Stories

Please find below a collection of our latest stories.

Rebuilding Brick by Brick

The last few days have brought more floods in the south of Pakistan, forcing another one million people out of their homes. The torrential monsoon rains that triggered massive floods have moved ste...

Micah Challenge asks us all to set Sunday 10^th Oct (10.10.10) aside for prayer as we join millions of sisters and brothers in Christ around the world to pray, promise and...

Team Travels

Several short term mission teams have just returned and the following teams are setting out:

Two people from the Callala Bay Community Church in NSW wil...

The scale of the impact of the floods on the people of Pakistan is overwhelming. The total number of people impacted is greater than 20 million (almost the population of Austral...

A solid brick house means a stable dwelling and a new beginning for a minority family in Vietnam. The construction of two new houses, along with two new wells and tanks, has just been complete...

Isla Mission School on Tanna Island in Vanuatu experienced a new breath of life once again in August last year with the appointment of a new principal (Witnold Bule), and a new school council ...

Pastor Hery Susanto reports from the Church of Christ Theological Seminary (STJKI) in Central Java, Indonesia, “Six months ago, three students from the Bible College opened a ...

Dayanand Sharma, one of the students enrolled with the Bible Training Institute, comes from a non-Christian background. He completed the Christian Faith Basics correspondence course wit...

A Virgin Coconut Oil forum was held August 4-11 as the final component of the feasibility study in a series of workshops which Frank Sanders has been conducting on Pentecost. It was an opportu...

Paul and Renee Ravesteyn, ministers at Northgate Church of Christ, in New South Wales have a special passion for Africa. They commenced Live Connection in 2000 and have developed many p...

For many years David Lewis served on the SA Overseas Missions Committee for OMB, now Global Mission Partners, and held the role of treasurer for almost 40 years. David also served on the Board...

It is hard to comprehend the scale of destruction in Pakistan at the moment. Your giving to the COCOA Pakistan Appeal is one way of expressing your care and support for those s...

Over 200 children have been identified in Marialbai as having lost both parents in the civil conflict in Sudan. This week Steven Blacket is travelling to this remote Sudanese community, which ...

Four boys recently joined the family at Khayelihle Children’s Village. Kwanele Mpofu is 2 years old, Dereck Mpofu is 4, Michael Mpofu is 7 and Thabo Mpofu is 10. This brings the total to...

There have been some delays in approving the business license for Bright Solutions, but Fiona Briers is hopeful that the current issues reflect movement into the final stages of the process. Althou...

Samuel Vusi reports that Vanuatu Churches of Christ Conference has just hosted two workshops for the Pacific Conference of Churches. ‘Human Rights’, ‘Good Governance’ a...

At the end of June COCOA-S.E. Asia was given a $5,000 grant from the Week of Compassion Disciples of Christ in the US. This meant that John and Lan Dean could visit Tan Loi Village ...

There is an opportunity for four people to join the KiwiLink team on their next short term mission experience in Zimbabwe (20 Oct - 11 Nov). Two would be involved with carpentry, plumbing, ele...

The Melanesian Evangelical Churches of Christ (MECOC) are holding their Annual General Meeting this week (July 26-29) at Yar village. The theme is ‘Churches Arise and Make a Positive Dif...

Bhimrao Thavare reports, “It has been rewarding to see results from the outreach programme in the Nausori area with three members of one Hindu family accepting Jesus Christ as...

This Sunday 25 July has been nominated as a special day for combined prayer.

Our international partners are aware that they are being prayed for and have be...

July is one of the busiest months of year at Ankoor Home being the commencement of the new academic year. 20 new children have just been admitted and are settling in. This year the ...

On Wednesday 28 July, staff from Ashwood Mission Hospital (AMH) will be involved in a health clinic at Kangaon, 20 kms west of Daund. Dr Philemon Pawar is meeting with village leade...

Bambelela Jiyane and Innocent Mawire have just completed their final examinations in Micro Technology. They are eagerly awaiting their results and seeking to secure employment in th...

The first stages of a program providing care for war orphans is now taking shape in Marialbai, Aweil West, Sudan. Beginning with a feeding program for 240 children who have lost both parents, prepa...

Fiona Briers has returned to Vietnam and is preparing all the necessary administrative documents to complete the registration of Bright Solutions as a COCOA supported independent social enterp...

Sunday 25 July is the annual GMP Day of Prayer for global mission. iPray brochures are available along with a PowerPoint around the theme “iPray – Making a Difference”. ...

Global Mission Partners serves the commitment of Churches of Christ congregations to be involved in global mission. We are a servant agency of local churches in Australia and overseas. As such...

The Annual General Meeting of Global Mission Partners is held each year in October. This year, for the first time, the AGM will be in Melbourne on October 30^th at the Churches of Ch...

On Friday a team of nine from around Queensland flew to Port Vila, Vanuatu. This morning they flew to Maewo Island, and travelled on to Gambule. Never heard of it? Neither had they!...

A small Handing Over Ceremony was held on Wednesday 16 June celebrating the new Churches of Christ Overseas Aid (COCOA) house which has just been completed in Tan Phuoc. The family who receive...

Arjun, Hemkumari and Radhika are all members of the same family and come from a Hindu background. They have been attending Nakasi Church of Christ and there has been much rejoicing ...

This year Graham Kwarney joined the leadership team of the Vanuatu Conference for Churches of Christ as the Director of Church Development. Workshops have been planned for each of the island c...

The Chair of the Makokoba Church of Christ in Zimbabwe sent through a letter of thanks for the Leadership Training seminars conducted by the GMP team on May 27 and June 7 for church leaders in...

Kanta Thavare’s recent surgery was successful and she is now recovering well. All the pathology tests have now came back negative for cancer. Bhimrao reports, “Even the ...

After many delays the ambulance at Ashwood Memorial Hospital has been delivered and is in use. For a whole variety of reasons it has taken almost a year to come. The delays have been caused, i...

After sharing in the Vanuatu Churches of Christ Annual Conference on Ambae (May 17 – 21), Frank and Sue Sanders travelled with Colin and Joy Dyer (Directors of Kokonut Pacific...

The Melanesian Evangelical Churches of Christ (MECOC) Board Executive is meeting this week to plan the programme for the Annual General Meeting and other coming events. The Chairman, John Kitimun, ...

BJ Mpofu, director of Showers of Blessing Trust, recently visited water security projects in Zvishavane. He was amazed to find a thriving vegetable garden at one of the boreholes. It brought d...

Pastor Paulino Malou is currently completing his studies in administration in Uganda. He plans to return to Sudan in November to oversee the establishment of the Church of Christ Mission in Ma...

On the 15^th of May 2010, Zimbabwe House was officially opened. Chris Baigent, director of KiwiLink (New Zealand Churches of Christ) gave the opening speech. He stressed t...

Londua’s 60^th Anniversary was celebrated on Wednesday in true Ni-Vanuatu style – lots of people, lots of speeches, and of course, lots of kaekae (food). The chapel was d...

Last month Kanta Thavare underwent a series of ultrasound scans and tests. After an anxious three weeks of waiting the test results have detected cancerous cells. Due to the long waiting list ...

Today is the sixth day since clashes between Thai government security forces and anti-government protesters became more intense in Bangkok. The Red Shirts have maintained their position behind...

In the district of Dong Phu three houses are being constructed. The first house was specifically requested for a struggling family in Tan Phuoc Village who have undergone great tragedy in rece...

Alvin Chand, a part-time trainee pastor, has just taken up an interim ministry at Vuci South Church in Nausori, Fiji. His appointment is initially a three month probationary term with on-the-j...

Developing godly, quality leaders for the leadership team is a priority for Churches of Christ in Vietnam. The redevelopment of a city fellowship has been encouraging. While relationships in t...

There is excitement in the air as people in Vanuatu head for Ambae Island. Next week (16-22 May) is the 49^th Annual Conference of Churches of Christ in Vanuatu. This also coincides ...

Two initial building projects being planned are extensions to the Aweil Bible College at Malek Alel, and facilities for the new mission at Marialbai, developing a program for childr...

Training leaders for a nation of islands is a challenge. In the past the student came to the college which was located on Pentecost Island. The Bible College at Banmatmat was remote, difficult to a...

Paul and Judith Todd, New Zealanders who are visiting Khayelihle Children’s Village (KCV) in Zimbabwe for the third time, are assisting with the harvesting of the maize ...

A family that has suffered a great tragedy are to be the next recipients of a new house. The Vice Chairman of the district specifically requested the donation of a house for one struggling fam...

Muneshwar and Stella Gaunder celebrated the birth of their first child, a baby girl named Hadasha Asha, on 27^th March. They are all doing really well. Muneshwar has b...

In the year commencing February 8^th 2010 there was a new intake of twelve married students and one single male student at Gandep Bible College, PNG. Most of the students are ma...

Fezile Moyo is hearing impaired but very talented. She is a good athlete who specializes in running 100 metres. During first term, schools across the country conduct sports competitions where ...

The Sudanese elections currently in process are the first national elections in 24 years. President Omar al-Bashir took power in a military coup in 1989 and since that time the dictatorship ha...

A commissioning service was held at Whitehill Church of Christ on Sunday dedicating Frank and Sue Sanders for their ministry in Vanuatu. Frank is leaving on Saturday 17^th April at 1...

Jan Christensen writes, “You might say we are into recycling here in Queensland! Sure, we put our plastic bottles in the recycling bin, but we do much better that that! W...

On the 24^th May a group of 10 people will set off from Howrah Church of Christ on a 10 day GMP Thai Cultural Experience. This group have been utilizing the OnEARTH training materials in ...

Can you imagine commencing 11 new businesses in three years? We celebrate this achievement with the people of the Klong Toey slum community in Bangkok. Some of these new projects in...

A good start at Londua

133 students are enrolled at Londua for 2010. There are 75 students in the academic program and 58 in the vocational course. This is the first ye...

HIV/AIDS Support

Families in the Daund area, India, continue to be devastated by HIV-AIDS. Support for people living with HIV-AIDS is limited. At Ashwood once a fortnight a hom...

Chile Update

The latest reports from Chile indicate that 711 people have been killed, with the death toll certain to continue rising due to people reported as missing. The destr...

New Sprouts Growing

The Vietnamese Government is committed to assisting farmers to develop methods of growing clean vegetables to improve the health of the population a...

Cyclone Tomas struck Fiji on Monday 15^th March. Rated Category 4 it is one of the most severe with winds recorded at up to 180km an hour. The impact has been worst for Fiji’s ...

Thailand has been faced with some very tense political situations leading up to and following the military coup in September 2006. Thai society is presently marked by divisions and mistrust of...

This May over 1000 people aged 16-26 will take to the road to MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY.

Nine jour...

The first Melanesian Evangelical Churches of Christ (MECOC) Revival Harvest Ministry (RHM) convention held this year was conducted in the Madang Province at Temnung Village. The initial plan w...

With the rapid growth in the number of churches in Zimbabwe and the struggle to find pastors, the development of church leaders is a priority so that the churches are led by mature people. We ...

Education of the children at Khayelihle Children’s Village (KCV) has been a challenge recently. During the recent teacher’s strike private lessons were organised for the child...

Ros Stafford-Green joined Joseph Mawien and Steve Blacket on their return visit to Southern Sudan in January. Ros, who has a medical background has been involved in the development of the medi...

Alex Morse is a Church World Service Volunteer in the Dominican Republic and a former Global Mission Intern of Global Ministries. Alex has provided an update regarding the work being don...

Food Aid

The Food Aid Program was established in 2009 to assist the poorest of the ethnic minority families to cope with the effects of the economic downt...

Since the drilling programme commenced in Zimbabwe three years ago fifty-two boreholes have been drilled. Of the 10 boreholes drilled and equipped with pumps in 2009 from COCOA donations (New ...

A request has come through from the teachers at Londua Training School for the following text books which are part of their Year 9/10 English Studies curriculum:

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It is just over one month since the horrifying earthquake hit Haiti on January 12. In the capital Port-au-Prince and other parts of Haiti the victims commemorated the tragedy ...

The churches that we are in partnership with in Papua New Guinea are all in settings where people survive on what they grow and sell. It is a subsistence economy and resources are t...

Nancy, a young Hindu woman, had been attending the Lautoka Church of Christ on the western side of the main island of Fiji for several months last year. Following a wonderful seaso...

It is impossible to get accurate statistics in Sudan, but the number of fatalities after forty years of civil war is estimated as high as two million. Orphans and widows are everywh...

Zimbabwe House is now complete! Once it is furnished, more children will be added to the Khayelihle Children’s Village (KCV) family which currently numbers 89.

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In November 2009 a team from Bowral Church of Christ visited Ankoor Children's Home for the second time to assist in some practical ways around the campus.

Why Long Term Mission?

With the current trend towards the popularity of short term missions not looking like slowing down anytime soon, the question has to be asked what effect if any this...

I had the privilege of spending 10 days at Ashwood Mission Hospital, in the rural town of Daund, east of Mumbai. During my time at Ashwood, I was able to witness a number of ways in which Ashwood c...

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