On Mission

Cambodia: Developing Church planters and youth rehabilitation

In January 2023 our own Pip, Pern and their children Levi and Pia will head back to Cambodia for a year. This will be their first time to live in Cambodia as a family, sent by us and Baptist Mission Australia. 

Pip lived in Cambodia for nine years, up until 2014, and is fluent in Khmer. She will focus on selecting and developing local leaders for church planting in North-West Cambodia. Pern will develop relationships with the staff and clients at a government-run drug rehabilitation centre. He will also explore training, employment, sports and recreation opportunities for young people who are being released from the drug rehab centre. Levi will continue schooling via Distance Education while Pia will be enrolled part-time in Pre-School.

Together, the family will continue to learn culture and language, re-connect with family and friends, and seek to encourage extended family members who have come to faith in recent years.

Pern, Pip and their family are supported volunteers. (This means that they will need to raise their own financial and prayer support for living and working in Cambodia next year.) Our donations will assist them in this.

TO GIVE

Use the link below and include "MM Church Planting" as a description/message.

Our giving target for this project is $10000.

Australia: Serving First Nations people in NSW (not tax-deductible)

Aboriginal Australians are part of the oldest continuing culture in the world, and the original custodians of God’s creation where we now live. Their leaders (past and present) are amongst the most Christlike in the Australian church. Yet they continue to face considerable disadvantage. As a Baptist Mission Australia candidate, Daniel Sze has a passion for wholistic ministry, serving the spiritual, physical and educational needs of Indigenous families and individuals, beginning in urban settings. He will explore new modes of ministry including church planting, education and capacity building with current Aboriginal Christian leaders in NSW. 

Born in Hong Kong, Daniel brings many years of research experience and teaching across several scientific and medical fields including pathology and immunology. Daniel earned PhDs from Birmingham (UK) and Sydney University (AU) alongside his expertise in Indigenous Medicines. In 2020 he began theological training at Morling College as he discerned God’s prompting toward Gospel ministry among Indigenous Australians.

In order to engage with communities he will need to travel by vehicle and plane to various regions of NSW. Our giving will support Daniel’s tangible travel costs including petrol, car maintenance, flights and accommodation.

TO GIVE

Use the link below and include "MM Indigenous Australia" as a description/message.

Our giving target for this project is $10000.

Cambodia: Community Development & Covid Recovery via BWAA (tax-deductible)

COVID-19 has put additional pressures on already vulnerable communities in Cambodia: children have missed months of education because of school closures and limited technology access; families have lost important streams of income; community groups and churches are limited in meeting face to face; feelings of anxiety have spread.

Our support can help communities regain their feet by providing basic health-care items like masks and soap which keep people safe; promote COVID-19 awareness messages and education. It will help children return to school and complete their education so they can pursue their dreams. It will provide job skills training so communities can be more resilient.

Baptist World Aid Australia works with local organisations and churches to meet people’s needs where they are to see God’s kingdom demonstrated and proclaimed.  This is love in action. 

TO GIVE

Use the link below and include "MM Community Development" as a description/message.

Our giving target for this project is $10000.