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Baptist World Aid Australia has changed the lives of countless people across the world during its 60 years of operation.
Celebrating 60 years of poverty-ending work This year, Baptist World Aid Australia commemorates its 60th anniversary. Together, with churches and supporters across the country, there is a rich, shared history to celebrate. The organisation grew out of a grassroots movement of Baptists in 1959, a response to the suffering of World War II refugees. “A small band of passionate, faithful volunteers met in a garage in the Northern Beaches of Sydney – that was the start of Baptist World Aid,” Baptist World Aid CEO, John Hickey said.
“Now, 60 years later, thanks to the engagement of the Australian Baptist movement, with around 1,000 churches across the nation, Baptist World Aid serves across 18 countries and has seen a positive impact in millions of lives.” On this momentous occasion, rather than looking to the past, Baptist World Aid is determined to remain future focused. “There is still so much more to be done,” Mr Hickey said. “The question we want to ask is, ‘How can we continue to see poverty ended across the world?’” Baptist World Aid believes that God’s call to be love in this world requires a whole of life response. “In any given week, our lives are made up of thousands of choices – it’s through these
choices, both individually and collectively, that we can end poverty,” Mr Hickey said. “It’s through these actions that we become part of building His Kingdom.” In celebration of its 60th year, Baptist World Aid has developed a mobile phone app and discipleship series that aims to cultivate and strengthen habits of loving generosity, equipping people to make Kingdombuilding choices. The Baptist World Aid ‘End Poverty’ mobile app was released in the App Store and Google Play in January. It includes a story hub and the popular Ethical Fashion Guide. In March, the organisation will launch The 60/40 Challenge
through the mobile app – 60 simple actions to end poverty over 40 days. The Baptist World Aid Board and Executive want to encourage people to take part in the discipleship series. To assist, they will donate $10 per mobile app download, for the first 900 downloads. “Join this discipleship journey and discover how your lives – your decisions – can change our broken world for the better,” Mr Hickey stated. The 60/40 Challenge commences on 4 March 2019. It will be possible to download the free Baptist World Aid End Poverty mobile app from an app store to take part.
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