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The World
Convention family offers their sympathy and prayers to former
Executive Director Jeff Weston and his family
on the recent passing of his Father, Rocky
Weston, in in Australia.
Send condolences to
rosemaryandjeff@aol.com
September 19-22 Tropical Storm Ketsana
became a typhoon that swept across northern
Philippines, central Vietnam
and Cambodia causing major
flooding and severe damage. Include
in the sufering are many of our Stone-Campbell Movement
family.
On September 23 an 8.3 magnitude earthquake
struck off the coast of Samoa resulting in tsunamis battering
American Samoa, Western Samoa and
Tonga.
On September 24 and 25 earthquakes hit the
Indonesian Island of
Sumatra.
We pray that God's mighty hand will be seen in healing
the hurts in the Pacific area at this time. If the Lord
has led you to respond please see the annoucement to the
right.
We praise the Lord for World Convention Treasurer
Rick Reisinger and congratulate him on
recently being named a
Distinguished Alumnus of
Culver-Stockton University.
We offer prayers for God's guidance to Dr.
Michael L. Sweeney as he is inaugurated
President of Emmanuel School of Religion, Johnson City, TN, on
Ocotber 21. Mike formerly sereved as a missionary in
Papua New Guinea.
We offer prayer for the Brazilian National
Convention that will shortly take place. On the
agenda will be discussions planning the 18th Global
Gathering in Goiania in 2012!
Please pray for World Convention friends Kiron
and Nalini Gaikwad. Kiron recently suffered a heart
attack. He is now at his home in India but is still
weakened.
We thank God for those faithful friends of this
ministry who have become a part of the
Order of 2012.
You may still be a part of this effort by beginning
your monthly gifts of
$20.12
Your
ChristiaNet Editor seeks your prayers
for the World Convention Staff in the coming weeks.
Joe Keith, husband of Office Coordinator,
Julia Keith, will soon be undergoing open
heart surgery.
Clint and Adele Holloway will be
traveling for two weeks in China to adopt a son,
Jin Taylor Holloway.
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ChristiaNet
Volume 76, October 2009
A Monthly Email Newsletter from World
Convention
Connecting everywhere, every
day.
Clinton J. Holloway,
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Great Communion
Updates
OurMovement's bicentennial
observance of Thomas
Campbell's
Declaration and
Address has now drawn to an official
close but we still know of events yet to
happen! If you have an event yet to occur please
let us know and we'll share the word.
We have received fantastic reports of events
all across the United States, Australia,
Canada, Kenya and more. Several
gatherings of a thousand people took place on
October 4th. How did you observe Great
Communion? What was the impact
upon you, your church, your local area? If you
have a story to share, we want to hear it! Also,
we would appreciate seeing the invitation,
bulletin, program or any other material produced
in conjunction with your observance. Please send
care of Clinton J. Holloway at the address below.
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Pacific Disasters Appeal from John
Gilmore,
Global Missions Partners, Churches of
Christ in
Australia Dear Friends,
In extraordinary circumstances
with three tragedies happening one on top of the
other Churches of Christ Overseas
Aid (COCOA) has launched the Asia
Pacific Emergency Appeal. Attached is some
background information and a response form which
is also available on the website www.inpartnership.org.au
COCOA invites your support in
expressing the grace and compassion of God's love
to people facing such difficulties. Please confirm
any online donations with an email to info@inpartnership.org.au
that this amount is for the Asia Pacific
Emergency Appeal.
Yours in
Christ,
John
Gilmore
Executive
Director
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Several U.S. based ministries are also
offering support at this time to our brothers
and sisters in the Pacific region. Thank you for
considering ways you might be called upon to
help in the face of crushing
circumstances.
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YouTube Interview with President B.J.
Mpofu
Craig Brown of our Australian Churches
has shared with the global World Convention
family a YouTube interview that
he recently conducted with World Convention
President B.J. Mpofu at his home
in
Zimbabwe. The exchange
deals primarily with the relationship between the
Australian and Zimbabwean churches but it will be
of interest to many in the global family who share
a passion for mission and ministry. To see
the nine minute interview go to
The interview can also be found on the World
Convention blog.
Churches of Christ in Malawi
have recently issued volume number two of their
occasional newsletter Friends of
CCM (the first issue appeared in
November 2006). This eight page missive
includes many wonderful reports of the
congregations in Malawi begun by our British
churches in the early 20th century. Today these
congregations number over 60 with a membership of
10,000. To request an electronic copy of this
update contact J. Norman Bardsley at jnbard@pacbell.net
48th Asia Mission Forum Held in
Beijing
Recently 100 Christians from Churches of
Christ in 11 Asian nations met in Beijing to
promote reconciliation and
forgiveness between the countries.Hosted for
the first time in China the event sought to break
down the old walls of animosity between the
countries and seek forgiveness for past sins
commited against one another.
New Stone-Campbell Movement Resource
Available A Passion For
Christian Unity Essays in Honor of William
Tabernee is the title of a new
resource edited by John Imber and issued by
Christian Board of Publication's Chalice
Press, www.chalicepress.com Bill
Tabernee is well known to many World Convention
friends in the US, Australia and around the world.
This festschrift honors him and the exploration of
Christian Unity so dear to our global family.
Professor Tabbernee, an Australian, recently
retired as President of Phillips Theological
Seminary in the United
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