Ministry Spotlight :
Outback Australia
Kalkarindji Lajamanu
Willowra Yuendumu
Ali Curung
Alice Springs
The Context
The Outback Team operates in the Tanami Desert region of the Northern Territory , north-west of Alice Springs . Our team works in partnership with a number of churches in remote communities in this area , especially among the Warlpiri and Gurindji people .
Connection with country , maintaining traditional cultural rituals and dealing with the difficulties of remote area living are some of the challenges facing these communities . While relationship , family , honouring tradition , and love for country are key values .
Challenges in this context also include access to adequate healthcare , social dislocation and the need for local empowerment .
Yet God is at work in this challenging setting . Partnering with followers of Christ in these communities , we seek to support them as they develop authentic expressions of Christian faith , critically contextualising Biblical discipleship into distinctively Aboriginal modes of expression .
Some of our team ’ s key priorities are developing new leaders and discipling believers .
Prayer and Praise
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Pray for the team : Shannon and Mat ( Elizabeth , Peter , Caleb and Samuel ), Vivian , and Beth and Danny
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Pray that God will raise up new full-time members of the team , especially to be placed at Yuendumu
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Pray that a new generation of First Nations leaders will be identified , raised up and discipled well in Jesus
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Give thanks for faithful partners who support the team
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Give thanks that the leadership training Bush Camps have started up again and pray for the training events planned for 2023
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