The Philippines is a beautiful country of contrasts from high-density urban sprawl communities to the open spaces in the provincial centres. It's an archipelago of more than 7,000 islands and a population of 103 million people with 13 million living in metropolitan Manila. BST student Phillip Gray recently visited for...
The sacrifices of yesterday become the ashes of today and need to be removed so today’s fire is not extinguished and living sacrifices can be offered to the Lord (Deut 6:1-4; Rom 12:1-2). CT Studd had it right when he said, “if Jesus Christ be God and died for me...
As a kid I dreamt of playing cricket for Australia and be able to use the overseas travel for mission opportunities (it was a win/win solution really: to play my favourite sport and serve Jesus!).
This week's top 10 opportunities include being a Disaster Response Officer in the Philippines, Chief Communications Officer in South East Asia, Holiday Camps Coordinator in Perth, and a Junior High School Teacher in Ecuador.
I realised early on, that studying wasn't just an academic exercise, but most importantly, it's a way of serving the Lord. Everything I learn isn't just for my benefit, but it's for the benefit of the church. The learning process doesn't just stop to benefit me. As I have come...
Never before have I experienced so clearly the reality of Jesus’ words in Matthew 9, ‘the harvest is ready’, as I did last week. I was on a BST mission exposure trip working with Muslim communities in Sydney and had the chance to attend an Arabic church, go to a...
It’s 4.30am and I (Sue) am surprisingly bright-eyed. I actually woke up before my alarm was set to go off. But why the excitement? Today I’m joining a group of people in the southern Philippines to celebrate the translation of the New Testament into their own language!
If you want to know how to totally muck it up as a Christian leader then take a look at King Saul, the details of whose reign we find mainly in the books of Samuel. He provides some brilliant examples. His main weakness, which eventually became his downfall, was that...
This week’s top ten ministry work opportunities include being a student worker at a Mexican university, pastoring a rural church in central Australia, being an evangelistic soccer coach in Russia and running an anti-trafficking program in Cambodia...
