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Bibles for the Nuba Mountains
“‘Is not my Word like a Fire’
declares the LORD, ‘and a
Hammer that breaks a rock in
pieces’” Jeremiah 23:29
Open Doors from God
Before our ministry in the
Nuba Mountains began, we
had opportunities to witness to
people from different countries.
In the airport in South Africa,
we witnessed to an Ethiopian
family whose little girl had some
questions about God. We shared
the way of Salvation with her and
she said that she wanted to pray
to God to change her heart. We
prayed together with her in the
airport.
While visiting a small market
place in Juba, South Sudan, we
met with some Muslims from
Somalia. One of them told us
that he used to live in South
Africa, but he moved to South
Sudan because it was safer than
South Africa! We also shared the
way of Salvation with him.
Entering South Sudan
Our arrival in South Sudan
was chaotic, as expected. The
international airport requires
one to be ruthless in shouldering
people out of the way to collect
one’s luggage from the back of
a pickup. From there, you are
expected to navigate through a
tight crowd of people in which
there are dozens of rowdy young
men trying to “help” you drag
your bags to the inspection
counter. At this stage, everything
you have with you gets opened
up and inspected for who-knowswhat.
If you are lucky enough to
meet the unspoken expectations
of the security officer, he will
mark your luggage with white
chalk so that you can leave the
airport through another abrasive
swarm of bodies.
The Nuba Mountains
The war-torn region of the Nuba
Mountains has been under
severe aerial bombardment and
land invasions for many decades
by the Islamic Arab North.
Many tribes have surrendered
to Christ. Churches and schools
are the prime targets for enemy
aggression. Pastors have been
arrested and tortured for being
community leaders and teaching
the people about Christ.
Ministry Begins
The first day of ministry for me
was visiting seven schools which
included preaching, distributing
Bibles, encouraging the teachers,
and instructing them as how to
use the Bibles as part of their
curriculum. Arriving at each
school, I witnessed a sea of
children running into the open
rocky plain with the happiest
smiles you have ever seen, all
shouting “Kawaja, Kawaja” (“white
man, white man”). They thought
it was very funny to see a white
person, until I got close enough to
touch – at which point the humour
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and became shock-horror. After
some time, they would warm up to
me, but our relationship remained
a very cautious attraction.
Ministry to Muslims
The second day of ministry
brought me, and my team of local
ministers, to a totally Islamic
district to minister at a large
school. We met up with the local
authorities to ask permission to
go to the school. They thought
it strange, and informed us that
all the students are Muslims.
“Yes”, we replied, “but these are
English books for them to read”.
The authorities then allowed
us to proceed, but not before I
prayed for all of them. I went
to the school and preached the
Gospel. The children and the
teachers seemed to be gripped as
I told them the story of Adam and
Eve and how Jesus Christ is the
Seed of the woman who crushed
the head of the serpent when
Jesus died and rose again. We
distributed Bibles to all of them,
and many of the older students
instantly started reading! The
teachers all received Bibles. The
local chief was there, and even
he listened to the message and
afterwards thanked our team for
coming.
This was actually not my first visit
to this area. Ben and I had been
there before and preached in the
open-air. During this most recent
mission, I learned that a local
pastor planted a church just a few
weeks after we left! Praise God
who waters the seed and reaps a
bountiful harvest!
Difficulties and Diseases
By this stage, I had visited 12
schools and over the next two
days I would visit another 13
schools. After the first four days
of ministry, I had shared the
Gospel and distributed Bibles
to thousands of children. Most
of my travelling and all of the
preaching was in the open,
exposed to the harsh elements.
The fiery sun and the dry climate
made preaching an incredibly
strenuous task. My immune
system also struggled to fight
against the ferocious Nuba
germs. By the end of the fourth
day, my body was well worn-out.
Strangely enough, I was not sick
of the ministry. I was exhausted,
but not fed-up with preaching. I
was tired, but energized by the
children I was ministering to.
Sometimes, when preaching tires
you out, the most invigorating
thing to do is to preach even
more. And so, our team pressed
on. School after school received
English Bibles and Story of Jesus
Christ picture full colour booklets.
Gifts to the Grateful
One of the most encouraging
things to witness was the school
children reading
their Bibles as soon
as they received
them. I went into
one classroom about
10 minutes after
distributing the
Bibles and a group
of senior students
were reading
through the book
of Joshua together
out loud. At another school,
the head-teacher told me that
the students are always asking
for Bibles, and now they each
have their own copies. When we
announced to each school that
we have brought them the Word
of God, they mostly responded
with big smiles, nods of
appreciation, and loud clapping!
Many of the students do not own
a single book. The Bible is now
the first book that they own.
There are plenty of students who
come from homes where there is
not a single Bible. Now there is at
least one in their homes.
Bibles Distributed!
By the end of the mission, our
team had personally distributed
32,000 Bibles, 43,000 The Story
of Jesus Christ picture books and
gave many Gospel presentations
to 130 primary and secondary
schools. We had also strategically
pre-positioned and given more
Bibles and Story of Jesus Christ
picture books for school children
who will be old enough to receive
and read them next year.
Our team also had the
opportunity to encourage
pastors, teachers, politicians,
and military leaders of the Nuba
Mountains. We exhorted them
from God’s Word for four days
in a row. At the end of their
conference, we gave them Bibles
for their ministries and for the
personnel whom they are leading.
Open-Air Preaching
In addition to our distribution
ministry, our team took many
opportunities for evangelism.
Between travelling from one
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school to another, we stopped
at a market place. With my
interpreter, I walked over the
busiest section and started openair
preaching. Only one minute
went by and a drunkard with an
axe started yelling at me. The
more I ignored him, the angrier
he got. He finally raised his axe
as he aggressively ran toward me,
when a nearby soldier stood in his
way and disarmed him. Thankfully
this drew an even larger crowd
who gathered to see the drama.
All these people heard the Gospel.
Some even wanted to publicly call
upon the Name of the Lord.
The market places are always
full of life and noise. Deals are
being made. Friends are meeting
and eating together. Vendors
are fussing to find a place to set
up their little stalls. People are
everywhere. With a loud enough
voice, one can draw a crowd of a
few hundred people. Our team
did just that. We told the people
stories from the Bible, always
pointing them to the Lord Jesus.
People from one section of the
market place asked us to come
back and share more stories and
pray for them. What a blessing to
be used by God to minister the
Gospel to thousands of people.
Provision and Protection
Ministry in the Nuba is a great
adventure that comes with many
challenges and dangers. On our
way out of the Nuba Mountains,
there were cattle raids between
two tribes. Our team had to be
escorted by military personnel.
At one stage over a hundred
infantry were on the ground
to usher us through a volatile
area where at least 6 people had
recently been killed from gunfire.
Not only are the Nuba
Mountains dangerous, but
so is South Sudan, where we
spent a few nights. While we
were there, we saw military on
almost every street corner near
the presidential compound.
One night, while eating at a
small market place, we heard
loud popping sounds. Everyone
stood to their feet and started
running, overturning tables and
chairs in the process. They fled
as though running from gunfire.
It turned out to be some young
troublemakers throwing stones
against a corrugated iron roof.
The mentality of the people is
one of fear for civil war or unrest,
which could break out at any
second, as it has numerous times
in the past. Despite being in all
these dangerous areas, God kept
us safe and provided for us every
step of the way.
Please Pray
Please continue to pray for the
believers who are in these wartorn
countries. Pray for the
children of the Nuba Mountains
who meet for school in buildings
that have previously been
bombed by the Islamic Arab
North. Pray for the teachers who
are determined to use the Bibles
as part of their school curriculum.
Pray for pastors and chaplains
as they have a tremendous
responsibility to train their
people in the Word of God which
they have now received. Pray for
the future shipments of Bibles –
20 000 for Uganda and 20 000 for
South Sudan.
“I saw a vast crowd, too great
to count, from every nation and
tribe and people and language,
standing in front of the Throne
and before the Lamb… they
were shouting with a great
roar, ‘Salvation comes from God
who sits on the Throne and from
the Lamb’”. Revelation 7:9-10
Rev. John Clifford
Frontline Fellowship
P.O. Box 74 Newlands 7725
Cape Town South Africa
mission@frontline.org.za
www.FrontlineMissionSA.org
www.christianlibertybooks.co.za
See also:
Faith Under Fire
in Sudan
(300 pages
& 205 pictures)
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Nuba Mountains for Christ
“But you will receive power
when the Holy Spirit has come
upon you, and you will be My
witnesses in Jerusalem and in
all Judea and Samaria, and to
the end of the earth.” Acts 1:8
Suffering, Sacrifice & Sanctions
It was surreal walking in places
littered with fox holes and bomb
shelters, knowing that a little
over a year ago, bombs were
being dropped on the very places
I was travelling through. The
thousands of children we shared
the Gospel with in schools had
endured aerial bombardments
by the Sudanese government
time and time again. Although
horrific, it is commonplace for the
Nuban people to have seen friends
and family die in bombings and
military attacks. By God’s grace
and pressure from the US with a
promise of sanctions being lifted,
a ceasefire has been implemented
in Darfur, Nuba, and the Blue Nile.
President Al-Bashir was not driven
by compassion on the people he
was killing, but by a financial raise
in the country’s economy. This
time of peace made our task of
distributing Bibles to the Nuban
schools possible.
As we sat talking over a cup
of Nuban coffee, one of the
Christian leaders told us, “There
was a time when we couldn’t even
sit like this talking for one hour
because the bombings were so
frequent. We would have to spend
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the whole day in the fox holes
[bomb shelters].” It baffled my
mind that these loving, servanthearted
people had endured such
suffering and hardship. They
were our friends: we laughed
with them, evangelized with
them, and had a deep bond with
our Nuban brothers and sisters
in the Lord. Yet these people,
along with the precious children
we met at the schools, had the
trauma of war deeply burned
into their minds and hearts. The
fighting has stopped, at least for
now, but the suffering and sound
of combat still rings in their ears.
I asked one of our interpreters
if he had had friends die in the
air raids. He explained, “[Nuba]
has been bombed by the Antonov…
People have died, a lot.”
Embracing English Education
The Nubans are resisting
Arabization by embracing English
for their next generation. Even
though they now speak Arabic,
their hope is for the Nuba
Mountains to be English speaking
20 years from now. Ben Cohen,
our American team leader, raised
funds and oversaw the shipping
of 40,000 English Bibles to the
Nuba Mountains—an incredibly
laborious undertaking. We
were able to reach 130 schools
and distribute 32,000 Bibles to
teachers, students, pastors, and
political leaders who rejoiced to
receive God’s Word!
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During the first part of our
mission, Ben, Abrie, John, and
I split up into three teams with
the local Nuban Bible College
students. Thousands of children
heard the Gospel through the
stories of Creation to Christ, the
sacrifice of Isaac to the sacrifice
of Christ, and from Joseph to
Jesus. Many people told us that
they had been praying for Bibles
for years and now for the first
time they had their very own
Bible! To most of these children,
this is the first book they have
ever owned and they will be
able to learn English by reading
the Word of God. Much of their
school curriculum is thoroughly
based upon Scripture and now
they have Bibles to strengthen
their education. These Bibles are
going to be used as textbooks
for students of the primary
(Elementary-Jr. High) and
secondary schools (High schools).
Where There's a Will,
There's a Way
Our journey began with
challenges. My team’s vehicle had
mechanical issues and needed
some work done. This meant
that we had to ride out to our
school district in a large military
transportation vehicle carting
12,000 Bibles, but we had no
means of transportation once
we arrived. We made it to our
drop zone where we would be
ministering and unloaded half

of the Bibles for our ministry in
the schools. Then I went along
with the truck to drop the other
6,000 Bibles for Ben and Abrie
to distribute to schools in an
unstable conflict area. This area is
largely Islamic and had faced the
brunt of bombings and combat.
Due to the sun going down, the
rough terrain, and headlights on
our vehicle that were less powerful
than a flashlight, I had to stay
overnight where we dropped the
Bibles. The next day we drove back
to where my team was waiting
and were without a vehicle for
transportation. However, due
to the enthusiasm of the county
commissioner, he was able to
organize five schools to come to us
the next day to receive their Bibles
and to hear the Gospel.
Marketplace Ministry
That afternoon we went into the
market to preach the Gospel.
We had to go “footing” (as the
locals call walking) about 20
minutes to get there. When
we arrived, I tried to start
a casual conversation in my
typical American fashion and
my interpreter informed me
that the people were
ready to listen. About
50 people gathered
around as I shared
the Gospel from the
story of the Creation,
Fall and Redemption.
The crowd, which
included quite
a few Muslims,
listened intently and
respectfully. They
warmly thanked me
when I was done.
Sharing with Students
The next morning, the first
school arrived to listen to our
Gospel presentation and to
receive Bibles. As I was finishing
my talk, two more schools of
nearly 400 students arrived and I
was able to share the Gospel with
them as well. The children were
engaged as they heard the stories
of Adam and Eve and Jesus
Christ. The children all stood
around respectfully and listened
intently as I spoke.
That evening another secondary
(high school) showed up and
our team leader shared with
them as I went off to a church
Sunday school with my team to
distribute Bibles and share with
their children.
Transportation Troubles
Although four schools had
received Bibles, we still had
thousands more Bibles to
distribute and no vehicle to drive
to the over 60 schools remaining!
We had spoken at length about
the fact that if our vehicle didn’t
arrive we would need to walk two
days back to our original base or
have to try and hitch a ride on
a Nuban truck driving past. We
contacted the base and heard
that after three days of being
without a vehicle, there was some
form of transportation coming to
help us in the morning.
Still somewhat unsure of the
transportation coming to rescue
us, the next morning we went to
the market for breakfast and on
our way back to camp, a vehicle
came driving toward us on the
road. It was our transportation—
Praise God! I have never before
been so happy to see a truck in
my life! When we drove in to
camp, a group of 350 students
was assembled and waiting for us
to share with them. I jumped out
in delight and shared the Creation
to Christ story once again.
Epilepsy and Education
As I was sharing about Jesus, a
young girl, standing only a meter
in front of me, fell down in an
epileptic fit. The kids all ran away
from her rather than trying to
catch her. I was concerned but
the teacher said this commonly
happens to her. He insisted
that I keep on sharing with the
children. I did and she became
worse. At one point,
she flung her fist at
one of the people
trying to carry her.
Two of my team
members prayed over
her and she came
back to her normal
state by the time I was
finished.
Just then, another
200 high school
students arrived.
Nearly 600 students
were queued up to
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eceive Bibles and Th e Story of
Jesus Christ book. It was a joy to
know that these students were
receiving a Bible (most of them
for the first time in their lives)
and the younger students Gospel
Story books.
Prepositioning and Preaching
We then loaded up 1,800 Bibles
in the truck and drove an hour
and a half to preposition the
Bibles in one location for 12
schools to collect.
The next day we did a lot of
driving, prepositioning Bibles
in four different locations for
roughly thirty different schools
to come and collect. I was able
to share the Gospel with five
schools gathered at two different
locations. There were over twenty
schools in this region who still
needed to receive Bibles so we
left the remaining thousand
Bibles for them to collect. We
did a lot of driving, distributing,
preaching, and at the end of
the day I had heat exhaustion
and culture shock from hearing
Arabic spoken all day.
Back on Base
We drove back to our base where
John, Ben, Abrie and I had set
out from five days earlier. After
driving on a treacherous road for
over four hours with ten people
and four goats in the back of our
truck, I was ready to drink lots of
water and hear English spoken
again. When I saw John back at
camp, it was so refreshing to be
with someone who understood
my culture!
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Leadership Conference
Over the next week,
we were able to make
the most of our time
ministering around
our base camp. We
distributed Bibles and
shared the Gospel
with many schools.
On Sunday we split
up preaching at four
different churches, and
during the week we
shared morning devotions with
leaders who were attending a
leadership conference.
One of the highlights of the
week was going into the market
on “market-day” when everyone
floods the stalls. John, Abrie,
and I (through our enthusiastic
interpreter) collectively preached
four times in the market
reaching hundreds of people
with the Gospel. People would
gather around to listen as we
shared stories from the Bible
and entreated them to repent
and trust in Christ. After one
presentation, a small group of
people came forward to call upon
the Name of the Lord. It was
exciting and encouraging to see
God’s hand at work.
Bibles and Blessings
The last week we really saw
how hungry these people were
for the Word of God. We had
one school walk two hours to
come and collect boxes of Bibles
(that’s a four-hour round trip
walk in stifling heat)! At the end
of the week as the leadership
training seminar ended, we
entrusted the leaders with 1,800
Bibles and 3,100 Story of Jesus
Christ booklets to bring back to
their schools, churches, military
personnel, and to the teachers
under their care. One of the
leaders holds Bible studies at
his home and disciples many
people. He needed over a
hundred Bibles to give to those
he is training and equipping for
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It is encouraging to see how
hard-working and focused these
believers are to see God’s glory
displayed throughout the Nuba
Mountains. Last time Ben and
John came, they encouraged the
people to plant a church in a least
reached area and now, less than
six months later there is a church
there.
This mission was 14 months
in the making as Ben prayed,
coordinated, raised funds, gave
sacrificially, and spent many
sleepless nights ensuring that
the Bibles made it into the
hands of these dear children.
God promised in Isaiah that His
Word, like the rain that falls on
the earth, will produce life.
“So shall My Word be that goes
out from My mouth; it shall
not return to Me empty, but it
shall accomplish that which I
purpose, and shall succeed in
the thing for which I sent it.”
Isaiah 55:11
Please Pray:
• For the 90 plus tribes in the
Nuba Mountains many of
which are still unreached
and under the control of
the oppressive Sudanese
government.
• Pray for Nuban missionaries
to go into the harvest.
• Pray for the thousands of
school children who heard
the Gospel.
• Pray for the many leaders
who want the government of
Nuba to be founded upon the
Bible.
• Pray that the Word of God
would transform lives,
schools, and the churches.
• Pray for the last of the Bibles
that will be distributed after
the rainy season.
Hunter Combs
Frontline Fellowship
See also:
Sudan: the Hidden
Holocaust and Terrorism
and Persecution

Pray for the Christians in the Nuba Mountains

Mission to Sudan's Nuba Mountains
Mission Possible
By God’s grace and in answer
to prayer, Ben was able to
negotiate incredible logistical
challenges and have the
container of 40 000 Bibles and
50 000 Th e Story of Jesus Christ
booklets successfully delivered
to the Nuba Mountains. These
Bibles were printed overseas,
then shipped to Sudan. The
purpose of our mission was to
carefully distribute the Bibles
to pastors, teachers, military
personnel and school children.
We were able to distribute
32 000 of these Bibles and 43
000 of the booklets throughout
the Nuba mountains of
Sudan. We praise God for His
protection over the many
thousands of kilometres of
flying and driving in dangerous
areas. Thank you to all who
made it financially possible and
for praying for us.
Gospel Opportunities
We split into three teams so that
we could reach more schools. In
total, on this mission, we reached
130 schools. At every school where
we distributed the Bibles, we also
preached the Gospel, often to
multiple schools gathered outside
the classrooms. The teachers,
students and pastors who received
Bibles were all very appreciative.
School children in the Nuba
mountains rarely have their own
textbooks, workbooks or even
stationary. It is evident that
these Bibles and booklets will be
treasured by the children.
Even at schools where the
teachers and students are
Muslim, they did not seem to
mind us preaching the Gospel and
they were grateful for the Bibles!
I often used the story of Abraham
to springboard into the Gospel,
as many Muslims and Christians
are familiar with the story. At
many schools, the children
made a funny sound with
their mouths at the end of my
sermon – this apparently signifies
that they understood and agree
with the message preached.
We also had many opportunities
to preach the Gospel in
marketplaces, on the back of
trucks whilst being transported
to our various destinations and
to military personnel. I also
preached a Sunday sermon and
gave a devotional message at a
Bible School.
Persecution
Whilst the Nuba mountains
have more Christians than other
parts of Sudan, there are still
many Muslims, although most
of the inhabitants are ethnically
black Africans. The Muslim
government of Khartoum has
been bombing churches and
schools and poisoning wells in
the Nuba mountains for the
last 60 years. This war is both
religious and ethnic. Thankfully
there has been a ceasefire for the
last year, but in every village we
saw the remains of destroyed
schools and church buildings.
It was heart-breaking to see the
reality of war in the minds of the
children. The only drawings we
saw on the walls of classrooms
were of Antonovs dropping
bombs, or of soldiers on the back
of trucks with their machine
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guns. After Muslims have
forcibly Islamised an area, they
bulldoze all the houses of those
who refused to submit.
The Textbook of Textbooks
Understandably, the Nubans hate
the Arabs, and therefore want
to reject Arabic as their national
language. They want English to
be the language taught in their
schools. In twenty years’ time,
the Nubans want English to be
the official language of their
country. The schools were very
welcoming of the English Bibles
so that they could use them as a
textbook. Some of the schools are
already using English Christian
textbooks that have been
donated to them. We gave some
guidelines to the teachers of how
they could teach from the Bible
and how the students can study
them. What a privilege it was to
distribute tens of thousands of
copies of the Greatest Book in the
world, the Textbook of textbooks!
Please pray that many students
would be saved as they read and
study the Scriptures.
Muslim Myths
I shared the Gospel with some
people who believe that Jesus
died and rose again, and that
He is God, and yet they are still
Muslim! A belief that is quite
common among Muslims in the
Nuba mountains, is that if you
convert to Christianity, you will be
poor for the rest of your life. This
flawed belief is tragic, yet if they
do convert, at least one will know
they are serious!
Ready to Die
I have never met Christians who
are as excited about going to
meet the Lord in Heaven as many
of the dedicated Christians in
the Nuba mountains are. When
one faces the reality of death on
a daily basis as these persecuted
Christians do, then it is no
wonder that they want to be in
Heaven where there will be no
more suffering.
Unreached People Groups
There are many tribes in the
Nuba mountains that have
not yet been engaged with the
Gospel. Meaning, no mission
agencies or churches are
specifically attempting to reach
them with the Gospel. Together
with local churches and other
missions working in Nuba, we
pray that this sowing of the
Word of God will lead to future
generations reaching these
groups.
Pray for Secession
Just as South Sudan gained its
independence from Khartoum in
2011, in answer to much prayer
and pressure, please continue to
pray that the Nuba Mountains
could secede from Sudan, but
more importantly that it would
become a country founded on
Biblical Principles.
“Cush will submit herself
to God.” Psalm 68:31
Abrie Lourens
Frontline Fellowship
P.O. Box 74 Newlands 7725
Cape Town South Africa
mission@frontline.org.za
www.frontlinemissionsa.org
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“All the ends of the world shall
remember and turn to the
Lord and all the families of the
nations shall worship before
You. For the Kingdom is the
Lord’s and He rules over the
nations.” Psalm 22:27-28
Historic Church
City Tabernacle Baptist Church
in Brisbane is an historic church
dating back to the 1850s and
was established by a missionary
sent out by Charles Spurgeon.
It is one of the oldest churches
in Queensland. The first Baptist
Church building in Brisbane
was opened in Wharf Street in
1859. The church then moved
to the present site on Wickham
Terrace. This impressive, classical
Venetian style building stands
in one of the highest parts of
the city and was opened to
the Glory of God in 1890. The
first minister, Rev. William
Whale, was sent out by Charles
Spurgeon. For many years the
Baptist Theological College met
in the tower of this church and
the local ministers’ fraternal
used it as their meeting place. In
the early 1900s a private school
for girls was launched in the
basement of the church. Today
a company of the Boys and Girls
Brigade meet in the basement of
the church.
Ministry in Brisbane
Josh Williamson, a missionary of
City Tabernacle Baptist Church
first tried to have me visit last
year during the Reformation
500, but my programme was
completely full and the earliest
dates that suited us were the
first two weeks of March. This
Mission to Australia involved
ministry to 2 churches, 2 schools
and on 2 radio programmes. I
delivered 4 sermons and gave
17 presentations, including 14
presentations at the church, 12
of which were in the Sanctuary.
Reaching Muslims for Jesus
On Saturday, the church hosted,
along with OAC Ministries and
Operation 513, an Evangelism
Training Seminar: Understanding
and Reaching Muslims for
Jesus. In this 7 hour seminar, I
covered: The Challenge of Islam,
The Five Fundamentals and Six
Pillars of Islam, Comparisons
and Contrasts of Islam with
Christianity, Comparing the
Bible with the Quran, Comparing
Jesus with Muhammed, Eighteen
Questions to Challenge Muslims,
Practical Guidelines on How to
Effectively Reach Muslims for
Christ, Serving the Persecuted
Church in the Middle East and an
hour-long Question and Answer
session.
Muslim Background Believers
At this Evangelism Training
Seminar, I met Christians
from Syria who were most
appreciative and encouraging
and a pastoral couple from Iran
who had been converted from
Islam 15 years ago and endured
10 years of persecution in Iran,
before fleeing to Australia. An
Australian who had recently
been converted from Islam also
participated. Some people flew
up from Sydney, while others
drove down from the North,
to participate in this Muslim
Evangelism Seminar.
Our Supreme Ambition
My first meeting was with the
Samford Baptist Church, giving
a presentation on Making
Disciples of All Nations. On
Saturday evening there was a
special Missions evening at the
City Tabernacle Baptist Church
hall. I gave an introduction to
ministry to Persecuted Christian
in Restricted Access Areas in
Africa. On the first Sunday
morning service, I dealt with
The Greatness of the Great
Commission and in the evening
service: Only One Life.
Working for Reformation
During the week there were a
series of special services at the
church where I was asked to
deliver: Reforming Our Nation
by Reforming Our Families;
Biblical Faith and Practical
Discipleship; Do We Need a
New Reformation? As well as a
special combined Boys and Girls
Brigade Africa evening, where I
introduced the children and the
parents who joined in for the
evening, to some of the unique
animals of Africa and taught
them how to share the Gospel
with their friends and family. On
the final Sunday evening, at the
Tabernacle, I presented sermons
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South Africans in Australia
Numerous Christians from
South Africa, now living in
Australia, travelled from far and
wide, as did home schoolers,
to participate in the different
activities at City Tabernacle
Baptist Church. There were many
interesting discussions and
counselling sessions following
the various services and
presentations.
Mobilising for the Right to Life
On the Thursday evening, we
had a Pro-Life Workshop with
those interested in launching
Pro-Life Ministry in Queensland.
There was much discussion on
effective strategies and suitable
tactics to speak up for those who
cannot speak for themselves and
rescue those being led away to
death. On the first Saturday, I
participated in a Pro-Life placard
protest and side-walk counselling
outreach. After an hour, the
police arrived informing us that
although we had not broken any
laws, some of the abortionists
had expressed experiencing some
“distress” over our message and
we were therefore requested
to move away. A long and
friendly discussion with the
police ensued. When they were
informed that according to the
laws of Queensland, abortion
is illegal, the senior constable
raised his hands and said: “That
is above my pay-grade!” He said
we would need to take that up
with the politicians.
Australian Christian Lobby
Wendy Francis of the Australian
Christian Lobby, confirmed
that indeed abortion is illegal
in Queensland. However, the
authorities fail to enforce that.
Instead, there are numerous
attempts by civil authorities to
restrict freedom of speech and
the freedom of conscience of
those opposing abortion.
School Ministry
During ministry at two schools,
I introduced the children to
African wildlife and dealt with
what the Bible teaches about
Creation and our stewardship
responsibilities for caring for
God's animals. I also taught
them the Evangelism Explosion
Romans 6:23 Marching Song
and Gospel presentation. At a
Christian school, I also taught on
the inspiring testimony of the
Triumph of Faith over atheism in
Russia with the testimony of the
Statue and the Stone of Lubyanka
Square.
Radio Ministry
On the 20Twenty National
Christian phone-in programme
on Vision Christian Radio, Neil
Johnson interviewed me for
an hour on the Persecution
of Christians and Ministry in
Restricted Access Areas in Africa.
Matt Pratter on History Makers
gave me the opportunity to give
my personal testimony and a
Gospel challenge on his radio
programme as well.
Jet Lag and Fever
With the eight hour time zone
adjustment and jet lag in an
unfamiliar climate, I picked up
a virus that each member of
my host family in succession
suffered from and then I
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finally succumbed to fever and
the assorted symptoms. This
is an almost inevitable part
of international travel and
ministry. Downing medicine to
suppress the symptoms, I was
able to complete all the ministry
commitment and by a total fast
of all food intake for over a day,
managed to recover from the
fever in just a few days.
Wildlife Conservation
It was a delight to visit Steve
Irwin’s Australia Zoo. Not that
it is a zoo, but rather more
like a wildlife sanctuary. Steve
and Terri’s vision was to make
Australia Zoo the biggest and
best wildlife conservation facility
in the world. There is no doubt
that it is the finest in Australia.
Australia Zoo states that their
mission is to become the ultimate
global zoological destination
and in so doing, become world
leaders in conservation, relating
to both wildlife and their habitat.
Its 100 acres is packed with a
tremendous variety of Australian
wildlife and they now also have
exhibits of African and Asian
animals as well. Tragically, Steve
Irwin (the famed Crocodile
Hunter) died in 2006 and his
wife Terri, daughter, Bindi and
son, Robert, have continued
his conservation mission. The
Animal Planet Crocoseum
Stadium has a seating capacity of
about 5,000 and includes snake,
bird and crocodile shows where
parrots and raptors fly over the
heads of the audience and the
passionate conservationists
promote care and consideration
for the animals that share our
planet.
Wildlife Hospital
The Australia Zoo Wildlife
Hospital cares for animals
injured on the road and with
a staff of 20 fulltime workers
and 80 volunteers, cares for an
average of 6,000 animals a year.
The wildlife hospital includes
two operation theatres, two
treatment rooms, an intensive
care unit for mammals, birds and
reptiles and a CAT scan room.
The hospital has the capacity to
care for up to 10,000 animals per
year.
Wildlife Warriors
A key part of the Australia Zoo is
the international crocodile rescue,
which helps capture and relocate
problem crocodiles. Steve Irwin
(1962-2006) was famous for his
Crocodile Hunter TV series and
wildlife documentaries, including
Croc Files and the Crocodile
Hunter Diaries. The Steve Irwin
Conservation Foundation has
been renamed Wildlife Warriors
Worldwide and continues the
campaign against illegal poaching,
shark finning, purchase of turtle
shells and much more. Irwin was
described as a modern day Noah,
helping people to understand and
protect animals that they may
normally have feared.
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital of and
the largest city, in the state of
Queensland. Brisbane is also
the third most populous city
in Australia, after Sydney and
Melbourne. It was named after
Scotsman Sir Thomas Brisbane,
the governor of New South Wales
from 1821-1825. It is located
about 15km from the mouth of
the Brisbane River, close to the
Pacific Ocean. There are about 2.5
million people in metropolitan
Brisbane.
Creation and Muslim Evangelism
Brisbane is the epicentre of the
launch of a number of Creation
ministries, including Ken Ham’s
Answers in Genesis and the
Creation Science Foundation.
South African Professor Francis
Nigel Lee lived in Brisbane for the
last 30 years of his life, teaching
at the Presbyterian Church of
Queensland Theological Hall. Our
good friend, Gerhard Nehls, who
founded Life Challenge Africa, also
lives in Brisbane in his retirement.
Pray for Australia
Australia is a secular state (with
Freedom of Religion in theory).
The increase of those claiming
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No Religion and the arrival of
many non-Christian immigrants
has made Australia a much more
pluralistic and secular society
in recent years. Christians in
Australia are facing the challenges
of what is often called a post-
Christian and multicultural state.
Secularisation and paganisation
has taken a firm grip on much
of the country, but there are
still vibrant pockets of Christian
resistance and Christians do
remain a positive influence in
many parts of Australia.
Secularism and Paganisation
An aggressive secularisation
and increasing hostility to
Christianity has accelerated
with the promotion of the LGBT
gay agenda and now with the
gender confusion movement. In
many parts of society, Christian
values have been side-lined by
the promotion of perversion and
pluralistic multiculturalism.
Intolerance in Victoria
The State of Victoria in Australia
is notoriously secular and
increasingly anti-Christian. Under
their Safe Schools “Anti-Bullying”
campaign to promote LGBT and
“gender fluidity”, Christians
are complaining of increasing
intolerance, harassment and
bullying of those who stand for
traditional family values.
The Growth of Home Schools
Independent schools do have
the freedom to select their own
curriculum and parents have
freedom to homeschool. There is
a parenting allowance tax rebate
which benefits mothers who
choose to stay at home and teach
their own children.
Multiculturalism
Sustained immigration has created
a multicultural country, at least
in the larger cities of Sydney,
Melbourne and Brisbane and
introduced fast-growing religious
and ethnic minorities, along with
all the tensions that go along with
that. There are estimated to be
over half a million Muslims from
70 different countries, and half a
million Chinese, living in Australia.
Over 260,000 Vietnamese live in
Australia and 550,000 Aborigines.
There are approximately 500
Missionaries attempting to work
amongst the Aborigines, but not
nearly that many amongst the
many Muslims, Buddhists and
Hindus in the country.
Low Church Attendance
Christians are in many cases
stereotyped in the media as
intolerant, judgmental, legalistic
and authoritarian. While over two
thirds of Australians would identify
themselves as some form of
Christian, only 10% attend church
and increasingly large numbers
have negative attitudes towards
the church. An individualised, New
Age pick-and-choose spirituality
with no accountability seems to
predominate. Almost all mainline
churches have faced stagnation
and decline, but there is growth
amongst the Evangelicals.
Gender Politics and Gay Agenda
Some churches, like the Uniting
Church, which accommodates
both the old Presbyterian and
Methodist churches seem to
have virtually apostatised,
abandoning almost every
Christian distinctive and
doctrine in the rush to embrace
and promote gender politics and
all the LGBTQ agenda. Issues
such as the ordination of women,
homosexuality and gender
politics have polarised most
mainline churches. Yet, there
is still Missionary vision and
Evangelical churches have proven
effective in ministering to the
disabled, the addicts, the poor
and the homeless.
Droughts and Fires
Australia is the driest island
continent in the world, but it
is well-watered in the East and
South East, where most of the
population is concentrated. The
ecology in Australia is possibly
the most fragile of any continent,
with devastating droughts and
severe bush fires.
Disarmament is Dangerous
Several Australians expressed
their concern about being a
disarmed society in a very
dangerous neighbourhood.
The largest Muslim nation on
earth, Indonesia, is their near
neighbour. With a population
of over 240 million, 80% of
which are Muslim, Indonesia
is spread over 17,000 islands
and a large military and violent
instability in some areas.
This creates nervousness.
Both Indonesia and China
have expressed an interest in
colonising Australia.
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Constitutional Monarchy
Most Australians are supportive
of the monarchy and loyal to the
Crown. However there is a strong
Republican mindset amongst
a large minority, mostly made
up of Irish Catholics, because
of the predominance of Roman
Catholic Irish criminals in the
original convict community that
settled in Australia. This hostility
to the monarchy is a significant
minority influence.
Psychological Warfare
There is an aggressive guilt
manipulation campaign to shame
Australians for their British,
Anglo-Saxon and European
Christian ancestry in the name
of promoting Aboriginal culture.
Surprisingly the newly designed
Aboriginal flag of horizontal
black and red stripes with a
yellow circle/sun in the middle is
now being flown from City Halls
and outside Hotels, alongside the
beautiful Australian flag with its
Union Jack and Southern Cross.
Christian Symbolism
The Australian flag is an inspiring
Christian flag, including as it
does the St. Andrew’s Cross,
the St. George’s Cross and the
Southern Cross.
Dedicated to the Holy Spirit
The Portuguese explorer, Pedro
Fernandez de Quiros dedicated
the country to the Holy
Spirit. From the beginning of
British settlement in Australia
from 1788, early settlers and
governors expressed their
determination to ensure that
Australia would be a Christian
country and recognised that
God had placed them in this
unique country and hemisphere,
to establish a base for Missions
throughout South Eastern Asia.
Pray for Revival
May we continue to be vigilant
and persistent in prayer for
Australia, that God may be
merciful and gracious to grant a
Back to the Bible Reformation
and Spiritual Revival to this
strategic and needy land. May
missionaries from Australia win
Indonesia and the islands of the
Pacific to Christ.
Thank you for all your prayers,
encouragement and support.
May God continue to be your joy
and strength.
Yours for the fulfilment of
the Great Commission
Dr. Peter Hammond
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