The Christian Face of Bali - 'taste and see'

(left: Rev Brian & Lorraine Niblock in a GKPB church)

THE CHRISTIAN FACE OF BALI
Join a fully escorted 10 day tour to Bali. Visit Christian churches, schools, orphanages and villages. Learn of the contextualization of the church in a Hindu culture. Stay at the church-owned beach resort on the sea at Seminyak for 7 nights, 1 night homestay at a Christian village, 2 nights at a beach resort on the north coast of Bali. Plenty of free time available for private shopping or sightseeing etc. Price - approx AU$ 2000 pp - which includes accommodation, air fares, taxes, transport and most meals. Tour leaves Melbourne August 3rd and returns August 14th. Expressions of interest to Brian and Lorraine Niblock by end of March. Phone (03) 5981-8716, email lb.niblock@optusnet.com.au

About the leaders:
Rev Brian and Lorraine Niblock have had three placements as volunteers in Bali with the Protestant Christian Church in Bali, a partner church of the Uniting Church in Australia, and are returning again this year. The church has 72 congregations, 2 are English Speaking. Ministers come from USA, Canada and Australia on a 4 monthly volunteer basis to pastor these two churches. The congregations include tourists, ex-pats and Indonesians. The worship is contemporary and vibrant. Most church members have very little material wealth, but their attitude is one of gratefulness to God. A number of people have been baptized, both Hindu and Moslems, as they convert to Christianity. The church has a dynamic ministry to the very poor. 7 orphanages care for and educate 350 children. Poor farmers are given a cow, pig or chickens to raise and sell, or low interest loans to start cottage industries. To minister in Bali is to receive a great blessing from the people.