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Cindy McGarvie, described as “an amazing woman of God” dedicated to raising up the next generations for Christ, is stepping down from leading Youth for Christ Australia. After ten years of visionary leadership, Cindy is handing the leadership reins to Paul Bedwell.

On both sides of the conflict, ordinary people from Ukraine and Russia are suffering, with Ukrainian and Russian men and boys conscripted against their will to kill for their government. Many Russians have also become refugees, in precarious situations as they do their best to [...]

Read: 1 Tim 1:1-20, 2 Tim 2:1-22 We come to the final week of our focus on praying for lost boys. It certainly has been a rollercoaster ride for many people during the past five weeks as we’ve been battling both the COVID-19 virus as [...]

By Mathew Wright Workshop Presenter – Youth for Christ Australia Read: Psalm 16:11, 17:15, 23, 34:4-10 It’s been a crazy few weeks in Australia as together we fight the spread of COVID-19. But there is a much more insidious plague that crept into our society [...]

Read: Luke 15: 11-32 Research out of the US is showing that Gen Z, our current teenagers, are the least Christian generation ever (Barna). Australia seems to be in the same position, with many young people walking away from the church, and oftentimes, God. Just [...]

Malachi 4:6 – “Turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to the fathers.” Luke 19:10: “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” Australian psychologist and author Steve Biddulph says, ‘love grows [...]

By Cindy McGarvie Youth for Christ Australia – National Director Read: 2 Samuel 23:8-23 Further reading for the week: Deuteronomy 20:1-4, Matt 16:18, Matt 18:18-19, Deuteronomy 28:7 The experts tell us that girls learn emotional intelligence and boys learn heroic intelligence. Boys have the potential [...]

Editor’s Note: The Canberra Declaration team is supporting the 40 Days of Prayer and Fasting Call for the Lost Boys from Wednesday 26 February – 5 April 2020, initiated by Youth for Christ Australia. We commend this prayer call to you, for your consideration and [...]

Editor’s Note: The Canberra Declaration team is supporting the 40 Days of Prayer and Fasting for the lost boys of our nation from Wednesday 26 February – 5 April 2020, initiated by Youth for Christ Australia. We commend this prayer call to you, for your [...]