"Now I beg you, brethren, through the Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of  the Spirit,

that you strive together with me in prayers to God for me"   Rom. 15:30  NKJV

 

What are you waiting for?

Get involved in Mission - it's your calling!

 

"Open Brethren are noted for their commitment to missionary work. In the earliest days of the Plymouth Brethren movement, Anthony Norris Groves became one of the earliest 'faith missionaries', travelling to Baghdad in 1829 to preach the gospel and the Bible without the aid of an established missionary society. Many later Plymouth Brethren missionaries took the same stance, and included notable missionary pioneers such as:

George Müller - founder of orphanages in Bristol, England
Dan Crawford - Scottish missionary to central Africa
James Hudson Taylor - missionary to China and founder of the China Inland Mission
Charles Marsh - missionary to Algeria
Jim Elliot, Ed McCully, Roger Youderian, Pete Fleming - missionaries to Ecuador killed by the Huaorani tribe

While the majority of Open Brethren missionaries do not belong to a missionary society, there are a number of supporting organisations that give help and advice for missionaries: in the UK, Echoes of Service magazine, Medical Missionary News and the Lord's Work Trust are notable organisations. Today, missionaries are found all over the world, with high concentrations in Zambia and Southern Africa, Brazil, India, Western Europe and South East Asia."

( Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Brethren )

 

What Will Jesus Ask? The Lord Jesus won't ask what kind of car you drove - He'll ask where you went and how many people you drove who didn't have transport.   The Lord won't ask how big your house was - He'll ask how many people you welcomed into your home.   The Lord won't ask about the clothes you had in your wardrobe - He'll ask how many people you helped to clothe.   The Lord won't ask how high your salary was - He'll ask if you compromised your witness and brought shame on His name to obtain it.   The Lord won't ask what your job title was - He'll ask if you performed your job to the best of your ability.   The Lord won't ask how many friends you had - He'll ask how many people found you to be a true friend.   The Lord won't ask in what neighbourhood you lived - He'll ask how you treated your neighbours.   The Lord won't ask about the colour of your skin - He'll ask about the content of your character.   The Lord won't ask how much you suffered - He'll ask how you reacted to that suffering and sort His strength. Jesus won't ask why it took you so long to seek salvation - He'll lovingly take you to your mansion in heaven, and not to the gates of Hell. God won't ask how much time you had on earth and how you enjoyed it - He will ask what you did with the time you had, and how much treasure is waiting for you in heaven. Author unknown. Adapted from the original.

 

"What is also pleasing about Open Brethren is their commitment to missionary work. It is estimated, for example, that one per cent of the total number of members in Brethren assemblies are serving on the mission field. By modern standards, this is in excess of almost every Christian denomination. Operation World reports that Brethren fellowships in Canada, USA, UK, Australia and New Zealand together have 1223 missionaries. But, in addition, there are many national workers as well as workers from other countries involved in world mission. The position is that several thousand members are currently working in mission."  

( Source: Cult Awareness & Information Centre by Eryl Davies http://www.caic.org.au/biblebase/brethren/concerning%20cults.htm )
 

 

International Brethren Conferences on Mission

 

Thanks to the remarkable outreach of Brethren churches and missionaries over the last 150 years, there are congregations related to the Brethren movement in over 120 countries in the world. There are more than 20,000 such congregations with an attendance of perhaps 2 million people each Sunday. In some countries, these local churches have seen remarkable growth in recent years, both in terms of numbers of churches and overall numbers of people involved.

 

The purpose of the International Brethren Conferences on Mission (IBCM) is to bring together every four years the national leaders of local churches connected with the Brethren movement across the world for spiritual reflection, fellowship and, we pray, renewed experience of the Lord. The overall goal is the mutual encouragement of leaders in the movement in the different countries. To encourage the development of regional conferences with similar objectives leaders from Brethren churches throughout the world are welcome at the conferences.

 

 

The IBCM5 Conference is planned to be held in the middle of 2011.

 

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Stewards' Foundation of Christian Brethren

The Stewards' Foundation has been operating throughout Australia, assisting Christian Brethren Assemblies, and associated ministries, workers and members for over 40 years. It is a corporation constituted in NSW by the 'Stewards' Foundation of Christian Brethren Act 1989'. (read the Act). Some of the services provided are:

• Trusteeship

• Deposits at commercial interest rates

• Loans to Assemblies for buildings or equipment

• Housing loans

• Insurance

• Retirement Villages

• Christian Schooling

• Disaster Relief Fund

The Foundation has involvement in a number of Christian Schools and currently operates 4 retirement villages. For more information about any of the above, or other projects in progress - please contact the Manager, Mr Philip Adams, during normal business hours. The office is open 9am to 5pm, 5 days per week. Ms. Faye Loudon and Mr Kevin Price assist in the office on a part-time basis.

Any member of an Assembly of Christian Brethren is entitled (and indeed positively encouraged!) to become a member of the Foundation upon application and payment of the annual fee of only $10. All members have a right to vote at general meetings of the Foundation and thereby influence its control and direction.

• Contact: The Manager, PO Box 131, Burwood, NSW 1805

• Phone: (02) 9747 1351

• Fax: (02) 9744 1145

• Mobile: 0419 747 227

• Email

Here are profiles of those serving Christ in mission from or in WA, that are either 'commended' workers from Christian Brethren churches, or who have had a significant part in a CB church in Western Australia.

 

If you know of others that might fit the above parameters, please send details and photo to max@netcal.com.au.

 

Phill & Wendy BREWSTER

CROSS-CULTURAL in AUSTRALIA

Evangelism, church planting, Bible teaching, pastoral care.

 

Western Gospel Ministries - update August 2010

Phill and Wendy Brewster have indicated their desire to retire from the work in the Kimberley District in early 2011. They have been there for 28 'wet seasons' as Phill neatly put it, and are not getting any younger, so they deserve a well earned rest. They propose, in the will of the Lord, to move somewhere in the South Perth area to be near their children who have not seen a lot of them over many years. The Perth address will be notified later. They are currently talking with people who might take over the work under God's guiding hand for a continued future. I am sure they would value prayer for this move to the 'big smoke' after so many years working with the Aborigines and in their culture in Queensland and Western Australia. Contacts: 86 Sanderling Drive, Broome, 6725 phone (08) 9192 8100 fax (08) 9192 8100 Postal P.O. Box 2149, Broome, 6725.

 

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James & Kathleen DORN

Western Australia

Currently seeking God's directing in their lives.

 

Update June 2010

Due to an active physical threat, James and Kathleen were removed from their location and served in the local New Tribes Mission headquarters to complete their current translation task. Since then, they have come back to Western Australia and are seeking God's direction in their lives.

 

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More to come soon.

 

Working for God full-time is a noble

and viable career option!

 

The harvest is ready, but the workers are few. The time is short.

 

 Translating the Bible to the World