family to cover the funeral costs. For any then spent eight years in Thailand, waiting for UNHCR (United A group of Karen people live in Katanning where many family a child’s death is traumatic, but for this family it came Nations Refugee Agency) and the Australian government to of them work in the abattoir. About 100 meet regularly on top of painful memories and battered emotions resulting process their refugee application. for worship. Another group, Myanmar Baptist, meets at from years of struggling to come to Australia and freedom. “We had no future there (Burma),” Mr Wah said. “We Noranda Church of Christ. Suffering is not new for these refugees, who have almost all often feared for our lives. There was no hope. Australian Across these ethnic churches there is a distinct lack of come to Australia as legal refugees and been granted asylum government is very good for us. Teach English, house, food. old people. These courageous newcomers are people of in Australia because of political or religious persecution. So much.” faith who are often dealing with personal trauma caused by The same is true for the Burmese people who are part of After fi ve years in Perth, Mr Wah’s English is good. He works suffering and loss in their homeland, a steep growth curve the Karen Baptist Church that meets at Bentley Baptist. as a lab technician at Central Tafe. His wife has the serene in language learning and skills for work, and adapting family Elder Paul Kyaw, oversees their Sunday afternoon meetings grace of a woman who has suffered and come through that life to Australian culture. And they are doing it without the where many of the 200 people in the congregation wear Karen horror season having achieved so much more than survival. support and wisdom of the grand-parent generation.

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Nancy Beach The Advocate talked with Nancy Beach, Executive Vice President for the Arts at Willow Creek Association when she was in Perth recently. Her focus is serving leaders and their teams in churches all over the world. Photo: Jill Birt

Nancy, what spiritual practices do you fi nd theatre. My husband and I like to walk. And What do you think a woman teaching once a month. And evaluate the quality of most helpful to keep spiritually vital? friendships — I have some very close friends, Pastor brings to a congregation that a male the material you want to use. Does it have I enjoy solitude and I do a fair amount of both male and female. I can sit for hours over doesn’t? the potential to move people emotionally? journaling. a cup of tea with some of these people. I’m sort When a woman finds her voice you Is it identifying something true to life? And of a mild extrovert. hear an authentic, God given feminine lyrics — are they true to life and theology? Who has most shaped your understanding of perspective. She’ll bring a certain sense of spiritual growth in ‘Christlikeness’? What resources did you find helpful in humour and way of expressing herself that What most encourages you as you scan I would have to say John Ortberg because coming to the convictions you hold about makes connections and friendships. There’s Christendom’s current day horizons around I worked with him for nine years and he women in leadership? balance. I’ve had men come to me and say, the world? introduced me to a lot of other people like Dr Bilezikian. Before I read his book he was “Thanks, I would never have thought of More churches are getting serious about Dallas Willard. He both modelled and through teaching us and he affected me in many ways. things that way.” spiritual transformation and measuring it. his teaching at the church (Willow Creek) he I’m grateful to our elders who took a whole year Let’s find out the people who are really helped me understand that the goal is to live to study the issue before they came up with What is one thing you can suggest a growing. Is there accountability? Is anyone as though Jesus were living in my body. Any their position. A book from Zondervan, Two church with limited resources (people and becoming more Christ centred or are they spiritual practice, the only point of it is to help views on women in ministry (Edited by James technology) can do to raise the impact just going through the motions? that process. Some of us grew up thinking we Beck and Craig Blomberg). A man who wrote of the creative arts in their worship had to earn points with God for whatever we on the more conservative side (in that book) gatherings? What do you sense God is saying to you do, trying to impress each other and that is so said he thinks we should all say, “Before I Well, for small churches, assess what these days? much not what spiritual transformation is about. teach anything at all, I could be wrong and God has given you. Build on what you I sense I’m on the brink of a new season. I’m interpreting the Scriptures as best I can.” have — a writer, a poet, a video maker, a There’s a shift coming. It’s more about How do you re-charge your batteries? I loved his humility. Others say, “If I end up dancer. Uncover the giftedness and use it. mentoring than creating. Coming alongside In addition to solitude, I love to read. I’m being wrong, I’d rather be wrong on the side Artists attract other artists. Only do an art women, answering their questions. Being into the arts so anything with movies, live of giving women more opportunity than less.” form as often as you can do it well. Maybe with them. 10 July2010 theadvocate news

Ecumenical movement marks Wiliro Clinic lights up 100 years A century ago, Christians of The Wiliro health centre, 50 km from company. I spoke to the electric clinic so the engineer generously took electricity came to the clinic and on many traditions and nationalities Karonga in northern Malawi now has company in all the levels in the the group to the clinic in his vehicle. their fi rst night with power, midwife gathered in Edinburgh under electricity, thanks to the persistence country, who all listened attentively He was aghast at the ‘Nightingale era’ Martha Wanda-Wanda celebrated with the theme of “evangelising and prayers of WA couple Jim and and sympathetically, but shrugged and conditions and vowed he would get the fi rst delivery by electric light! the world in this generation.” Robyn Nottingham from Riverton said there were no materials,” he said. the clinic connected to the power grid. The change took 11 months of The historic gathering is Baptist Church. The Nottinghams A new Chinese road-building camp A few weeks later, in late May, perseverance and prayer. widely regarded as the birth work as community development started in Wiliro and they had electricity of the worldwide ecumenical offi cers with Paladin Africa, promoting within two weeks. Jim Nottingham movement, and in early June health education and sustainable renewed his efforts to change the 30 more than 300 delegates and living among the people who live near year old health centre’s lighting issue. 100 other participants gathered Paladin’s uranium mine. The staff pleaded with him not to in Edinburgh to celebrate this At the Wiliro health centre babies give up and he pleaded with God to marker on the road to church were still being delivered by candle intervene. unity and to imagine the future. light, even though electricity towers Recently the Nottinghams met the The theme of the centenary and cables passed within metres of engineer who connected electricity to meeting was, “Witnessing to the building. the Chinese road camp. The engineer Christ Today.” Jim Nottingham became obsessed recounted how he came across a with changing the ‘Florence Nightingale woman lying on the side of the road era methods’. one night with a group of anxious “I begged, lobbied, advocated, relatives looking on. The woman was Pray for Nigeria cajoled and harassed the electric in labor and would not make it to the Open Doors reports that Nigeria is a secular state with freedom of religion. For nearly 40 years the northern ruling elite have given preferential treatment to Muslims and discriminated against Christians. Since 1999

Photo: Jim Nottingham Sharia Law has been imposed in 12 Midwife Martha Wanda-Wanda celebrates the fi rst ‘electric light northern states to the resentment assisted’ birth at Wiliro clinic in Malawi. of Christians. Islamic clerics continue to preach messages opposing Christianity. If there is news of Muslims converting to Spiritual maturity costs Christianity, they respond with violence. Little has been done Many church leaders are seeing proof through Bible studies. Transformation to stop the persecution against in their congregations that spiritual needs good understanding of the truth Christians. The tragic result maturity does not come with age. and a living example of what it looks has been the burning of many Cultivating mature Christians is a like in a fellow follower of Jesus. Almost churches and killing of hundreds dynamic challenge for the on-going always it is a long-term process. of Christians. health of the church. “Older people above 50, let’s New followers of Jesus bring say — don’t want to be tutors or vitality and joy to a congregation. But mentors. They’re too busy, too immaturity has a downside. American distracted, too secretive, too afraid,” Christians ordered editor, Skye Jethani believes churches Gordon MacDonald said. “They prefer out of their homes fi lled with juvenile believers are prone Christian activities and Bible studies to shallowness, conflict, stagnation where information can be piled upon The head of a Muslim village in and sin. information.” Pakistan ordered 250 Christian Many churches have some This doesn’t mean there are no families to leave their homes expertise at helping people fi nd faith mature believers, but local church in Khanewal district, Punjab in Jesus. International church leader leaders concur with MacDonald that Province in early June. “Abdul and writer, Gordon MacDonald says in there are too few fully devoted followers Sattar Khan, head of Katcha Khoh recent times the church lacks knowing of Jesus in churches and this poses village, an other area Muslim how to “prod and poke people past more problems. residents ordered the expulsions ‘infancy’ and into Christian maturity.” “It’s not easy to fi nd older mature after Christian residents MacDonald notes that present Christians you can confi dently invite to objected too strenuously to day church does evangelism mentor young believers. Not because sexual assaults by Muslims on programmatically and the results they lack basic Bible knowledge, but Christian girls and women,” are encouraging. Discipling ‘infant’ because they lack well-formed Christ- said a locally elected Christian believers can be done in this way too, like character,” a local Perth Pastor official, Emmanuel Masih. “Most but maturity requires mentoring, often said. “They either haven’t done the of the village’s Christian men one-on-one through the influence necessary soul work, or they won’t work in the fields of Muslim of other Christians who are already vulnerably open their lives up to be a land owners, while most of the mature. It does not necessarily happen living letter know and read by other.” Christian women and girls work as servants in the homes of Muslim families,” said Rasheed Masih, a Christian in the village who added that the impoverished Christians were living in appalling conditions. The Muslim employers have used their positions of power to routinely sexually assault the Christian women and girls. Four Christian men – Emmanuel Masih, Rasheed Masih, his younger brother Shehzad Anjum and Yousaf Masih Khokhar – confronted the Muslims, only to be told that all Christians were to leave the village at once.

11 leadership theadvocate July2010

The sheepish side of leading By Monica O’Neil, Vose Leadership

“There goes the mob! ... I am their leader — I look for the safe places and the areas with sheep, staying or moving when called, then the into, our grazing ground is the grazing ground must follow them!” French revolutionary leader rich food and water for the sheep so that they matters which feel like they require some kind he has provided. (in cafe), circa 1848 could continue to live and grow. If the shepherd of lion or eagle like performance will come from So I am going to nurture my ‘inner sheep’, ... then come follow me ... Jesus decided they should move on, he would lead following the shepherd. His strength, care and grazing, being with my fellow sheep, moving On Saturday morning, we were in a breakfast them out of the old place and into the new. If wisdom are always at work, whether I am lionish around as the shepherd directs and keeping for leaders of ministry areas in our church. Even there was an attack the shepherd would defend or sheepish. This feels very different to feeling my ear attuned to him so that I can relax about though it started at 8:00 am, which was very them. like I must make smart choices, out-perform, all the dangers, toils and snares that are in my early that morning, I was glad I was there. Some Inside me there is a sheep. I don’t know outlast even myself, out-wit the enemies I face, environment. Do you want to join me be in a Saturday mornings it can take bit to wake me how clever you think you are, but many, many perform some magnifi cent feat whilst looking follower? up, yet by the time Bill Mills was speaking I was days I do not feel clever. Many days I do not feel like an eagle soaring on the wind. all ears. The theme of the talk was Followership. strong or powerful, how about you? Sometimes Sheeplikeness doesn’t make us passive. He started by taking us to a scripture I I see a number of choices ahead and I feel the We will run when the shepherd calls and for hadn’t thought of for a while, at least in the weight of making decisions. Some days there are as long as he wants us to. We will live in the way he was highlighting, and certainly not in challenges and dangers in the responsibilities contexts he sets us in and become the people my leader-like thoughts! Sheep was the topic, I have as a wife, mum, daughter, friend and he is making us to be. Bill Mills talked about that we are called sheep by Jesus. Not lions, minister. Somewhat sheepish really. an aggressive response to the master’s voice. eagles or other smart and strong animals (in Jesus called the twelve to come and be It seems too easy to be aggressive about other this passage), but sheep. with Him. The call was to come and be with things, such as someone blocking both lanes of So what is it about sheep that we need to him before it was a call to go into all the world. traffi c or double parked in a crowded carpark. know? Certainly he said to Peter to come and follow him Or perhaps we get aggressive in the pursuit of We need to know that sheep, at least in and that he would make Peter into something success, or in the defence of our possessions or Jesus’ times, knew the voice of their shepherd. unusual. The making of us, that crafting and careers. The call is not to be a sluglike creature, They were followers. If the shepherd called developing which God does in our character, our but to be an energetic responder. they responded. It seems that sheep were not hearts, our activities, our capacities all comes Somehow, being a follower of Jesus offers occupied with too much strategy and planning. after we go to him and follow him. more challenge, more peace and possibly some Mostly they were eating, standing around, So how did this reminder of sheeplikeness wilder pastures than we might have chosen. It For more information on Vose Leadership, having a rest, making noises, breeding and affect me on Saturday morning? I realised afresh may also mean more rest times and less burden please call Monica O’Neil on 6313 6200. generally being together. that I am in good care and that I can relax. If shouldered on our own. Our work is what he The shepherd set the direction. He would I concentrate on listening, hanging with the calls us into, our rest is snoozing he calls us

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Dowerin Church of Christ (08) 9681 1132 Rockingham Baptist Church Incorporated (08) 9527 7544 East Fremantle Baptist Church (08) 9339 2610 Scarborough Baptist Church (08) 9245 1491 Eaton Baptist Church (08) 9725 1793 Serpentine Camping Centre (08) 9525 5135 Ellenbrook Community Baptist Church (08) 9296 8194 Slavic Baptist Church (08) 9407 7000 Esperance Baptist Church (08) 9071 2315 Somerville Baptist College (08) 9314 7754 Esperance Church of Christ (08) 9071 7173 Sorrento Christian Church (08) 9401 7039 FootHills Christian Centre (08) 9354 3023 South Perth Baptist Church (08) 9368 1479 Geraldton Baptist Church Incorporated (08) 9921 3356 Sunshine Park Hostel (08) 9221 6100 Girrawheen Baptist Church (08) 9343 1537 Tabernaculo Biblico Bautista (08) 9206 3059 Gnowangerup Baptist Church Incorporated (08) 9827 1134 Tom Price Baptist Church (08) 9189 3454 Golden Mile Baptist Church (08) 9091 5423 Toodyay Baptist Church (08) 9574 4546 Gosnells Baptist Church Incorporated (08) 9398 4191 Vose Seminary (08) 9361 9962 Graceford Hostel (08) 9526 2898 Waratah Christian Community (08) 9582 2002 Gracehaven Village (08) 9527 3535 Gracewood Baptist Fellowship (08) 9365 2537 Warwick Church of Christ (08) 9447 7877 Hedland Baptist Church (08) 9140 1962 Wembley Downs Baptist Church (08) 9446 7448 Indonesian Family Church (08) 9218 9809 William Carey Court Village (08) 9752 2073 Inglewood Community Church (08) 9370 1135 Winthrop Baptist College (08) 9314 7722 Kalgoorlie Baptist Church (08) 9091 4222 Woodvale Baptist Church Inc (08) 9309 4044 Karen Baptist Church (08) 9495 1496 Yangebup Baptist Church (08) 9417 2135 Karratha Baptist Church (08) 9185 4008 Yokine Baptist Church (08) 9344 7132

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13 entertainment theadvocate July2010

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Competition Car Park Parables — The Prodigal Ute Paul Clark While the people hear Jesus’ Ever tried to tell a bible story to a story of the prodigal son, car-crazy child? Want an easier way? the cars in the car park have Car Park Parables were created by a a different story. When the dad who wanted just that! The fi rst prodigal ute ends up in the city two books in the series The Strange broken and in the rain after Car and The Prodigal Ute, tell bible driving too fast, he dreams of stories in a way kids understand, forgiveness and his home. with cars as the characters. The Strange Car Nobody likes the tax collector, or the parking inspector! But when churchmediadesign.tv Jesus came to town he shows that churchmediadesign.tv is a treasure trove for the church on he came to save everyone! how to create, use and understand media. Brad Zimmerman, The Advocate in conjunction with Hive Resources is giving you the opportunity to win a copy of The Strange Car or The Prodigal the man behind churchmediadesign.tv, offers a unique Ute. To win, simply answer the following question: What colour is the prodigal ute? selection of content for church media volunteers and professionals. Included on the site are articles of interest, Please complete this form with your details and post it to: an inspiration section from which to draw ideas and currently Answer: Car Park Parables Competition they are hosting a fi lm festival for church media producers. The Advocate The highlight of the site however is the video podcast that Name: PO Box 8303 Perth Business Centre WA 6849 Brad hosts and addresses a wide range of issues about The fi rst two correct answers receive will with a copy of church media. This includes episodes on logo design using Postal Address: the books. Entries close 14 July and all winners will be Adobe Illustrator, background extension in Photoshop, announced in the August edition of The Advocate. interviews with designers and more. You can watch online at churchmediadesign.tv or subscribe for free in iTunes (search Colours and Sounds winners: for churchmediadesign in the iTunes store). A valuable Phone Number: Warren Blennerhassett, Julie-ann Evans, resource for the church media team. Anne Simpson cdreview bookreview Kindly supplied by Koorong.com Kindly supplied by Koorong.com The Generous Mr Lovewell The Rage Against God MercyMe Peter Hitchens Multi-platinum and award-winning band MercyMe is Here, for the fi rst time, in his new book The Rage Against God, encouraging ‘All Of Creation’ to ‘love well’ with their upcoming Peter Hitchens, brother of prominent atheist Christopher Hitchens, studio album The Generous Mr Lovewell. “The album, The chronicles his personal journey through disbelief into a committed Generous Mr Lovewell, revolves around a fi ctional character Christian faith. With unfl inching openness and intellectual honesty, we created who reminds us that we simply need to love Hitchens describes the personal loss and philosophical curiosity others well,” explains MercyMe frontman Bart Millard. “For that led him to burn his Bible at prep school and embrace atheism some of us, it means that we need to put hands and feet on in its place. From there, he traces his experience as a journalist in our ideology and rhetoric. For others, it means that we need Soviet Moscow, and the critical observations that left him with more to continue in doing well, but to not stop there. We need to questions than answers, and more despair than hope for how to let people know why we are called to make a difference. Our live a meaningful life. With fi rst-hand insight into the blurring of the rating:ti 55/5/55 prayer is that this album would mobilize the body of Christ to line between politics and the Church, Hitchens reveals the reasons encourage people in word and deed.” why an honest assessment of Atheism cannot sustain disbelief in God. In the process, he provides hope for all believers. Tonight Desolate Beauty Trudy Adams Toby Mac At 17, Elizabeth Hunter has more than enough to worry about This highly anticipated follow-up to Portable Sounds features in surviving her unstable mother, her fi nal year of school and a dazzling mix of rock, pop, urban and hip hop sounds, and some unsettling dreams without Jill Waters deciding to be her includes the chart-topping single ‘City On Our Knees’. friend as well. Jill, always cheerful, is determined to fi nd the real “‘City on our Knees’ is really about a moment,” says Toby. “A Elizabeth behind the stubborn front, while Elizabeth is trying to moment that we all come together to a place where there’s no make decisions about her family, beliefs and love-life. With help judgment, but really love. And we choose to recognize one from her rugged father and gentle aunt, she goes from the city to God together. And it’s really a reminder that that moment a drought-stricken farm and back again in search of something could be right now, tonight. And in that moment judgment she’s not sure is worth fi ghting for. Soon she will see that to fi nd rating:rattiing 55/5/55 falls by the wayside, we choose to step across the line, and keep the things most important to her, she will have to make whatever side we’re on. Love fi lls in the cracks and makes huge sacrifi ces, leave those she loves, and go through the fi re. up the difference.” Everyone Communicates, Few Connect John C Maxwell Newworldson The world’s most respected leadership expert gives fi ve principles Newworldson and fi ve practices for breaking the invisible barrier to leadership Newworldson’s new self-titled album has just been released and personal success. You have a good idea, but can’t convince featuring the hit single ‘There Is A Way’ along with eleven your peers of its merit. You crafted a groundbreaking strategy, but more exciting tracks! Inspired by their experiences traveling the team trudges on in the same old way. Certain people move the globe, the band’s latest offering showcases a bigger, more forward in their career while you seem to be stuck. If this describes dynamic sound than anything they have recorded to date. you or someone you know, the problem is not the quality of what you have to offer. The problem is how you connect with people rating:ratting 55/5/5 to create the results you desire. Maxwell believes that a person’s ability to create change and results in any organisation is directly tied to the ability to use the teachings of this book. 14 July2010 theadvocate entertainment

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Children 18:3 is our artist of the month. Can you spot fi ve differences between the two pictures below? Mary and The Angel

Luke 1 God sent an Angel to Mary, who was a virgin. She was preparing to marry a man named Joseph. The angel went to Mary and said, “Greetings. God is with you.” Mary was very troubled. But the angel said, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, you have found favour with God. You will give birth to a son. You are to give him the name Jesus.” “How will this be?” Mary asked. The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you. The holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. Nothing is impossible with God.” “I am God’s servant,” Mary answered. “May all this happen to me just as you have said.” Then the angel left.

Reproduced by kind permission of Candle Books/Angus Hudson Ltd.

10 Things You Didn’t Know

The total length of all the eyelashes shed by a human in their lifetime is over It takes on average 90 squirts from a cow’s udder to make a litre of milk. 30 metres. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a spider. Human thighbones are as strong as concrete. Mosquitoes have teeth. Ice cream was invented in China in about 2000 B.C. Most people fear public speaking more than death. A fi ngernail or toe nail takes about 6 months to grow from base to tip. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven times. Iceberg lettuce, until the 1920’s, was called crisphead.

15 theadvocate July2010

sport&youth Susan shoots for higher goals

Susan Fuhrmann is an elite athlete There has been plenty of glory who has come a long way since she to go along with the guts that Susan fi rst started playing netball for fun has put into her sport, but it hasn’t with her mates at the age of eight. all been smooth sailing. “There is a Born in Katoomba, New South lot of pressure to perform — high Wales and raised in Perth from the expectations — and it can be tough age of fi ve, Susan lives and breathes to pick yourself back up after a loss. netball in her role as Australian and But God always brings me through. West Coast Fever goalkeeper. It wasn’t Trusting Him and His Word is how I long before Susan drew the attention have always come out the other side. of the talent scouts and was playing on I love how you can always go to the representative and state teams. Bible, read about God’s goodness and “In 2004, I was selected to go faithfulness and then see Him work to the Australian Institute of Sport in things out before your eyes.” Canberra for three years. After that I “I can honestly say I am only at came back to Perth to play for WA and this point in time because God is on I also to represent Australia.” my side.” For Susan Fuhrmann, playing in So, where to from here? Delhi, the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth course! Games was an amazing experience. “It The Australian Netball team to go is always an awesome feeling to put on to Delhi in October this year has not the green and gold — but to be part of been selected yet. That will happen an Australian Commonwealth Games over the next few months and take into Team with representatives from all the account the ANZ Championship and other sports is an experience nothing Australian Squad trial camps. short of incredible!” Susan Fuhrmann takes comfort Outside of the Games, Susan from the knowledge that she is exactly singled out last year’s Test Series where her Lord wants her to be at the against New Zealand as one of her moment. best netball experiences. “We Aussies “It has been an amazing journey always have a good run-in with the so far and I am looking forward to what Kiwi’s because we’re number one He has for me next. I would absolutely and two ranked in the world (Australia love to make the team for Delhi. It on top, of course). I absolutely love will be a tough road to get there and, stepping out and playing with and again to win the gold, but I’m up for against the best in the world.” the challenge!” Photos: SMP Images Susan Fuhrmann, Australian and West Coast Fever goalkeeper has hands over the shot.

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