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COVID-19 and the Persecuted Church

November 1st was the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. In this post, Honoria Brennan shares some timely reflections on the day and the grave situation of our persecuted brothers and sisters around the world. Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body. (Heb 13:3) I have always struggled with this verse—partly because I find it hard to imagine being in prison; mostly because I didn’t want to imagine it. Well, lockdown this year, gave us all a little taste of prison...

Honoria Brennan

Innovative Evangelism: Bringing the Gospel to TikTok

Taryn Hayes

In March 2020, at the onset of the COVID crisis, I wrote a TGC-AU article imploring us all to think outside of the box as we sought to find new ways of doing church and ministry at home, with our families, and from our computers. The article closed with these words: The opportunities for gospel work, care for those in need, and personal spiritual growth are boundless. Every one of us, whether single, married, young or old, employed or not, stands at a threshold of gospel opportunity. Let’s share our ideas and spur one another on toward love and good...

Are We Wasting the COVID Crisis?

Steve McAlpine

Here’s a thought: What if the church is wasting the COVID crisis? I’m not simply talking about different choices of how to do church. Nor am I talking about what the best model for evangelism, mission and pastoral care might be in the COVID crisis. What if we had used the COVID disrupter as a dry run to prepare our churches for the rise of increasingly restrictive government measures I’m talking about whether we wasted an opportunity to prepare ourselves for a far more reaching and hostile disrupter that a virus that swept up everyone, and required strict measures for...

Remember

Shebu John

As I type this, here in Melbourne Victoria Australia we are in stage 4 lockdown due to the pandemic. There is a roadmap our State Government has given and as of today, the numbers of new COVID-19 cases has finally dropped below ten. This is great news—especially for weary church leaders and yearning to gather again for Sunday services. Yet as one who believes this moment in History is not out of God’s hands I am also concerned that we not become like the people of old who forget the lessons of history. The Bible is filled with stories of...

Finding Hope in Melbourne

Matt Ooi

‘Adopt a Melbournian’ was one of the memes going around recently. On one hand I was surprised, but on the other hand, it’s understandable. Although we still like to hold on to the title of the ‘world’s-most-liveable-city’, the level of restrictions have been amongst the toughest and longest in the world. Of course, we are painfully aware that many other cities in the world are dealing with more dire COVID-related circumstances. Nevertheless, the struggle’s been real. Is it possible, however, that God intends more for Melbourne than just making us a cautionary tale? Is it possible, however, that God intends...

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