Cross-Cultural Ministry

Author Sam Chan offers some great practical examples of how to be a witness in the normal everyday situations of life. Here is a story that he tells about his wife, Steph, visiting a shopping mall.

by Craig Heidenreich

Three years ago, women from the Bridgewater Grace congregation in South Australia heard about a need at Blair Athol North primary school and started to tutor disadvantaged children over Zoom each week.

by Craig Heidenreich

If you are concerned about refugees and would like to be more directly involved, you might be interested in this new program that the Australian Government is currently trialling.

by Michelle Filipovic

Every so often, David offers to purchase a box of fresh vegetables as a gift for one of our Tamil asylum seeker families. He usually greets the family but leaves it at the front door. This particular time it wasn’t just about delivering a box of fresh vegetables.

by Pamela Dalgliesh

I have interacted with different cultures, but it was not until I was involved in Cross-Cultural Ministry in the Lutheran Church that I was able to really appreciate the simplicity and complexity of different cultures. 

by Craig Heidenreich

Recently, the Australian Government has agreed to a new program, CRISP, which allows small groups of Australians to directly sponsor refugee families from camps overseas.