Several local Churches in Australia are focusing on their international connections while AWF’s Arie Verduijn is visiting. There is a sincere thirst for more information about sister-churches in other parts of the world. Among the young people, several expressed their desire to get involved in missions.

This year the Australian National Church appointed Rick Bell as Missions Director. Rick and his wife have many years of experience in the Philippines and are eager to see more engagement from Australia in countries where the gospel is not known by the majority. One leader concluded: “Our churches need the connection with AWF sister-churches in order to reach the nations. We realize that this is our task, but we cannot do it on our own”.