Global Justice and Renewal Network

TLC’s Global Justice & Renewal Network is a network of TLC’ers who want to share resources, learn from one another, and participate in God's mission to bring justice and renewal to our world.

The network is built around the practice of embodying our faith through listening, learning, reflecting, relating and taking action.

“God is working in this world through the church, doing what God has been doing since the fall: working for the redemption, transformation and restoration of human beings, their relationships, and the creation that God made and in which they live”.
Bryant Myers, Walking with the Poor p.58

TLC works in partnership with a number of other organisations to bring hope into the world.

The community has a long history of not only working with people in the local area but also with Indigenous communities in Australia and overseas.
Direct support for the anti-Apartheid movement in South Africa, Christian outreach in Sri Lanka, linking with communities in Nepal, Indonesia and the Philippines have been the focus over the years.

Micah Global is an international network of Christians active in relief, development, care and advocacy. Members see themselves participating in God’s mission of holistic transformation through their calling to this work.

The hope of Micah Global is:

… to see a global Christian community mobilised for transforming mission through the Gospel.

… to see communities living life in all its fullness, free from poverty, injustice and conflict.

You can follow the work of Micah Global and access the wealth of resources that they provide at https://micahnetwork.org/

"Sharing Hope is a registered charity that works with Karen refugees living along the Thai/Burma border. Many Karen have settled in our local area and TLC has formed close ties with these new locals. TLC formed a formal partnership with Sharing Hope at its inception, funding community projects such as school reconstruction and medical support. All of our projects are initiated and managed by local Karen communities"

MUTUNGA PARTNERSHIP 

The Mutunga Partnership is committed to supporting the poorest living in chronic poverty in Africa, the Caribbean and Guyana in their efforts to transform and improve their lives and circumstances. 

The Partnership provides small non-collateral loans, accompanied by a process of training and empowerment to micro-entrepreneurs. It builds banking instruments and injects services and seed-capital into its client communities. The Partnership is committed to the total transformation - spiritually, socially, politically and economically - of the communities in which it works.

From Common Grace:

“NAIDOC Week is an exciting time in our national calendar. It is an important week for all peoples of all cultures in these lands now called Australia to come together to celebrate and recognise the contributions and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. 

NAIDOC Weeks runs from the first to the second Sunday in July every year. So for 2021 that’s 4 - 11 July 2021. Common Grace has been inviting you to join in for Healing Country through this season from National Reconciliation Week to NAIDOC Week.  

Across NAIDOC Week 2021 we are continuing the journey of Healing Country, through Treaty and Truth Telling, as led by our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Christian Leaders. 

Treaty & Truth Telling for Healing Country is an invitation, a cry for justice, a call to action, and a prayer. This NAIDOC Week you are invited to take part in the following actions, as we pray and call for Healing Country together.

·         Watch the Treaty Video, Sign the Healing Country Petition and Give as an act of Reconciliation to our Annual Reconciliation Appeal.

·         Watch the Prayer for Healing Country Video on the Common Grace website

·         Truth Telling across our Social Media

·         Listen to Brooke Prentis and Aunty Rev Dr Denise Champion on Soul Search on ABC RN

·         Children’s NAIDOC Colouring-In

·         Participate with your local community

Don’t forget NAIDOC Week is your perfect opportunity to get out in your local community and celebrate together. 

For more information visit www.commongrace.org.au

Australia

The COVID-19 pandemic and the increasing impacts of climate change are compounding and exposing what has been evident for too long. The way we have structured our society and the global economic system is broken. A reflection of our own brokenness, they fail to serve God’s purpose for all people and all of creation to flourish. A dramatic transformation of our current systems is needed so that all people, now and into the future, have the opportunity to experience the fullness of life God intends for us in Christ.

As our leaders make decisions that will shape the world we live in for decades to come, now is the time for people of faith to step out with a vision of God’s justice, freedom and restoration - so that all creation can flourish.

You can read the “For All Creation” paper at Tearfund_For-All-Creation_Campaign-Paper.pdf
 and add your voice to encourage Australia’s leaders to provide the vital support and action that is needed to help our most vulnerable neighbours recover from the pandemic and reset towards a more just, compassionate and sustainable society. The Call | Tearfund Australia

For the first time in a decade, global hunger is on the rise, with climate change a leading cause. In addition, COVID-19 brings a once-in-a century threat to health and livelihoods where many of our global neighbours are in crisis.

The impact of these challenges is most severe on the people living in our world’s poorest communities. It is one of the greatest injustices of our time: the people least responsible for climate change are often the most vulnerable to its impacts.

The impact of climate change on the world’s poor demands our action. That’s why Tearfund is working together with Common Grace in raising a united Christian voice to our political leaders and you are invited to join in.

Together we can:

Ø  demonstrate, through strategic local electoral engagement, that ordinary, everyday Christians care about tackling the climate crisis.

Ø  amplify the human story of climate change and advocate on behalf of those most significantly impacted by climate injustice.

Ø  call for urgent action on climate change from our political leaders. And call on our leaders to step up and save lives through Australian aid.

You are invited to join a group and engage your MP or Senator on climate justice. Just go to Join a local electorate group | Tearfund Australia to join a group.