More than 200 Christians meeting with Australian politicians to advocate for the world’s poor
More than 200 Christians, representing every major Christian denomination, are meeting with the nation’s politicians in Canberra today as part of Micah Australia’s Voices for Justice event. Some 80 face-to-face meetings with politicians are scheduled. Tim Costello, executive director of Micah Australia, said with the Australian Government’s Mid-Year Economic Fiscal Outlook only days away, it was […]
Australian Christian women advocate for world’s poor at nation’s capital
A delegation of prominent Christian women met with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and MPs from both sides of Parliament in Canberra late last week to advocate for justice for the world’s poor. The delegation, which facilitated by Tim Costello, executive director of Micah Australia, included various church and NGO representatives – among them Eloise Wellings, […]
1st to 4th DECEMBER – CANBERRA – VOICES FOR JUSTICE
Hundreds of Christians from across the nation will gather for four powerful days of training, prayer, worship and political advocacy at Voices for Justice Conference.
Essay: Raising voices for justice on behalf of those who can’t
Christians from across Australia and the Pacific gathered in Canberra this month to meet with MPs and discuss issues like climate change, refugees and global poverty at Micah Australia’s annual Voices for Justice event. Here, two Western Australians, KERRY POVEY and JAN THORPE, reflect on the event…
Essay: Voices for justice – stories of integrity and prophetic engagement
Along with Nadja Leffler, NILS VON KALM was among those who attended Micah Challenge’s recent Voices for Justice gathering in Canberra. He gives this thoughts on what happened…
Essay: Christians make politics personal and call for justice
Over two days last week people from churches across Australia met with federal MPs to call for justice for the 1.4 billion people around the world still living in poverty. NADJA LEFFLER was among them…
Essay: Voices for justice 2008 – ‘History belongs to the dreamers’
NILS VON KALM was among those who visited this year’s ‘Voices for Justice’ conference in Canberra…