I have always believed in the presence of God. I think this is why, from an early age, I have felt opposition in the form of pressure to conform to the rigidity and ways of the world. When I am met with opposition, God has instructed me to follow his spirit, leading me “to search all things, even the deep things of God” (1 Corinthians 2:10). Over time, I have slowly realised the authority God has over all things, including my life’s purpose. My story is the READ MORE

THE BIBLE FOR INDIA’S DEAF 

 Over 1200 jubilant Deaf Indians, packed into a concert hall in the south of India, witnessed history on January 30th, as an indigenous Deaf translation team dedicated God’s Word into the local sign language. Over years of hard work, the Deaf team of six men and two women, trained and equipped by Deaf Opportunity OutReach (DOOR) and READ MORE

When standing in for Newtown Mission Revelation Ceiling Co-ordinator Amanda Warton (she was attending her own engagement party) the job seemed straightforward enough.

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In her  30^th year of attending Wesley Mission Davina Coad sums up the experience as “growing in grace and knowledge with my new spiritual family.”

When Davina READ MORE

At the main entrance of Duke University chapel, in Durham, North Carolina, USA, the statues of heroes of faith greet you, including John Wesley, the founder of Methodism; Martin Luther, father of the Protestant Reformation; John Wycliffe, thought to be the first to translate the Bible from Latin into English; and Girolamo Savonarola, an READ MORE

Wesley Mission 6pm congregation member Lindsay Page was honored in 2009 with a Federal Government certificate for outstanding services to the community as a volunteer.

How he won this award is a classic case of how God alone declares when your use-by-date is up.

And this award of the certificate, signed by such illuminaries as Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs READ MORE

Story from The Bible Post. Do miracles really happen? I believe so. And my Christian testimony evidences it. For a life that has been changed by the power of God is indeed a miracle! At this time I would like to share my testimony with you so that you too, can see that miracles really happen!

Before I gave my life to Jesus Christ I was subject to an existence of uncertainty and hopelessness. At least, that is what I had thought at the time. You see, I didn’t know where I was headed, nor did I really care where I was going.  All I knew was that I existed; and it READ MORE

As a school student, Rev Dr Len Thompson had a seed sown for his ultimate calling to Christian ministry at scripture class at Newtown Intermediate High School.

He says he listened with fascination at the “almost unbelievable stories” told READ MORE

When John Woods came to Wesley Mission’s Edward Eagar Lodge (EEL) in 1990, life looked all over.

Alcoholism had all but destroyed him. He had no money, no job, no home, no friends and no wife and family of his own.

He would have won any ultimate failure award.

For about six months, he slept in Centennial Park, where the birds became his closest companions. But a powerful seed of hope was sown during all this self-induced misery when he READ MORE

Almost everyone…
“Persuade me”, I asked my daughter.
“Because almost everyone else has seen that movie in my class”, she pleaded.
Almost everyone else, I thought…
At Eight:
My Scout leader asked me not to be everyone else one Tuesday night.
“Can you stay with him on this treasure hunt?” she asked in a whisper.
Not me, I thought. He is slow, he wears glasses, he runs funny, kids make fun of him. I run at the front with the other sporty and popular boys. No one would know if I didn’t. He wouldn’t tell.
I stayed with him.
At Seventeen:
“Everyone else drinks, mate. Are you with READ MORE

Rev Samuel McKibbin, Newtown Mission Superintendent from 1939 to 1953, is regarded as one of the mission’s great heroes of faith during its more than 150 years of proclaiming the gospel in Sydney’s inner-west.

He stood up for the poor and needy who often frequented the mission during the war, and he did so in a style that was once described as “masculine Christianity in action.”

Leading Australian Methodist and small group pioneer and author READ MORE

Accomplished burglar and thief Charlie Woodward (pictured) is often described as Wesley Mission’s most unlikely hero of faith.

On January 5 1905 Woodward intended to steal the organ from the mission-hall in Redfern, Sydney, helped by an accomplice.

The proceeds from the contraband would help nurture his lifestyle of drunkenness and READ MORE

In 1884, the debt-ridden and poorly attended Central Methodist Mission in York Street, Sydney – now known as Wesley Mission – appeared doomed.

But in a desperate 11^th hour rescue operation William George Taylor was appointed Superintendent of the Mission’s church in York, Sydney.

He proved to be one of Wesley Mission’s greatest heroes of READ MORE

This is the story of the greatest miracle ever. Why is it the greatest miracle ever? Because it is the story of how God broke into my pitiful excuse for a life. It seems like a lifetime ago: fifteen years to the day. I was working at a major record company. Hopelessly locked into a lifestyle of self-abuse, I had a huge Appetite for Destruction, appropriately enough the title of the huge-selling Guns ‘n’ Roses album we sold at the time. A massive addiction to working and playing hard. Weeks READ MORE

I must confess that I struggle in my Christian life to understand God’s guidance.

My experience tends to be that after some instance or event I become aware that God was guiding me all along.

I find I relate well to a definition of faith that I heard a number of years ago:

‘Faith is believing in advance what will only make sense in reverse.’

What this means in practice is that I find I act on a hunch READ MORE

Ossie Rose is believed to be the only living person who can claim to have lived under the leadership of five different Wesley Mission superintendents.

Ossie, 90, a member of the Wesley Mission 10.30am congregation in Sydney, led by Rev Graeme Watkins, first came to the mission (then known as Central READ MORE

Senior Pastor of Newtown Mission Rev Doug Clements understands what it means to live as an ordained Christian minister without any guaranteed source of income.

Doug Clements inducted as senior pastor of Newtown Mission on May 6 2007
“I lived by faith in the Hunter READ MORE

So says Newtown Mission’s Discipleship Pastor Andy Collins in summing up the life of arguably Australia’s most famous Christian songwriter Geoff Bullock.

Pastor Andy was in fact quoting what former Hills Christian Centre worship leader Geoff has said about himself and his Christian walk: “People say I fell from READ MORE

When Mary Sotiriadis recently visited the Revelation Ceiling at Newtown Mission in Sydney, she was particularly moved by one of the 20 panels depicting scenes from the Book of Revelation.

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Edward Eagar (1787-1866) seemed to have everything going for him.

Born in Killarney, Ireland in 1787, he enjoyed a good education, graduated as a solicitor and was keen to make a name for himself.

Then, one fateful day, he was found guilty of forging a bill of exchange.

In 1809 he was sentenced to death at the Cork Summer Assizes for uttering a READ MORE

When the Rev Bill Crews, of the Exodus Foundation, addressed a Moderator’s Prayer Meeting at Wesley Mission he told how the power of personal example in sermons is life-changing.

He said rather than detached, academic approaches to the Sunday preacher’s message, personal testimony and illustrations have the best chance of stirring the congregation’s heart.

And this is one reason why the founder of Methodism John Wesley (see photo below) shook the world in the 18^th century with his gospel preaching and witness.

To support his view Rev Crews told his Wesley READ MORE

My ears had heard of you
but now my eyes have seen you.
Job 42:5

Being the eldest of four, I saw that my parents were working hard and I needed to be responsible for my siblings and help wherever I could. People could see this and would say to me, “You are a good girl for taking care of your little brother and sisters”, or READ MORE

‘Changed Forever’ is a graphic account of how God helped her overcome child sexual abuse and become a new person in Christ.She told Wesley Mission Superintendent Keith Garner on his Rise and Shine TV program how God’s grace healed and restored her soul.

When I was a child I didn’t know the love of a father. So I began READ MORE

Growing up in a Christian home it was the rhythms of daily life and the relationships with family that were the seeds of my faith. I can’t nominate one particular time at which I was ‘converted’ to belief in Jesus Christ as some can, for me it was more like a slow awakening. This awakening happened primarily through my parents and the love and care they showed to me as part of their own Christian commitment. It was their conviction of the READ MORE

Who was the great woman of faith who once saved the Jewish race from destruction?  The following abridged story from the Book of Esther by journalist Richard READ MORE