2020 01 12 Christian News Bulletin

CHURCHES AND FIRES IN AUSTRALIA
Churches have been at the forefront among the responders in both their prayers and deeds as Australians throughout the nation reel under flames, with thousands fleeing in the first days and weeks of a new year. The general secretary of the World Council of Churches has said in a letter to Australian churches, "Together with you, WCC member churches around the world are praying for respite from the heat and the flames, for the protection and encouragement of all those fighting the advancing fires, for the preservation of peoples' lives and properties, and of the unique wildlife and environment threatened with destruction."

REND COLLECTIVE
The Northern Irish band Rend Collective has sold out in advance its six Australian concerts next month. The group's new album 'Good News' will be released on January 19th.

JESUS FILM IN SIGN LANGUAGE
According to christianheadlines.com the estimated 70 million deaf people around the world who communicate by signing could have a Jesus Film in their own heart language within several years thanks to a crowdfunded project by Deaf Missions and the Jesus Film Project. The ministries hope to raise $4.8 million to fund the project, which will involve actors and actresses signing with American Sign Language, which is used by 70 million people worldwide.