East Timor visit
Our fieldworker team currently in East Timor has been very busy visiting the brothers and sisters, joining them on their preaching work and discussing the ecclesias plans for the future, God willing.
Pacific Islands
March eNews – Solomon Islands Youth Conference
About 50 young people gathered at Fote’ Village in Malaita Island for the 8th Solomon Islands Youth Conference from 6 to 14 January 2024. Some live in Malaita, while others came from the capital, Honiara, and one brother, Japheth Kiere, travelled from the Reef Islands, closer to Vanuatu than Honiara.
February eNews – Timor Leste
Timor Leste (East Timor to Australians) was always going to be a challenging area in which to preach the true Gospel. Controlled by Portugal as a colony for 500 years, governed by Indonesia for 25 years, and granted self-governing rights after a referendum in 1999, Timor Leste was a troubled
Baptisms in Timor Leste
We very pleased to hear of another three baptisms in Timor Leste recently. Bro. Isaac, Sis Ermalinda and Sis Isabell. All three have learnt the gospel message from their families who area already part of the ecclesia.
Preaching in the North Pacific
Over the last two to three years we have commenced advertising in the North Pacific countries of Guam. Palau, Northern Marianas, Nauru, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Micronesia and Tuvalu. We currently have two Christadelphians living in Palau, Brother Michael and Sister Liza, and they are keen to support our preaching work
Brothers and sisters from the Asia Pacific region working in Australia
Over recent years there have been a number of brothers and sisters from the Asia Pacific Region who have found work in Australia through the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility Scheme. Many of these workers are in areas where there are not ecclesias but might be visited by brothers and sisters
Brothers and sisters from the Asia Pacific region working in Australia
September eNews – Vanuatu: South Pacific Youth Conference
Vanuatu has successfully hosted the 5th South Pacific Youth Conference (SPYC) in Port Vila. It was an enjoyable week around the theme of “Lessons from our Master”. Bro Josh Kempster led the studies and really brought out the need to develop the mind of Christ in our lives as we
Hello from Vanuatu
Vanuatu has recovered from the 2 cyclones that hit Pt. Vila and Tanna in early March and the Bro and Sis are very grateful for the support from the ACBM. The Bro and Sis in Pt. Vila are going well and are currently planning for the upcoming South Pacific Youth
Fiji update October ’21
The role of the ACBM is to support the spiritual and physical welfare of our brethren, sisters and youth through COVID-19 and beyond. Until recently the ecclesia in Fiji have been doing an amazing job of maintaining its members welfare, however they have all but exhausted their ability to do so going forward.
EAST TIMOR FLOODING UPDATE
On April 5 and 6 East Timor was hit by the most severe flooding the country had experienced in over 50 years. Many homes flooded or destroyed by landslides and the ACBM provided support to some of our brothers and sisters whose homes had been flooded or damaged.