These "young writers" come from as far away as Perth in the west, to Hobart in the south, to Townsville in the north and to Alice Springs in Australia's red centre. There is one in Oxford England on scholarship, there is an overseas missionary and one who has relocated to Canada.
They are young scientists to bankers to students, to professionals to home makers to missionaries to medical practitioners to general workers – the mix is remarkable.
Well-Being Australia chairman Mark Tronson said these young writers have gained a voice, and now after a little time, gained a readership. Some even have an international following.
These young writers are initially read in Christian Today Australia and the Christian Today international network, along with Press Service International (PSI) site. This web site sends the daily "links" of their articles each day to Australia's Christian media and weekly to an International network of Christian publications, both on-line and paper magazines and newspapers.
A number of things happened in June this year after their mini-conference. Rosie Timmins moved sideways from her Tuesday Sport column to a Culture column writing movie reviews. In that Tuesday spot Grace Mathew initiated an entertaining article on either Culture, Women's Sport or Fashion.
The PSI team were short a number of young men at that time and since then a number of young men writers have joined the team, along with the first "husband and wife" writing team, Daniel and Danielle Stott.
The youngest writer is 18 year old Christopher Archibald from Sydney and a surprising number of young writers have relocated around the nation. One moved home from Clearwater Tasmania to the Gold Coast, one from Cairns to the Sunshine Coast, one from Canberra to Hobart, another from Perth to the UK, one from Brisbane to Canada, one from the red centre to the Sunshine Coast and now two are relocating to Melbourne, from the Central and Sunshine Coasts'.
Press Service International's Mark Tronson who co-ordinators these young writers is delighted the Lord has raised up this next generation of Christian leaders and that their voice is being heard across the nation and internationally.
The young writers "web site" was created by sport writer Josh Hinds. The home page is "Latest Articles" and in addition each young writer has their own CV page of their own articles. (www.pressserviceinternational.org)
Mark Tronson (60) explained that mentoring these young writers has become one of his great delights in serving the Lord Jesus.
Dr Mark Tronson is a Baptist minister (retired) who served as the Australian cricket team chaplain for 17 years (2000 ret) and established Life After Cricket in 2001. He was recognised by the Olympic Ministry Medal in 2009 presented by Carl Lewis Olympian of the Century. He has written 24 books, and enjoys writing. He is married to Delma, with four adult children and grand-children.
Mark Tronson's archive of articles can be viewed at www.pressserviceinternational.org/mark-tronson.html