One time (or ‘wantaim’ in Aboroginal Kreole) in many Indigenous communities denotes completeness. In Scripture we read, “so Christ was offered as a sacrifice one time to take away the sins of many people…” (Hebrews 9:28 NCV).
Jisas wantaim works across denominational and geographical boundaries, focussing on partnering to advance the Gospel in our Indigenous communities (remote, rural and urban). They key objective is equipping, empowering and enabling Indigenous Christians and ministries. It is initiated and operated by Indigenous Christians for Indigenous ministry to Indigenous people. We have established a fund to gather gifts, grants and fund raising to meet the costs of leadership training and development. A Jisas wantaim strategy has been developed, stating that our goals are:
- Delivering workshops and holistic training, for the equipping of Indigenous Christian leaders in ministry.
- Developing relevant ministry-related resources and activities, empowering Indigenous Christian leaders in ministry.
- Distributing financial support, for the enabling of Indigenous Christian leaders for ministry.
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Hey Goma and Billy! We found you!! Greetings and love from us all at Mildura
A challenge for all of us! How God has placed a longing in my heart to see the indigenous Australian brothers and sisters in the Lord embrace Christ in their personal cultural context! How exciting to hear of that same stirring of the Holy Spirit in many other believers! God is doing a work in the desert! I suggest a book I read that God lead me to, He encouraged me greatly through it…”Can you feel the mountains tremble? – A Handbook on Healing the Land – Dr Sequila” – I feel we can really learn from such prior works God has done in this case in the indigenous Indians in America…a rising up of cultural ownership, stewardship and spiritual authority that is God given, a power released only by the outpouring of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. May we all learn and embrace our heritage praising Him with many different languages, instuments, dances, ceremonies and cultural experssions of our faith in Christ! Amen lets reclaim what has been stolen …in the spiritual realm first…our God is faithful and will answer us!
I agree that our brother who spoke this truth is brave! Let us keep praying for justice, mercy and humility…
interesting take on the subject, count me as a new subscriber!
The Saturday morning Welcome to Country by Murrindindi and response by the Crossflow boys was one of the most moving and powerful things I’ve seen. Thanks Billy and Goma for helping to make this happen and thanks be to God for the outpouring of his Spirit that has led to our eyes being opened!!!