Punchbowl (N.SW) Baptist Church will schools to give religious instruction to be the venue for the first Muslim Must .hildren. Awareness dinar to be held in Sydney. ' are these people, and what are It will be h, .d on Saturday, March 27, thes e religious beliefs? What ways can a commencing at 2.00 p.m. Christian use to reach these people with Australian churches have become the Gospel? increasingly aware of the Muslim Registered by Australia ilosi Publication No. HARI 678 presence in Australia, but have not been 'fake advantage confident of making an evangelistic approach to Muslims who have settled "The Seminar has been organised to here. help answer these questions," Rev. Ray Schaefer of the Lugarno.Baptist Church The Muslim World has until now said. "I urge Baptist Churches in the implied missionary service by Christians metropolitan area to take advantage of of the West travelling to the East. this opportunity to begin to learn skills in Nowadays mosques are seen in each taking the Gospel to Muslims." capital city. Muslims are to be found in Shortly atter 9 p.in. on Thursday, April 1st most trades and professions and in some Last year Mr. Schaefer was involved in research into work among Muslims in Bishop Jack DaM, Administrator of the suburbs there are a majority of Muslim Australia on behalf of the A.B.M.S., and is Diocese of Sydney since the retirement of pupils in local primary schools. a member of the group responsible for Sir Marcus Wane, announced that the Electoral Synod of the Diocese had voted Mission at home arranging this Seminar. for Donald William Bradley Robinson to Christians must consider this mission Rev. N. P. Andersen, former A.B.M.S., become the new Archbishop. field in our own country. Churches find missionary and presently Director of Tear After a brief adjournment Donald themselves located now in areas heavily Fund, will come from Melbourne to lead it. Robinson came into the Synod to be populated by Muslims. A mosque is greeted with thunderous applause. When located just around the corner a few The fees are expected to be $5 and $2 he came to the microphone to speak hundred metres from the Lakemba for the evening meal. People intending to there was a long standing ovation. When, Baptist Church. Christians are finding participate should write immediately to during his speech, he announced that he Muslims for the first time in their office or Muslim Awareness Seminar, P.O. Box 96, would accept the nomination there was a factory. Christian school teachers see Pymble, 2073 or ring Mr. Schaefer on standing ovation. And when he finished Muslim religious teachers entering their (02) 536300. his acceptance speech there was a 2051 people registered as enquirers at the Leighton Ford "NOR] HSIDE REACHOUT" from standing ovation. a total attendance of 58,030 people. Service "Faith is not like a rubber band to be stretched to fit any situation, but like a muscle to be exercised," said Dr. Ford in his last address. The Synod began on Friday, March '26th with a service of Holy Communion in the "We never know in life how close we are to losing some of our greatest opportunities. Cathedral. The highlight was the sermon Jesus is saying to you and me: 'Be careful, it is possible to be too late in getting to know by Rt. Rev. Clive Kerle in which he urged G‘91'. Professor Blaiklock will be visiting Sydney 10.30 am: Pennant Hill's Baptist church. the Synod members to seek the "mind of again sponsored jointly by Trinity 7 pm: Evening Service (Public), Trinity "We want a world of justice and morality and goodness, but we cannot have that Christ". The Synod then adjourned to the Grammar School (where he will be Grammar School Chapel, Summer without a strong church and spiritual life." building best known as the Pitt Street Hill. conducting the Easter Mission amongst Ramon Williams Congregational Church (now belonging the boys) and Marella Mission. The public Wednesday, 7th April: to the Uniting Church). meetings are as follows: Evening: Public Rally at Trinity Sunday, 28th March: Grammar School Assembly Hall. Address 10:15 arc Castle Hill Baptist Church. Thursday, 8th April: Treatment reduces mortality rate The Presidential Address was given by 7 pm: St. Paul's Anglican Church, 8 pm: St. Mark's Anglican Church, Bishop Dabs and the excellence and Wahroonga. Avalon (Holy Communion). The Sudan Interior Mission public health It is thought that several types of relevance of it was shown by the fact that Tuesday, 30th March: Friday, 9th April: team in Southern Sudan has succeeded in animals serve as hosts for the parasite it was quoted by a majority of the Afternoon: Pocket Testament league 9 am: Baulkham Hills Baptist Church. reducing the mortality rate in patients before man is affected. Treatment speakers. (phone K. Williams, 76 8414). suffering from kaalazar. consists of medication, spraying to kill 7 pm: Lyceum Theatre, Sydney. Nominations 8 pm: St. Paul's Anglican Church, the sandfly, and powdered milk and Sunday, 11th April: Two years ago this tropical disease Wahroonga (Bible Study). caused the deaths in several villages of 80 protein dietary supplements. There were five candidates nominated. 10.30 am: Wesley Chapel, Sydney. Of the five, the Rev. David Hewetson was Wednesay, 31st March: per cent of the children and 50 per cent SIM short-term missio.'ary nurse Bernie 3 pm: Lyceum Theatre, Sydney. eliminated on Monday night and Bishop Evening: Public Rally at Trinity of affected adults. Now a report has Heckman was pleased wi h results. She 7 pm: Castle Hill Church of Christ. Ken Short on Tuesday night. The final Grammar School Assembly Hall. After 9 pm Interview with Fred Nile on revealed that mortality rate in a recent had been treating 168 patients in clinics at three month period has dropped to 3 per Melut and Paloich. "There have been vote was between Bishops Cameron, Thursday 1st April: Radio 2GB. Reid and Robinson. 7.30 pm: Calvary Chapel, Greenacre For further details, please phone Mrs. cent. sufficient medicines and foodstuffs to (phone Jim Humphreys, Bible Warwick on 629 1555 (in office hours, if Kaalazar, a disease that resembles care for all of them," she said. Speeches Society, 267 6862). possible). malaria, is transmitted by the sandfly. The Synod was long; unnecessarily so. Friday, 2nd April: E. M. Blaiklock is Emeritus Professor of The standard of debate was poor. There 10 am: Bible Society coffee morning the University of Auckland, where he was much empty rhetoric and far too (open to all) at St. Alban's Church, lectured for forty-two years in classics, much repetition. Often speakers added West Lindfield. for the last twenty-one of which he Australia criticised in nothing new to what had already been Evening: Christian Medical Fellowship occupied the chair. He was a consulting said and some, by their incompetence, the clergy "of the west" hold him in the (phone 76 9370) editor for the New International Version did their candidate no good. Apart from House of Clergy but only received a gained an international reputation as a of the Bible. East Timor majority in the House of Laity when scholar and served for 20 years on the highest regard. Saturday, 3rd April: speeches by nominators and seconders He has published almost seventy The Catholic Institute for International there were 42 contributions to the Bishop Cameron's preferences were staff of Moore Theological College. In At 59 years of age, Archbishop Evening: Public Rally at Trinity books. He is a recognised authority in the Relations in the United Kingdom recently In lune, 1981, a report to President debate. Despite this, there still seemed at distributed. 1972 he became Bishop in Parramatta. In Robinson will have 11 years before Grammar School Assembly Hall. spheres of New Testament studies and released a report on East Timor. Suharto from the Indonesian -selected the end a confusion in the minds of many that position he has presided over the compulsory retirement. Those 11 years Sunday, 4th April: Greek classics, and has travelled widely in Archbishop fastest growing part of the Diocese. will be years of great change. There will The Report accuses Western "Regional People's Representative as to the real issues. 8 am: St. Mark's Anglican Church, the study of Biblical and classical Governments of maintaining silence Assembly" complained of constant Archbishop Robinson is well qualified Despite the problems of the area and the be many challenges and problems. The Avalon. archaeology. about Indonesian atrocities in East Timor. murder, violence, torture and abuse of Final Vote to lead the Diocese of Sydney. He has a diverse patterns of ministry existing in the Synod has chosen Donald Robinson to It says: Timorese by Indonesian troops, and When the final vote was taken, Bishop high reputation throughout Australia and area, Bishop Robinson has been a real lead the Diocese—all our prayers need alleged that Indonesian control had Robinson had a clear majority in the the world. The son of a clergyman, he has strength to the Parishes of the area and to be with him. The Australian Church Record has been bringing the Australia, Timor's nearest neighbour, led to economic stagnation, news on Church affairs for over 100 years, 1880-1982 was in a unique position to influence events in Timor . Apart from an mismanagement and exploitation by an independent provocative initial hostile vote in the United Indonesian monopolies, and Nations, however, successive corruption among officials. 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